"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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"No-one" wrote in message
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I have an old style gas fire siiting in front of a fire surround on
the hearth. The gas supply is via a chrome pipe attached to the pipe
supply which exits the floor some 2 feet to the right of the fire.

I am considering getting opening up the fireplace and getting an inset
gas fire. Before I decide on this, what is the likely way the pipe
would be made to run from the supply to the fire, given that it would
be in the fireplace proper? Would a fitter bury the pipe behind the
skirting (possibly into the plaster) or run it in much the same way as
it is now?

TIA

Is it a solid or wooden floor? If the latter, it shouldn't be too
difficult
to re-route the pipe under the floor boards and to make it emerge inside
the
builder's opening where your inset fire will go - thus making it
invisible.

If it's buried in a solid floor, it's not quite so easy - but may still be
possible.

Ours is like your first suggestion, but the previous people built a large
brick fireplace ontop of the boards it seems. Pipe exits just in front of
the fire (through mortar/brickwork) - so if we needed to replace it, it
might be a problem. The pipe has a slight kink in it (badly bent? knocked
with the grating?) and it's not leaking or anything - but I suspect that
should anyone inspect/service it, they'd notice it and it might be a
problem.

So - running under floorboards is great - just done set it in brickwork
afterwards!!!

D