Around here, it's hard to find a fitter who has time to call around to
advise: I hope I have more luck at the commissioning phase...

Please can anyone tell me how acceptable it is to run a gas supply pipe
above a coal fireplace? This is by very far the shortest route to a
planned boiler & cooker, both at ground floor level. I had thought of
going up and through the ceiling, & then running along the joists,
which would give plenty of space away from the fireplace; through a
partition wall (solid stone at ground floor but lath, plaster etc above
-I've got strong sleeving for this) -if running through first floors in
this way isn't o.k., should I run the pipe below the ceiling level?

wrote:
Around here, it's hard to find a fitter who has time to call around to
advise: I hope I have more luck at the commissioning phase...

Please can anyone tell me how acceptable it is to run a gas supply
pipe above a coal fireplace? This is by very far the shortest route
to a planned boiler & cooker, both at ground floor level. I had
thought of going up and through the ceiling, & then running along the
joists, which would give plenty of space away from the fireplace;
through a partition wall (solid stone at ground floor but lath,
plaster etc above -I've got strong sleeving for this) -if running
through first floors in this way isn't o.k., should I run the pipe
below the ceiling level?

Running a gas pipe up a wall into the ceiling is ok provided its in the
corner and covered with a plastic sheild or wooden,but cannot be buried
into the wall and plastered over.
Heating installers do this,but i'd say it was for convenience on their
part.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Thank you very much Your Lordship. There can't be many plumbers with
such a pedigree?

-I'm not sure what you mean about the heating installers -are you
saying they do what I'm planning to do or that they bury pipes in
plaster? Anyway, I'll be putting the convenience in next...