What is the best height to run the pipework behind the kitchen units ?
I'm totally open to suggestions !
Thanks,
Simon.

On 19/12/2010 19:42, sm_jamieson wrote:
What is the best height to run the pipework behind the kitchen units ?
I'm totally open to suggestions !
Thanks,
Simon.

That sounds like a "How long is a piece of string?" type of question to
me? Surely, it depends on where they start and where they need to
finish, what obstacles they need to miss, and what connections need to
be accessible when the units are in place.
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Cheers,
Roger
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On Dec 19, 9:28*pm, Roger Mills wrote:
On 19/12/2010 19:42, sm_jamieson wrote:

What is the best height to run the pipework behind the kitchen units ?
I'm totally open to suggestions !
Thanks,
Simon.

That sounds like a "How long is a piece of string?" type of question to
me? Surely, it depends on where they start and where they need to
finish, what obstacles they need to miss, and what connections need to
be accessible when the units are in place.
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Cheers,
Roger
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I guess I mean a main horizontal run of pipes along a straight wall
behind the units
in the service space. It really comes down to one question. Is is a
good idea / standard practice
to run the pipes just above floor height, such that you could
conceivably reach them via
the plinth space for some future maintenance or access to service
valves etc.
Simon.

sm_jamieson wrote:
What is the best height to run the pipework behind the kitchen units ?

Decide *AFTER* you've bought the sink!

'Twas a right bugger some hectofortnights ago when I carefully
plumbed my brother's kitchen with neat little shutoff valves
sticking out of the wall while waiting many weeks for his
wife to decide on a sink. When the sink was finally bought
all the plumbing bits were slap bang in front of where the
pipe stubs came out of the wall and needed loads of
cursewords and flexypipes to get the them mated up.

JGH

On 19/12/10 19:42, sm_jamieson wrote:
What is the best height to run the pipework behind the kitchen units ?
I'm totally open to suggestions !
Thanks,
Simon.

I've run mine just under where a 3" batten would be (OK overengineered -
I might only use a 2" to support the back edge)

Except where it passed over a standpipe for the dishwaher drain, then I
did and upside down "U" in the pipe as the standpipe was close to the
wall surface and I wanted a bit more top clearance - can lose the
worktop batten for the bit...

Main point being, drains low, other pipes high - saves having to cross
them over which might run out of space...

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Tim Watts