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Gas pipes on house wall- copper
Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid.
ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Would you have it on your house? -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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mogga wrote:
Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Would you have it on your house? You could always have canary yellow plastic pipe? A relative did have a bare copper pipe up the outside of the house to serve a wall heater on the first floor. Looked awful as bright copper but it soon toned down as the copper weathered and was not dissimilar from the brick work. |
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mogga writes: Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Yes it is, but it's awful. Steel pipework would be better, but that's a more skilled job. Would you have it on your house? No. It tends to get stolen quite quickly too in some areas, usually leaving a giant escape of gas, or in a few cases, a giant flame. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:27:38 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , mogga writes: Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Yes it is, but it's awful. Steel pipework would be better, but that's a more skilled job. Would you have it on your house? No. It tends to get stolen quite quickly too in some areas, usually leaving a giant escape of gas, or in a few cases, a giant flame. That is one thing that's crossed the neighbour's mind already today. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:03:26 +0000, Bob Minchin
wrote: mogga wrote: Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Would you have it on your house? You could always have canary yellow plastic pipe? Is that allowed too? :-) A relative did have a bare copper pipe up the outside of the house to serve a wall heater on the first floor. Looked awful as bright copper but it soon toned down as the copper weathered and was not dissimilar from the brick work. How long does copper last outside with footballs being kicked at it and mountain bikes dragged past? -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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I've got one - to feed a new boiler in the loft. The existing interior pipe wasn't big enough for the new combi. It goes up just next to a rainwater down pipe so it cannot be seen from the road. The colour has mellowed. It was essential that the feed didn't have many bends. -- DerbyBorn |
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mogga wrote on 24/02/2014 :
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:27:38 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , mogga writes: Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Yes it is, but it's awful. Steel pipework would be better, but that's a more skilled job. Would you have it on your house? No. It tends to get stolen quite quickly too in some areas, usually leaving a giant escape of gas, or in a few cases, a giant flame. That is one thing that's crossed the neighbour's mind already today. I used to go regularly to a bank, which had its main 25mm feed from the meter run 15m along an outside wall. I foot above the ground 10m long, alongside a public passage from a shopping centre. It was supposedly legal, but it used to get stolen quite regularly. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |
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mogga wrote:
How long does copper last outside with footballs being kicked at it and mountain bikes dragged past? About as long as it lasts indoors with constant bashing from vaccuum cleaners and being kicked by people walking past |
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On 24/02/14 15:55, mogga wrote:
Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Why wouldn't it be? Gas Regs might be a little more to the point though!! Would you have it on your house? Yes. I'd much rather have the gas running outside than under the floor. Then I have a red brick house so the pipe does not stand out, but the pipe can always be painted. |
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On 24/02/2014 16:33, mogga wrote:
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:03:26 +0000, Bob Minchin wrote: mogga wrote: Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Would you have it on your house? You could always have canary yellow plastic pipe? Is that allowed too? :-) Bright yellow PVC coated copper pipe is another alternative. Potential thieves may well take it to be plastic pipe and it should be more weather resistant. Colin Bignell |
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:26:17 -0000, "Phil L"
wrote: mogga wrote: How long does copper last outside with footballs being kicked at it and mountain bikes dragged past? About as long as it lasts indoors with constant bashing from vaccuum cleaners and being kicked by people walking past Ours are all boxed in or under floors. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On 24/02/2014 15:55, mogga wrote:
Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Would you have it on your house? Very, very common. I see it all the time. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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Is it not vulnerable on the surface though?
Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Bob Minchin" wrote in message ... mogga wrote: Seen this next door to a friends today. Looks really horrid. ASAIKS it's allowed under building regs! Would you have it on your house? You could always have canary yellow plastic pipe? A relative did have a bare copper pipe up the outside of the house to serve a wall heater on the first floor. Looked awful as bright copper but it soon toned down as the copper weathered and was not dissimilar from the brick work. |
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