Hot and cold pipes buried in wall
 

It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

TIA

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It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

Either copper or plastic should be fine. Though I guess copper should be
wrapped in 'Denso' tape to protect it.

I installed a shower in a similar way a few years ago. I used Hep2O
plastic pipe, one advantage of was that I could run single length of
pipe for each supply from the valve, down the wall down under the shower
tray and along the wall to a suitable point for the isolation valve.
Only joint is an elbow joint right next to the shower valve. Once
installed the pipes can just be plastered and then tiled over.
--
Chris French, Leeds

Broadback wrote:
It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

TIA
No, just completely check it for leaks before you cover it over.

DAMHIKT. :-)

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chris French writes:
In message , Broadback
writes
It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

Either copper or plastic should be fine. Though I guess copper should be
wrapped in 'Denso' tape to protect it.

I threaded the 15mm copper inside 20mm PVC conduit, and bent the
two together in a 22mm pipe bender to bring them out under the
bath. Seemed to work quite well. Pressure tested it to check
for leaks before plastering.

--
Andrew Gabriel

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chris French writes:
In message , Broadback
writes
It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

Either copper or plastic should be fine. Though I guess copper should be
wrapped in 'Denso' tape to protect it.

I threaded the 15mm copper inside 20mm PVC conduit, and bent the
two together in a 22mm pipe bender to bring them out under the
bath. Seemed to work quite well. Pressure tested it to check
for leaks before plastering.

I suppose you never saw the state of the 15mm inside the conduit.

Broadback wrote in message ...
It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

TIA

Only thing to add to other posts - I wouldn't use compression fittings
along the parts to be buried.

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I threaded the 15mm copper inside 20mm PVC conduit, and bent the
two together in a 22mm pipe bender to bring them out under the
bath. Seemed to work quite well. Pressure tested it to check
for leaks before plastering.

I suppose you never saw the state of the 15mm inside the conduit.

Well, I just tried it with an offcut and then sawed through.
The 15mm pipe crosssection is slightly more oval than if bent
with the pipe bender directly, but not so as you'd notice
unless you were specifically looking. If you used a 20mm
conduit former (which I don't have) rather than a 22mm one,
that probably wouldn't happen either, but it's not going to
matter.

--
Andrew Gabriel

It is my intention to install a shower and bury the hot and cold pipes
in the wall, which will be tiled over. Any tips, such as copper or
plastic, don't do it, or anything please?

Do it. Get a flush mounted mixer if the wall is deep enough to take it. They
look fantastic with no plumbing visible.

Both copper and plastic will be fine. However, some mixers would prefer
copper as they are secured by their pipework rather than being mounted
themselves. This especially applies to bar style mixers.

Christian.