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Covering up external copper gas pipe

cfosulli · 2014-07-16 16:16:24

We've been doing up our new home and as a result of some of the renovation works we moved the old gas meter from the utility to the front external wall. Our new condensing boiler is in the attic so the supply goes direct from the meter to the attic via the external wall, into the fascia / soffit and on to the boiler. All…

16-07-2014 4:16pm

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cfosulli

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We've been doing up our new home and as a result of some of the renovation works we moved the old gas meter from the utility to the front external wall. Our new condensing boiler is in the attic so the supply goes direct from the meter to the attic via the external wall, into the fascia / soffit and on to the boiler.

All grand except for the nice shiny copper pipe going up the face of the house. I'll need to check the measurement when I'm at the house but I'm assuming its 3/4". The lads left it nice and tight to the wall (maybe 3-5mm off the brickwork) and to disguise it covered it in denzo tape (horrible, horrible stuff). The brickwork is dark grey in appearance so this seemed like a good idea but the tape is just coming away.

Without getting into the whole "you should get the plumber back, etc" responses let me just say this was my suggestion as I didn't want him interfering with my internal walls by busting through into the house and the meter was an eyesore in the utility and was taking up valuable storage space. He never included to cover up the pipes because I never asked him to.

Ideally what I'm looking to get is a guard rather than just a sleeve for the pipe. I don't want someone to be able to pull the plastic pipe off the wall with the subsequent effect of the copper coming off too (even if I do have secondary straps for the pipe to the wall). Ideally it should be a guard that goes over the pipe but is independent from it if you get me. It's fixed directly to the wall without being connected to the pipe.

The product on this website shows exactly what I'm looking for:

tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Cable_Guard

(wasn't able to post as proper URL due to being "new user", apologies Mod if this in an issue but its the only way for me to describe what I'm looking for)

Can't seem to find anything similar on supply here. They don't deliver the small quantity I need to Ireland because its fragile and too expensive to ship vs the unit cost. Any suggestions?

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