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Plumbing and Heating - Leave Old GB Pipes and OFCH

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  • 25-06-2017 10:31pm
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    RaulDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭


    Hi All.

    Wanted some suggestions as I am a first time buyer with no experience in this plumbing .
    We will be hopefully moving in to our new house in August and there I wanted the house re-plumbed ie remove GB pipes and change from Oil to GFCH .The house in over 30 yrs old

    I had the house inspected by a plumber recently and he was of the opinion that removing the GB pipes can be an issue in ground floor where we have a concrete base in some rooms on the Ground. He also felt that although the pipes should be removed , it would be better to inspect if the pipes should be removed entirely .
    An option which he recommends is to leave the latent GB pipes in some of the areas where they can be hard to remove and lay new pipework . I dont have the details but I suspect that this would need laying pipes the roof and chasing in some of the walls .
    My question are
    - Should some of the latent mesh of GB pipes be left . I would have like to ideally get this work done at this stage .Its better to have them replaced now rather than have problems in 5/10 yrs .
    -Whats the best way to check the existing pipes and seal any potential leakages
    Many thanks for any suggestions
    Raul
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    #2
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    If you are planning on doing it, then do it right, get it all replaced.


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