Hiding gas pipe behind skirting

TSQ

I want to hide a new gas pipe behind my skirting but it projects too far and the old skirting boards won't sit flush with the wall. I have seen "box" skirting in the UK that has a groove and others with an angled top lip that leaves room for the pipe to run behind the skirting. Where can I get something similar in Dublin?

Dev84

TSQ wrote: »

I want to hide a new gas pipe behind my skirting but it projects too far and the old skirting boards won't sit flush with the wall. I have seen "box" skirting in the UK that has a groove and others with an angled top lip that leaves room for the pipe to run behind the skirting. Where can I get something similar in Dublin?

Bang it into google would be a good start. Mulveys or a flooring specialist.

TSQ

Dev84 wrote: »

Bang it into google would be a good start. Mulveys or a flooring specialist.

Done my head in googling, and the likes of Noyeks, Mulveys seem to have the bog standard type of skirting - unless their websites dont list the full range of accessories.

fred funk }{

Don't hide a gas pipe behind a skirting board. Very dangerous. Very easy to damage in the future if doing other work. Also, remember that you know it's there but others might not down the line.

TSQ

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Don't hide a gas pipe behind a skirting board. Very dangerous. Very easy to damage in the future if doing other work. Also, remember that you know it's there but others might not down the line.

Well I want a skirting that does the same job of boxing in the pipe, but with the convenience of not having to do the work of boxing in - so it should be obvious that it is hiding something, whether water pipes, cables or whatever.

Dev84

TSQ wrote: »

Well I want a skirting that does the same job of boxing in the pipe, but with the convenience of not having to do the work of boxing in - so it should be obvious that it is hiding something, whether water pipes, cables or whatever.

Gas pipes are hidden in stud walls etc all the time.You are sure they are gas pipes and not water?

red sean

You're thinking about skirting trunking, I'd say, similar to this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=skirting+trunking&tag=googiehydra-21&index=aps&hvadid=186596431405&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2498960482077072369&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=21317&hvtargid=kwd-92050715&ref=pd_sl_24sikz67p4_b
Try any electrical wholesalers.

gifted

Get an RGI ......it's illegal to work on a gas pipe unless your a registered RGI

TSQ

Dev84 wrote: »

Gas pipes are hidden in stud walls etc all the time.You are sure they are gas pipes and not water?

Yes: had a leak repaired with a join, so the original skirting board won't fit back as the fixings at the join are thicker than the gas pipe. So need a skirting with just a couple of mm of a lip so it is not flush with the wall.

Cerco

Have you enough depth to use a router and cut a groove?

TSQ

Cerco wrote: »

Have you enough depth to use a router and cut a groove?

No, impossible (well, very awkward) to do..looking for an easy solution.

Alun

Maybe just attach a small strip of wood thick enough to accommodate the extra space along the top and bottom edge of a normal piece of skirting.

BrokenArrows

TSQ wrote: »

Yes: had a leak repaired with a join, so the original skirting board won't fit back as the fixings at the join are thicker than the gas pipe. So need a skirting with just a couple of mm of a lip so it is not flush with the wall.

So the original skirting fitted before the pipe was repaired. Surely you just need to make a few extra mm of space in the old skirting where the new join is?

Dev84

gifted wrote: »

Get an RGI ......it's illegal to work on a gas pipe unless your a registered RGI

He is not working on the pipe. He is just boxing around it. No need for an rgi.

jmBuildExt

BrokenArrows wrote: »

So the original skirting fitted before the pipe was repaired. Surely you just need to make a few extra mm of space in the old skirting where the new join is?

Plus 1
Take a chunk out of the original.... as you mention, you only need a few mm taken out.
I'd personally use a router... plunge it a few mm and take away a generous area in the vicinity of where the join is.
Can do same with hammer and chisel though.