Oil heating line. Regs/best practice

Andrea B. · 2017-05-07 19:05:56

Hi. Noted this today when giving someone a hand. Recent renovation. New oil line and condensor boiler. About a 5 metre run under gravel, garden and flagstones. No protective pipe. Is this allowed? If not, how best to approach? He believes the builder on renovation ran pipe and builders plumber connected. Image not very…

07-05-2017 08:05PM

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Andrea B.

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Hi.
Noted this today when giving someone a hand.
Recent renovation.
New oil line and condensor boiler.
About a 5 metre run under gravel, garden and flagstones.
No protective pipe.
Is this allowed? If not, how best to approach?
He believes the builder on renovation ran pipe and builders plumber connected.
Image not very descriptive, but it is a plastic sheathed copper oil line.
https://ibb.co/dENnFk

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#2 08-05-2017 07:46PM

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Pipe will last indefinitely once its not damaged by a shovel.

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#3 08-05-2017 07:52PM

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Pipe will last indefinitely unless its vulnerable to accidental damage.

Digging garden etc. etc.

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#4 09-05-2017 10:30PM

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No mechanical protection but (as already stated) fine once it's not disturbed, but for the want of maybe €20? he could have run it in a 50mm polythene duct and made it easier if the line needed replacing at any future time.

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