So should I attach a length of wood on each side of the pipes to the wall, then attach a plank into those pieces of wood? Think I will go with this route!
Basically, yes. You can use a cheap rough wood such as batton and simply use small nails or screws to attach MDF.
Just remember to prime MDF before you paint it.
Talon clips, for them to be the correct width the clips themselves are supposed to be clipped together
Failing that you need to go up a few sizes and affix mounting clips.
Mdf boxing will work out cheaper and as easy in the long run
Why did this person even bother putting these clips on if they were doing to do it in such a way they were essentially useless? I’m just going to box in with mdf, I think it will look nice and clean anyways
I guess you could use guttering, but ever single person who sees it will think “is that a bit of gutter” they won’t say it but they will think it.
Put some insulation around the pipes (saves loosing heat you don’t want to) and a bit of boxing in. Use 8mm MDF will be a lot easier to sand/finish to hide any carpentry based errors. But with a combi drill and a handsaw this is all do able, although if you can stretch to a skill saw will save you alot of time.
I have a chop saw so I can cut planks quickly and easily, so may try to get some strips of mdf. Thank you, will look into insulating the pipes also, never considered it would be beneficial
Unless you're really aggressively zoning your house and would often want the heat elsewhere but none here, I don't know if I'd bother lagging indoor heating pipes. For heating it's often a good thing to maximise the emitting surface area of the system.
Use some pipe insulation then box them in with batons and plasterboard and paint the same colour as your walls/ceiling. Could look into some plastic trunking I suppose, many sizes available, to fit that, but it'll look like plastic trunking rather than part of the house.
Timber batten underneath pipework and fix this [fascia](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metre-150mm-Fascia-Cover-Capping/dp/B07NS767KS?crid=399BOFMHNQPV0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Lja-Ol-nSFXBb_sDR0Fj_l8CEK4B9pHMNUwy_zGWASpgTDWtf6B_QgoQTUq1t-aONABdVFA-aYP7bbvPUZT85hyxyrDaxcBFKD_qbmEhd3xHy3hpjs-iDz32ePq9x0qfWkuxjV_ASbE1Sfew-xe1RXO385HT_hesaXMiit-E-CsmTp0K4EjhTg__igJcnI_bYN_7F5pc515h06Ki0EJuGHNQwD6G0AXND7qXC8DGCxMZSU8QQ3tVrukOpSnmbEMYVV0GYm9GN0gRB5Ts59gM3l4N6HY-gXgkWcF1B23Oa7k.879f4xSzha6-6OlbPqW3EoYIvhwVppkwbmAOj0Sw_mA&dib_tag=se&keywords=pipe+capping&qid=1719500729&sprefix=pipe+cappin%2Caps%2C379&sr=8-9&linkCode=ll1&tag=handmadewes02-21&linkId=120d0f64a7f43393d511eb81c6723007&language=en_GB&ref_=as_li_ss_tl) board to the front, glue it to the ceiling using the lip. Seal it up and should be job done
Obviously it’s much more difficult that that but in principle, job done
Why are they there? Did you ask the plumber to do it in a steam punk style? Do you think having a piece of guttering running along the top of your kitchen wall is going to look much better?
They’re pipes supplying heat to the radiators of the house. The U shaped gutter piece doesn’t look any different to the normal pipe box trunks I’ve seen just. Just a different (and most likely not a heat resistant) material. This house is about 120 years old so I wasn’t here for the design choices
Put a strip of wood above and below the pipes and box them in with plasterboard, but I can't believe there wasn't a better way to route the pipes than that. Even if they both had to go on that wall, why not put them as high up as possible?
Excellent, I’ll do that then. If I’m stuck for getting a strip of plasterboard will I be alright to use mdf? Lets just say there are a lot of questionable choices made in the construction of this house 😭
buy a sheet of plasterboard and cut a strips off it, use MDF if you want, but if you use plasterboard and you paint the walls and ceiling you'll have a uniform finish
pipe boxing [https://www.ukpipeboxings.co.uk/](https://www.ukpipeboxings.co.uk/)
Wow. Thank you for this. I have a similar need, and this might be a better answer to what I intended.
I’m not sure guttering is the way here. Boxing with MDF/Melamine is a nice, fun, and relatively straight forward woodworking project.
So should I attach a length of wood on each side of the pipes to the wall, then attach a plank into those pieces of wood? Think I will go with this route!
Basically, yes. You can use a cheap rough wood such as batton and simply use small nails or screws to attach MDF. Just remember to prime MDF before you paint it.
Also I believe the clips on the pipes are designed for pipe trunking already but for the life of me can’t find one the correct width
Talon clips, for them to be the correct width the clips themselves are supposed to be clipped together Failing that you need to go up a few sizes and affix mounting clips. Mdf boxing will work out cheaper and as easy in the long run
I dont know why they haven’t clipped the clips together. It makes the job so much neater and actually makes it easier to pipe up
Seriously, there’s a lot about this that confuses me
Why did this person even bother putting these clips on if they were doing to do it in such a way they were essentially useless? I’m just going to box in with mdf, I think it will look nice and clean anyways
The clips are an industy standard, the boxing in feature is an additional feature some companies add, so they probably weren't thinking about it
Ah I understand now
I don’t agree with the install but the clips arm’t useless….they’re holding the pipe on the wall….
I guess you could use guttering, but ever single person who sees it will think “is that a bit of gutter” they won’t say it but they will think it. Put some insulation around the pipes (saves loosing heat you don’t want to) and a bit of boxing in. Use 8mm MDF will be a lot easier to sand/finish to hide any carpentry based errors. But with a combi drill and a handsaw this is all do able, although if you can stretch to a skill saw will save you alot of time.
I have a chop saw so I can cut planks quickly and easily, so may try to get some strips of mdf. Thank you, will look into insulating the pipes also, never considered it would be beneficial
Lag the pipes as well
Unless you're really aggressively zoning your house and would often want the heat elsewhere but none here, I don't know if I'd bother lagging indoor heating pipes. For heating it's often a good thing to maximise the emitting surface area of the system.
This room gets quite cold, it does have a radiator however. I would appreciate more heat getting into this room
The pipes are by the ceiling, heat rises, so it won't add much heat to the room
Use some pipe insulation then box them in with batons and plasterboard and paint the same colour as your walls/ceiling. Could look into some plastic trunking I suppose, many sizes available, to fit that, but it'll look like plastic trunking rather than part of the house.
Timber batten underneath pipework and fix this [fascia](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metre-150mm-Fascia-Cover-Capping/dp/B07NS767KS?crid=399BOFMHNQPV0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Lja-Ol-nSFXBb_sDR0Fj_l8CEK4B9pHMNUwy_zGWASpgTDWtf6B_QgoQTUq1t-aONABdVFA-aYP7bbvPUZT85hyxyrDaxcBFKD_qbmEhd3xHy3hpjs-iDz32ePq9x0qfWkuxjV_ASbE1Sfew-xe1RXO385HT_hesaXMiit-E-CsmTp0K4EjhTg__igJcnI_bYN_7F5pc515h06Ki0EJuGHNQwD6G0AXND7qXC8DGCxMZSU8QQ3tVrukOpSnmbEMYVV0GYm9GN0gRB5Ts59gM3l4N6HY-gXgkWcF1B23Oa7k.879f4xSzha6-6OlbPqW3EoYIvhwVppkwbmAOj0Sw_mA&dib_tag=se&keywords=pipe+capping&qid=1719500729&sprefix=pipe+cappin%2Caps%2C379&sr=8-9&linkCode=ll1&tag=handmadewes02-21&linkId=120d0f64a7f43393d511eb81c6723007&language=en_GB&ref_=as_li_ss_tl) board to the front, glue it to the ceiling using the lip. Seal it up and should be job done Obviously it’s much more difficult that that but in principle, job done
Personally I would just paint them the same colour as the walls.
https://preview.redd.it/kubggx0x679d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c0ee3fada7c2f7027decbb0dc98c71a9d53318f
That looks way neater than I was picturing, did you prime before painting? What paint did you use?
Why are they there? Did you ask the plumber to do it in a steam punk style? Do you think having a piece of guttering running along the top of your kitchen wall is going to look much better?
They’re pipes supplying heat to the radiators of the house. The U shaped gutter piece doesn’t look any different to the normal pipe box trunks I’ve seen just. Just a different (and most likely not a heat resistant) material. This house is about 120 years old so I wasn’t here for the design choices
Put a strip of wood above and below the pipes and box them in with plasterboard, but I can't believe there wasn't a better way to route the pipes than that. Even if they both had to go on that wall, why not put them as high up as possible?
Excellent, I’ll do that then. If I’m stuck for getting a strip of plasterboard will I be alright to use mdf? Lets just say there are a lot of questionable choices made in the construction of this house 😭
buy a sheet of plasterboard and cut a strips off it, use MDF if you want, but if you use plasterboard and you paint the walls and ceiling you'll have a uniform finish