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Bit of a weird one really.
We've had to have an inch copper gas pipe run up the front wall of our house, which looks a bit horrendous.
I'm planning to hide it behind a false downpipe which I think will make the house look a bit more 'normal'?
The problem is that the gas pipe is clipped about 10mm from the wall, and the downpipe brackets hold this about 30mm from the wall.
How can I mount the downpipe closer to the wall so I can cut the back out and shroud the gas pipe with it?
Any helpful ideas appreciated but I won't get my hopes up.
Cheers.
Where would the downpipe connect at the top? I've never seen any brackets that hold them any closer than 30mm ish. Could you split the downpipe the entire length and just wrap it round the pipe? I'm not sure if it will look much better though.
Simply move your house forward 20mm. Problem solved.
Stick it to the wall with sealent ?
Cut a slot in the back of the downspout so that the gas line runs inside the downspout. Since its not going to carry water, it doesn't have to be functional.
The copper gas pipe goes straight up through our soffit, but I would angle the downpipe round the soffit and connect it to our gutter as if it really was draining the water from it.
I'd have to just live with the top couple of feet of pipe uncovered.
I would like to cut the back out of the downpipe and wrap it round the gas pipe but I still need some kind of 'bracket' to hold it off the wall a bit.
I think having it flush mounted to the wall with sealant might make it look a bit odd?
Can you make a straight cut in the down pipe with a small angle grinder, you should then be able to spread the pipe enough to clip it around the gas pipe, maybe a couple of blobs of clear silicone on the back to stop it rolling about.
Not sure about the wisdom or legality of concealing a gas pipe without clear labelling though!
Make some donuts with large diameter pipe wrap, about 3 inches high,and some 1 inch internal diameter pipe wrap cut also to 3 inches high place one inside the other, now get some down pipe and carefully mark 2 lines about 1 inch apart, down length of pipe, cut carefully with a jigsaw, youll now have a slot down pipe, carefully fit pipe wrap donuts into pipe and then fit over pipe, you may have to pull pipe apart to fit over the gas pipe, DONT USE ANY FORCE ON GAS PIPE.
Isn't the fatter pipe going to be far more obtrusive and look weirder than the copper one once it's weathered to a matt finish? What about painting it to blend in?
We've had to have an inch copper gas pipe run up the front wall of our house, which looks a bit horrendous
Why not get the plumber back to move the gas pipe?
Nothing the plumber can do. You're not allowed to run a gas pipe in a cavity and our combi is in our loft.
Not sure I'd bother. Is your house so architecturally significant the pipe is destroying the aesthetics? If not, maybe paint it if it's allowed?
Sorry if that sounds a bit arsey, but if you're in a recent brick box like most if us, the pipe won't be making much difference apart from irritating your OCD 😀
In a year or so time when the copper has oxidised, it'll be much less noticeable. in fact, in less time than that you will get used to it being there and stop looking at it. I'd do nothing. The plan you have will look far worse.
It sounds like it'll look worse after you've finished than it will if you paint the pipe an unobtrusive colour or wait a month or so for it to oxidise.
It'd also fail any reasonable gas safety inspection if you carry out what you're suggesting.
I used screw in hooks and zip ties for a shed down pipe issue where I needed the down pipe to sit in a recessed channel close to the front of the shed. It's worked 😉
Differnt brackets. I can't even get a finger behind my downpipes.