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Midge6
Hi, I’m hoping someone here can point me in the right direction with this problem. Some time back we had a leaking heating pipe under a tile floor, unfortunately we only had one spare tile and in spite of extensive enquiries we could not find any more. We took the decision to completely disconnect the leaking pipe circuit and run a new one. This wasn’t easy, as we had to drill 90 cm under the tile floor from the access point (See attached picture) to a point where we could start the new circuit. Having completed the pipe work, we are now wondering how to close the hole, ideally, we would like to be able to fit our one and only spare tile in such a way that it could be lifted out if needs be. The overall depth of the hole is about 11 cm and at their highest point, the copper pipes are 35mm to 45 mm below the finished top surface of the tiles and the ceramic tiles are 31cm square and 7 mm thick. Allowing for a bit of expansion and insulation, it would seem that we only have about 25mm filling between the underside of the tile and the top of the pipe insulation. Any ideas would be appreciated; I should add that the pipes will be insulated to allow for expansion. If the removable tile is a non starter how should we fill the hole and provide adequate support for the tile?
Looking forward to your comments,
Many thanks,
Midge.
Looking forward to your comments,
Many thanks,
Midge.