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Extraction hose is probably a good candidate for boxing.
Attach 3 pieces of 2x1 to the walls, cover in 8mm wrmdf, paint to match walls.
I think there are rules about access hatches in the boxing these days, plumbers need to test the void or something similar.
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cheers! Ian the joiner’s back soon to do the understairs doors, so might give him some more work - on the opposite side of the kitchen (same kind of run of wall units) there’s a copper pipe run from the boiler to upstairs that hugs the top of the wall and follows the ceiling pitch, so was thinking about potentially having a big ply panel using the nice B/BB stuff to cover everything from the top of the units up both sides. I’m a sucker for symmetry..!
hvsds
When I ordered the kitchen I got the wrong size open cupboard by accident, and also an unnecessarily small unit for the extractor, given we went with induction.
Still need to figure out what/how we box in the extractor pipe (and also make the hole in the wall 125mm from 100mm if possible - the bricks seem a little sketchy, but perhaps all the more reason to get stuck in and shore it up.
Finally got the replacements up this afternoon without major issues, and had a good excuse to buy a twisty turny ratchet screwdriver set to boot.
Planing on tiling the box/cover to hide the boiler pipes on the opposite side of the kitchen this evening if all goes to plan.