...all of the downstairs pipes run under the concrete floor (and it looks like bare copper in the concrete and not wrapped).
Old gravity-fed boiler system swapped out for new (higher pressured) combi...on firing up to test we ended up with an indoor water feature around the uncovered pipework - there's a leak in the what appear to be unprotected pipes under the concrete somewhere so we're going for a full uncover/replace in the front room as I type.
Fortunately we changed our mind and swapped the boiler over seven weeks after moving in and before redoing floors and redecorating rather than a year or two down the line after doing everything else as we had intended to...that would have been a real p*sser, and the best thing to think about as the noise of drilling rattles round the house!
Old gravity-fed boiler system swapped out for new (higher pressured) combi...on firing up to test we ended up with an indoor water feature around the uncovered pipework - there's a leak in the what appear to be unprotected pipes under the concrete somewhere so we're going for a full uncover/replace in the front room as I type.
Fortunately we changed our mind and swapped the boiler over seven weeks after moving in and before redoing floors and redecorating rather than a year or two down the line after doing everything else as we had intended to...that would have been a real p*sser, and the best thing to think about as the noise of drilling rattles round the house!