wellconnected
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I'm in the process of doing a bathroom update and this necessitates running new water pipes along behind a plasterboard wall in the hallway then beneath the (concrete) hallway floor. Total distance is around 8 metres with 7 behind an uninsulated plasterboard wall and 1 metre under concrete.
I also have two 10mm T&E cables to run to the bathroom - one feeding a new shower and a second running below the bathroom floor and out to an external junction box where it continues in 10mm SWA to a shed and by far the easiest and shortest route for these cables would be along the same track as the pipes but I'm concerned the heat from the hot pipe will overheat the cables, despite their being generously specced for the intended loads.
Am I being over cautious? Any suggestions for shielding/insulating the hot pipe? I had planned running the pipes and cables in separate plastic ducts set in the concrete about 2" apart and insulating the pipes thoroughly where they run in the stud wall.
I also have two 10mm T&E cables to run to the bathroom - one feeding a new shower and a second running below the bathroom floor and out to an external junction box where it continues in 10mm SWA to a shed and by far the easiest and shortest route for these cables would be along the same track as the pipes but I'm concerned the heat from the hot pipe will overheat the cables, despite their being generously specced for the intended loads.
Am I being over cautious? Any suggestions for shielding/insulating the hot pipe? I had planned running the pipes and cables in separate plastic ducts set in the concrete about 2" apart and insulating the pipes thoroughly where they run in the stud wall.