Fixing tube in place

valve90210 · 28 Sep 2013 at 16:03

I will shortly be putting a short piece of waste pipe in the ceiling from my bedroom cupboard up into the loft but I'm just wondering the best way to hold it in place, could I just use a bead no nails or something round the pipe either side of the plaster board?

arknor · 28 Sep 2013 at 16:27

won't it be held in place by whatever pipes it's connected to? so all you really need to do is make sure you don't do the hole to big and then maybe use some silicone sealant or whatever to fill the mm gap ?

is this a pipe? of flexible ducting? and you are exhausting hot air and carbon dust? *cough*

the ridges on the ducting should hold it in place anyway , don't forget to insulate your loft or the snow will melt *cough*

LOAM · 28 Sep 2013 at 16:49

Pipe clip?

bitslice · 28 Sep 2013 at 16:50

PVC pipe is normally fixed with the appropriate U shaped wall brackets, have a look in your local DIY shed, they will be in the same section

Nightglow · 28 Sep 2013 at 17:07

If pipe comes between two joists, just screw a piece of wood across them to fit pipe clip, if the pipe is solvent weld, get a small off cut of pipe, & cut it lengthwise, slip it around pipe & glue in place just above pipe clip,

This will stop the pipe sliding down.

EDIT: More details, :eek:

just drill a hole in some ply same size as pipe, slide it through & glue on a straight coupler if it's solvent weld pipe.

valve90210 · 28 Sep 2013 at 21:46

arknor said:
won't it be held in place by whatever pipes it's connected to?

Knew I shouldn't have posted in a hurry whilst being harassed by my baby boy! It's not going to connect to anything, it's just to make it nice and simple to run cables down from the loft into the room! Lol. Should have mentioned that really!

LOAM said:
Pipe clip?

bitslice said:
PVC pipe is normally fixed with the appropriate U shaped wall brackets, have a look in your local DIY shed, they will be in the same section

I did thank about those but it's going between the chimney and a joist but there's no room to get to the joist as it's only a small gap.

Nightglow said:
If pipe comes between two joists, just screw a piece of wood across them to fit pipe clip

That might be doable or something similar....