Options to cover gas pipe

[Les84]

Having a boiler replace as we speak they have to re run the gas pipe, only viable option is external routed to the loft.

Would anyone be able to help with what to use to cover the sight of a pipe running up the house please.

Many thanks

[Scrump]

Could it be run up a different route (e.g, side of house) so it is less visible?

Alternatively run it through a new length of soil pipe. Gas pipe will be invisible!

[Les84]

Scrump said:

Could it be run up a different route (e.g, side of house) so it is less visible?

Unfortunately not, mid terrace. All the pipe work isn’t to current regs. Moving from a small kitchen cupboard to the loft, going from a heater boiler to combi.

[Scrump]

Les84 said:

Unfortunately not, mid terrace. All the pipe work isn’t to current regs. Moving from a small kitchen cupboard to the loft, going from a heater boiler to combi.

Does the current heater boiler have a chimney or flue leading out the roof?

[Les84]

Scrump said:

Does the current heater boiler have a chimney or flue leading out the roof?

The current boiler is in the kitchen, new one will be going in the loft.

[Scrump]

Les84 said:

The current boiler is in the kitchen, new one will be going in the loft.

Where does the flue/chimney from the current boiler exit the house?
I am asking as I am wondering if the soon to be redundant flue/chimney might be a discrete way to get the gas pipe into the loft.

[JimM169]

I'd just let it weather in, give it a year and you'll probably hardly notice it. Anything used to attempt to hide it will likely be more obvious

[Les84]

Ahhh gotcha. Yes that none goes out the back.

The gas meter is in the garage out the front. Well thought out layout the house is lol

[Les84]

JimM169 said:

I'd just let it weather in, give it a year and you'll probably hardly notice it. Anything used to attempt to hide it will likely be more obvious

That’s a fair point, that will probably only take a couple months.

[WyrleyD]

We had this done three years ago, had to have new gas pipe and being a terrace it could only go up the front of the house, it was to my eyes an eyesore for the first year but don't even notice it's there now.

[Les84]

WyrleyD said:

We had this done three years ago, had to have new gas pipe and being a terrace it could only go up the front of the house, it was to my eyes an eyesore for the first year but don't even notice it's there now.

Yes my OCD is going to be on high alert for a little while.

[JimM169]

Les84 said:

Yes my OCD is going to be on high alert for a little while.

Just make sure they do a clean job, nice vertical run etc last thing you want is for it to be on the p*ss. That would do my head in.

[GasEngineer]

Get them to use brown or black clips (not standard white) and the copper soon weathers and you don't notice.

Running it up beside a rainwater downpipe helps to hide it too if that's an option.

[Les84]

GasEngineer said:

Get them to use brown or black clips (not standard white) and the copper soon weathers and you don't notice.

Running it up beside a rainwater downpipe helps to hide it too if that's an option.

Good point, appreciate that.

[Danm1les]

We had a outdoor tap fitted at the rear of our last house, all the water was at the front of the house. The plumber did the copper inside black drain pipe, with insulation foam too, in my head looked tidier and was protected from the elements.

[Les84]

Danm1les said:

We had a outdoor tap fitted at the rear of our last house, all the water was at the front of the house. The plumber did the copper inside black drain pipe, with insulation foam too, in my head looked tidier and was protected from the elements.

That would be a great option but drains are either side of the houses

[tr7v8]

JimM169 said:

I'd just let it weather in, give it a year and you'll probably hardly notice it. Anything used to attempt to hide it will likely be more obvious

This, ours was done 10 years + ago. Gas pipe comes out of the meter, up the gable end (its a semi) and into the boiler in the loft.
After a few months copper pipe was brick coloured. Make sure they use plenty of clips, clips & UV light do not get on too well. Ours has less clips than it started with.

[DonkeyApple]

Of its the only option do you have a gutter drain running down the frontage to put the copper next to if that's allowed?

Assuming it is allowed then I'd remove the down pipe and fit the gas pipe so that when the down pipe is replaced it mainly conceals the copper?