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As you can see, we are replacing our kitchen and at the same time have removed a floating timber floor and 50mm batterns/insulation for tile preparation. Today I have installed 18mm ply on 50mm batterns for the kitchen base units to sit on. Unfortunately my trusted tiler is not available until after the kitchen is fitted hence why we are not tile the full room.

In the concrete slab area I have prepared for 50mm Marmox boards by using with a sealer/primer. Once the boards are fitted with flex tile https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ porcelain floor tiles will be laid.

My questions -

How should I deal with the water pipes consisting hot and cold plus cental heating? They are not quite siting at 50mm height but should I chase into the concrete slab?

Typically what is the distance from the wall to the front base unit feet? Kitchen supplier couldn't give me a clear answer.

Does anyone see any problems with my work so far?

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Good morning. I plan to start fitting the Marmox boards this morning. Should I work around the water pipes until I have a plan for them?
 
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Chase pipes in to concrete slab it think that is the best way, or at least chase half in and cut 25mm in to board
 
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Thanks Dontiler. Do you often see pipes like this that are then buried under the floor?
No, but don't think you have other option, I would probably asked builders to rise floor on battens, screw marine ply down, and then I would overboard it with 6mm cement board + ditra if you installing stone. That way you would not need to chase anything.
 

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No, but don't think you have other option, I would probably asked builders to rise floor on battens, screw marine ply down, and then I would overboard it with 6mm cement board + ditra if you installing stone. That way you would not need to chase anything.

Am doing pretty much same thing on current job. Lots of polypipe and HDMI cables:

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No, but don't think you have other option, I would probably asked builders to rise floor on battens, screw marine ply down, and then I would overboard it with 6mm cement board + ditra if you installing stone. That way you would not need to chase anything.

I agree this sounds like a smart route. Aim was to get the insulation back in so Marmox was chosen. Looking at pipes where they connect to a radiator I'm not going to get these into the floor.
 

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