Understanding why you should use ducts for plumbing instead of burying pipes in walls.
What is a Duct?
A Duct is a canal or channel for directing pipes or cables from one place to another.
Ducts are used for plumbing works, Ventilation systems, and Electrical fittings.
The use of duct for plumbing works is a solution that keeps your external walls clean of the mess created when the pipe starts aging, as well as room for maintenance without affecting your external walls.
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Why you should use ducts for plumbing instead of burying pipes in walls:
- They affect maintenance (which requires you to break your walls to access it). Then add cement and sand to re-plaster it afterward and then go on to find the previous paint colour that was initially used.
- During construction, the beams, lintels, and floor will be cracked to make way for these plumbing pipes to pass through.
If not done properly, can affect the stability of your building structures.
The use of ducts does not affect structural stability and it keeps all pipes out of site in event of leakage or damage.
You can also keep your water heaters inside the duct, eliminating the mess created by the water heater cords and electrical fittings in the bathroom.
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All this intricate planning is possible when done with an Architect.
