Hi, I am remodeling my kitchen and it appears I will have to put a post to the side of new, large island to support the ceiling joists. I would like to run water, electrical and gas down this post to the island in order to save me significant dollars as opposed to tearing up the slab to put the utilities in the floor. Any experience with this would help. I would like to keep the post as small as possible so as to not intefere with the view, and am wondering if I could use a steel/copper pipe, and run the utilities inside of the pipe, or if any one has good ideas. Thanks!