Hot and cold pipes the wrong way round.

[Harvest Fields]

Usually happens when you poke the hot/cold through a wall and then go around the other side to connect up - massively overthink the “complex problem “...

Had one the other day, their sparks had moved a socket into the garage for me to fit a washer as the custard wanted the utility ripped out to use as a store. Sparks said I could move them pipes for you whilst here. Custard said sound do it. I got called back to remove all the speed fit he had used and replace with copper as it was pi****g out with hot and cold pipes reversed.

 

[Ben-gee]

But apart from that, he made a pretty good job admit it.

 

[Harvest Fields]

But apart from that, he made a pretty good job admit it.

To be fair. I said to the custard, I had seen worse.

 

[Richard Nutbrown]

Don’t let them just whack in a couple of flexible speedfit hoses, they should solder in with copper fittings so it’s like for like.
The flexies will be fine for now but not last as long, may also lead to some pipe banging etc.

Ok thanks Ben.

 

[Best]

Come on it's a simple mistake and I'm sure a lot of plumbers have got pipes mixed up before. I know I have more than once

I know a lad that somehow connected the gas to the hot connection on the boiler he couldn't work out why they had no water coming out the hot taps it was only when his mate opened the rest nipple and had water coming out they realise the problem. The filled the main in the road. We obviously turned up to take the pee as Wales and west were pumping it out with a compressor.

I think I can honestly say I never have mixed up the hot and cold pipes anywhere. Been close a few times, but always double checked. Just was the way I was trained.
I have fitted check valves, stopcocks and circulating pumps on wrong way though in the past.

 

[Burger]

I managed to do it once, not long out of, my time, both hot and cold were 22mm. Vaillant ended up coming out to boiler, took him a while to figure it out, then got ripped by the other trades and other plumber

 

[Stigster]

I will admit to mixing up the flow and return on an older heating system with uni-directional TRV's. I didn't feel too proud when I was commissioning the system and most of the TRV's starting making weird noises. I managed to fix it without anyone actually finding out though so all good in the end.

 

[Shaks Knight]

Hi. A plumber for the new build i just bought from previous owner has fitted the tbar shower copper pipes in reverse, with hot water on the right. Pulling away the tile and plaster board the pipes appear to be running from under the floor board with no visible connections. The nhbc has run out on the property now.

Can I swap them by cutting the copper pipes and connecting a plastic flexi pipe to run the hot water in the left and vice versa for cold?

#diygurl

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Wouldn’t use flex but plastic pipe and push fit fittings you could

 

[Shaks Knight]

Wouldn’t use flex but plastic pipe and push fit fittings you could

Excellent thank you