Isolating valves and drain points

[Welder]

I’m surprised at you’re experience of jobs largely being one offs. Possibly a good explanation for it.

Did you miss an emoji ?

 

[Deleted member 32524]

It's the that will do attitude and laziness of price jobs. Then lack of investment from home owner. Most when you say give you the impression it a great idea to add isolators and a drain off point, but never do jack about it.

 

[Rob Foster]

I’ve found in when changing zone valves, float valves, taps etc. The only part that always seems to be fitted with isolating valves are circulating pumps.

then the gate valves are seized

 

[Rob Foster]

plumbing is largely unregulated
so there is little standardisation
anybody can play, and do,it as badly or as well as their price or whim takes them...even on new builds ..which can be worse
centralheatking

 

[Best]

Once you have an agreed price with the customer, then every part you use comes out of your potential profit, - so greed is also a factor

 

[Stu-B]

More things to leak, the quality of parts has gone downhill as the suppliers and manufacturers compete. Pump valves leak when you use them, gate valves stem snap, isolator valves weep,

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

 

[Burger]

I’ve found in when changing zone valves, float valves, taps etc. The only part that always seems to be fitted with isolating valves are circulating pumps.

Float valves to any cistern is a water regulation, so hope you fit them? A lot of things like taps are just considered good practice

 

[Rob Foster]

Once you have an agreed price with the customer, then every part you use comes out of your potential profit, - so greed is also a factor

and nowadays quality is not an issue,just price and speed. and the churn is a factor, churn is loads of newbies coming into the market undercutting and going bust to,be replaced by more failures and it goes on
centralheatking

 

[OffshoreGas]

Float valves to any cistern is a water regulation, so hope you fit them? A lot of things like taps are just considered good practice

I tend to fit them anywhere I can.

I’m not sure you’re right on the water regs, my understanding is they “should” be fitted to float valves. Where “should” is used in regulations it’s considered advisory rather than mandatory.

 

[Burger]

I tend to fit them anywhere I can.

I’m not sure you’re right on the water regs, my understanding is they “should” be fitted to float valves. Where “should” is used in regulations it’s considered advisory rather than mandatory.

They use the word “shall”, I take that to mean mandatory.