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I've got plenty of pictures. I'll start with these. Customer complaint about standard of workmanship. Yes that is the rear of the boiler in the second picture, the original installer didn't bother blocking up before he hung the boiler. It took two of us two days to put the install right, we had to repipe the entire heating system and run a new gas supply as he'd used the original undersized 15mm for a 30Kw combi.
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Barry98
ive just had a bit of a spat for using orignal 15mm on a install , i apprecaite you can get 15mm fed boilers but they were adminat on a baxi which is 22mm. it was on a listed building and was impossible to run 22 so i rang baxi whos advise was fit the duo-tec and gas rate etc if its within MI`s then its ok.
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Mike Jackson
While I'm on a roll. Called to a job, new boiler with vertical flue. Water ingress had destroyed the pcb. Manufacturer declined to repair, put it down to faulty flue joints. I attended and checked the flue, all fine. I then noticed a joint in the tubing coming from the condense pump. When I filled the pump with water it turned on and water sprayed out of the joint. Investigation revealed that the tubing had been joined with a biro casing. This may have worked had the installer not left the pointed end on and left this pointing towards the pump. It's no wonder it leaked trying to pump through a hole a couple of mm across.
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haha that made me chuckle if he didnt een thik tto cut the end dowm to make bigger opening not that that would make it right in any way just shows his lack of braincells haha
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PlumbBobBob
don't know which is better your coke bottles or mike's biro for ingenuity lol
I think your right about this one.
ANYONE who has the cheek to leave an old part that has expired should be shot! They could of weighed it in too. Obv earning too much money. Lol
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got asked to do a LGSC on this mess
yes there are 2 90 degree bends on the flue,and no ventilation and signs of spillage it failed a flue flow as well poured out of the roof i replaced it with a performa 30 he combi you may recognize the photos from the GSR mag
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REDSAW
dont worry about it, the lads on here did it for you.lol
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Mike Jackson
One from a few months back. Install a few weeks old. Custard complained boiler not working properly, warranty company attended said system needed flush, vent wrong. I attended system perfectly clean, boiler locking out due to condense rising to soil under bath. Saw 2 bends above boiler (worcester so 2m equivalent each) with vertical flue. Checking in loft revealed another 2 45s, no screws on joints, insufficient brackets. Max vertical on a worcester is 6.4, this was equivalent t oabout 9.5 in total. Made even worse when I touched the flue in the airing cupboard and the flue fell apart. ID boiler spend rest of day chasing flue parts and re-doing to give correct length.
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Mike Jackson
Complaints of squeaking pipes, the pipes were so tight through the joist that I had to drill them out. External making good left a lot to be desired.
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Last one now. The cable on the left had been chewed by rats and blown the hole in the pipe on the right.
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Only one of those was from Hastings. I was travelling all over Kent, Sussex and Hampshire putting this junk right.
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Mike Jackson
Once I've received my final payment in lieu of notice in a few days I may be able to pass comment.
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clivetheplumber
I need to get me camera sorted.
The stuff I see over here, still freaks me out & I was last G.O.R.G.I registered over 12 years ago!!!
The stuff I see over here, still freaks me out & I was last G.O.R.G.I registered over 12 years ago!!!
nope was a "plumber" you should see the rest lol
if i can find the pics of the dodgy flue i'll post them up also
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Mike Jackson
I've got a reputation for sorting out other peoples messes so I used to get sent out to this sort of stuff a lot. I got pulled off installs and put on remedials at the end of July and carried on with them until my redundancy on the 16th December. I'm hoping to see less of it now I'm back on my own but today's gas farce doesn't bode well for the future.
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This is not so much a dodgy install but a case of dodgy engineers failing to spot a problem. 13 engiineers had been to the job prior to my visit and caused all sorts of problems trying to find the cause of the overflow on the header tank. Either no one else had noticed the drip coming from the open vent with the system off or hadn't realised its significance. The cold water storage cistern was at a higher level than the header tank and it was obviously a split coil causing the problem. The pump had been moved, the primaries upgraded, a bypass put in complete with various leaks through the ceiling in attempts to solve the problem.This had been going on for 15 months and we had to repaint the side of the custards house due to the brown staining from the continuous overflowing.
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Rickster123
Haha that gate valve is a great one! I'm putting my camera in the van from now on. (no my phone really is that rubbish!)
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PlumbBobBob
Judging by the boarded up door below, I think they could be squatters.....which would explain the terribleness of it.
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It was an in progress extension on the back of some flats ... !!! I think they used every possible variety of plastic available .... :lol:
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That gas meter must have been a joke?!
As for the cooker, looks like someone set it on fire and it's been doused in water to put it out - they were obviously too lazy to then clean it up!
As for the cooker, looks like someone set it on fire and it's been doused in water to put it out - they were obviously too lazy to then clean it up!
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diamondgas
GAs meter was straight off the mains supplying a communial church hall 🙂 ... Now been flattened, I passed there a cupl months back 🙂
I had to ring Heat Team about this as I had never come across something like this before. They confirmed that you can have a maximum of 5 meters drop on the flue, taking off a meter per elbow. So this is actually ok. But my god does it look dodgy!
This might be ok, I didn't actually go to this property I just noticed it on my travels and took a pic.
This might be ok, I didn't actually go to this property I just noticed it on my travels and took a pic.
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tell you what looks iffy to me thats a standard efficiency performa with what appears to be a high efficiency plume kitI had to ring Heat Team about this as I had never come across something like this before. They confirmed that you can have a maximum of 5 meters drop on the flue, taking off a meter per elbow. So this is actually ok. But my god does it look dodgy!
This might be ok, I didn't actually go to this property I just noticed it on my travels and took a pic.
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smtplumbing
me too sj deffo. flue on to neighbours prop. no wonder they built extension pmsl. sick of plumage
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smtplumbing
Last one i had like that turned into a 12month legal battle as the council had actually signed of the extension 6 months earlier
aparantly the boiler has been like it for 4 years and it was all working ok, got southern gas out to replace guvoner as wp at meter was low, i put boiler down as ar, after southern gas had been just for the teermination, i looked into getting a plume kit which ideal aparantly make but was told it is obselite, dont think the customer will do anything about it but at least i have covered myself
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No plastic within 1 metre of boiler......yeah right more like no copper anywhere near boiler
A diy boiler decommissioning....
Yep that's the old balanced flue blocked with cardboard held on with filler. And a circle of card in the centre. Gas pipe is also seen isolated only with isolated valve. This was in a takeaway.
Mmm nice clean kitchen taps.....
Dirty eh? Guess what... Same takeaway.....
Would you like something to eat? No bloody chance i.ve just reinstated hot water supply to the kitchen after 4 weeks. They only rang me after a health inspection.
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A diy boiler decommissioning....
Yep that's the old balanced flue blocked with cardboard held on with filler. And a circle of card in the centre. Gas pipe is also seen isolated only with isolated valve. This was in a takeaway.
Mmm nice clean kitchen taps.....
Dirty eh? Guess what... Same takeaway.....
Would you like something to eat? No bloody chance i.ve just reinstated hot water supply to the kitchen after 4 weeks. They only rang me after a health inspection.
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Can't really see those pictures, tapatalk seems to upload very very low resolution photos (100x100 or less)
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went to a job friday. as a speedfit coupler on the drain-off was leaking.
i recognized the house from a couple of years ago where i helped install the boiler during my so-called-gas-training with a gsr rse.
what do you think?
i recognized the house from a couple of years ago where i helped install the boiler during my so-called-gas-training with a gsr rse.
what do you think?
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do you mean the pipe that goes into the plastic overflow pipe ? that comes preformed with the boiler its the PRV connection
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diamondgas
I'm guesing the suply cable is plugged into a socket below and there isn't any part 'L' observed ... TRV's, room stat programmer that sort of thing 🙂
I hope you've learned something since your 'training' days REDSAW? :lol:
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forget the vailant pic, dont know how it got there.
there are no room stat, the lead is un-fixed and the condense paired to the prv goes 6meters to outside drain pipe with a 22mm speedfit on, straight through a little girls bedroom!.
there are no room stat, the lead is un-fixed and the condense paired to the prv goes 6meters to outside drain pipe with a 22mm speedfit on, straight through a little girls bedroom!.
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REDSAW
put this up before, tenant calls for l.l. cert and found as is....
also, cooker point in middle of room un-supported for 2 meters.
this one of the meter cupboard is in a warden aided complex disabled bungalow.. there all the same council stuff.
this is one her dad did 15 years ago and didnt finish it, she says he was corgi.
and this is previous boiler.
also, cooker point in middle of room un-supported for 2 meters.
this one of the meter cupboard is in a warden aided complex disabled bungalow.. there all the same council stuff.
this is one her dad did 15 years ago and didnt finish it, she says he was corgi.
and this is previous boiler.
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2nd attempt at posting better pics
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can't understand it....uploaded larger images before and i can't do it now.
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can't understand it....uploaded larger images before and i can't do it now.
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