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ever wondered where to put the cooker when the only place left is in front of the gas meter???????????
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Kyle87
Had one of them on my meter until they recently changed it. Still got the big curly lead pipe tho
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Billy Bob Bob
its a filter you young bunch of nesbits dont you know syit all LOL
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Kyle87
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Phil_Plumb
shocking work there Plum bob, had these people not heard of Fischer bolts and silicone to sort the sink?
and why not bother to plumb in the bath while they are there and the use of a flexi for the cistern?
why would one not bother to pipe it up properly using a iso and tap connector?
Its people like this who ruin it for the majority!
and why not bother to plumb in the bath while they are there and the use of a flexi for the cistern?
why would one not bother to pipe it up properly using a iso and tap connector?
Its people like this who ruin it for the majority!
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REDSAW
dont give a toss-duty-of-care n all that, she didnt want to know and didnt like my quote for the new boiler fan during the winter when she had no heating fo 3 weeks. lol
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Plum Bob 66
Because they were a useless bunch of sharp pointed instruments who clearly took advantage of someone who was in a very vulnerable state.
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tamz
Looks like an old Parkinson Cwan and is probably fkd. They have a problem with the spindles breaking letting the gas through at full pressure. Report it to the ESP if you see one and they will come out and change it.
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Whyme
thats the chair croppie tells everybody off from.:smile:
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fogarty
Think Croppie ought to apply .id vote for him.
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Phil_Plumb
why do kitchen fitters assume they are bonafide competant plumbers? i mean that looks awful. i hate those rigs anyway, i got a 1.5 sink in my kitchen, i plumbed them up using two traps both joined in via a swept tee to one 40mm pipe.
now both sinks have a trap meaning no smells can eminate from either bowl. takes up a but more room under the sink but not that much to notice! and it will never leak!
now both sinks have a trap meaning no smells can eminate from either bowl. takes up a but more room under the sink but not that much to notice! and it will never leak!
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PlumbBobBob
two traps into one pipe? so what stops the danger of one pulling the other ?dont tell me you run the pipes up hill slightly to get some run back you sure your not both kitchen fitters?
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Phil_Plumb
i was in a custards house when i first came up with brain wave, custard had kitchen fitted but declined the use of the fitters plumbing skills, so called me in... anyway he said the sink came supplied with that nasty crap fitting as featured in a pic above, he asked me what alternatives i could come up with.
anyway 10 mins spent in back of van and with two traps one with a spigot for D/W and one without and one 1.5" swept tee and bingo job done. i was so impressed with my idea, i went home and repiped my sink lol!
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Phil_Plumb
because the trap on half bowl is deeper than one one sink, which can pass alot more water than half bowl, deeper trap prevents vacuum suction!
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Phil_Plumb
Im a plumb, i work with tubes and copper and plastic - i dont do wood unless its to support my pipes, i never fit kitchens its not my cuppa T lol
Saw a discharge pipe on the side of a house earlier with an iso' valve on. Couldn't get pics though as I'd have looked like a peeping Tom. The side of the house was freshly painted so I assume it was 'randomly spewing water' and the iso was fitted to make the painter's job easier.
I'll keep an eye on it, I can see it from my window - too far for a pic of the valve but if the house falls down I'll get a pic.
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Phil_Plumb
hahah wtf was the engineer thinking or maybe it was the builder? shocking termination of a flue
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Plum Bob 66
Well, if he used a spirit level on his pipework..... It's faulty and beds to go back ;-)
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Whyme
Funny you should say peeping tom. i saw a 4 litre plastic milk carton in half and upside down used as a hopper but the cust was in backgarden otherwise pic done..
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Whyme
The vast majority of plumbers would probably love to use them but it would mean using flexi connectors to attach to them as they are designed for.
God forbid that the majority on here would want to upset the half dozen " Glitterati " on here that hate flexies.
Guess we will just be the sheep and do as we are told and keep those pesky foreign things out of our country.
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TBServices
Thing is, here, a burst flexi means a new kitchen ceiling in most instances. Over in Europe where the have their heads screwed on, most ceilings are concrete, the floors are all tiled and in many cases have a gully in them, and if a flexi does go, there's a convenient tap on the wall to turn off the supply. Not a crappy iso valve.
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Plum Bob 66
It's the old out of sight out of mind syndrome.............until the issues arise.
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hmfc
Never seen so much crap under a bath,even left his trowel ,roll of denso and the best one a towel under waste to catch drip off off overflow.no wonder he boxed bath in lol.
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Ray Stafford
thats the way its ment to be, fitted a few, but my efforts are more pleasing to the eye and were less than 1/2 a day lol
Same heater. Pressure relief connected back to front and fitted to a compression tee with a generous amount of PTFE.
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Phil_Plumb
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Bunker
Went to service a wall mounted Grant on Friday, ive been going there for a few years. This time they'd had an automatic garage door fitted.
D'oh!!
D'oh!!
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Bunker
One of my favourite tools is my 18v Hitachi grinder, especially working on Grants but mainly to trim their baffles so they go back in....
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Resolute
i might have to do this over a few posts as there are several photos as i dont have access to the property the pics are a bit naff this is a house in 15 flats which was converted about 7 years ago i did tell the corgi inspector at the time about it but he just shrugged his shoulders
the meters are obviously under the pavement in the cellars and i cant see how many bends are involved and the services go to both side of the building and i could only photo one side i counted 15 bends visible on one service which is probablyclose to 45
m long no sleves on any where they exit the slab
and no flues made good above 1st floor
the meters are obviously under the pavement in the cellars and i cant see how many bends are involved and the services go to both side of the building and i could only photo one side i counted 15 bends visible on one service which is probablyclose to 45
m long no sleves on any where they exit the slab and no flues made good above 1st floor
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Phil_Plumb
is that 22mm gas pipe? doesnt an elbow add 0.5 mtrs of resistance to a gas run as in its like adding another half meter of pipe work to a run.
And on such a large run shouldnt that be in 28 or even bigger in LCS? then down into 28 -22 - 15mm to boiler??
I know im not GSR but im trying to get my GSR ticket, so i may not be right but surely im not far off the mark?
Thats shocking though!
And on such a large run shouldnt that be in 28 or even bigger in LCS? then down into 28 -22 - 15mm to boiler??
I know im not GSR but im trying to get my GSR ticket, so i may not be right but surely im not far off the mark?
Thats shocking though!
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Whyme
neat pipework even though they did the devils work and used 135 degree end feed elbows........:reddevil:..
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Phil_Plumb
got a call out to attend a flooded bathroom well here is the reason why: - the soil pipe and its boss shown here:
After donning my drysuit and snorkel, i waded in and had a fight with the boxing that was bodged in place that had also swollen so much it was wedged in place.
Turned out that this pipe also served the basin and bath, however the bath trap is 2 inches lower than the boss in the soil stack.
hence why it pulled out - the weight of the water has obviously pulled the pipe out of the rubber boss and it snapped the plastic bath waste, so when plug was pulled water went everywhere but down the drain.
I informed the new homeowner of this, and they are gonna get the insurance to pay for my remedial works and for me to fit a new bathroom.
Now this was a house converted into a flat by the previous owner, and guess what this was a general room. but were building control informed as per the regs - No. shame as this could have been prevented.
After donning my drysuit and snorkel, i waded in and had a fight with the boxing that was bodged in place that had also swollen so much it was wedged in place.
Turned out that this pipe also served the basin and bath, however the bath trap is 2 inches lower than the boss in the soil stack.
hence why it pulled out - the weight of the water has obviously pulled the pipe out of the rubber boss and it snapped the plastic bath waste, so when plug was pulled water went everywhere but down the drain.
I informed the new homeowner of this, and they are gonna get the insurance to pay for my remedial works and for me to fit a new bathroom.
Now this was a house converted into a flat by the previous owner, and guess what this was a general room. but were building control informed as per the regs - No. shame as this could have been prevented.
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Phil_Plumb
yeah dont i know it, i cant belive knowing the age of this house that originally it would not have had a downstairs bathroom (its an old victorian 3 storey converted into 3 flats.) and therefore would the surveyor have known to check to see if building control had been notified of the works?
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Plum Bob 66
Them 1"1/2 clips must be expensive ..... Two clips and this would have never happened and that rubber reducer on the boss ....... Tc tc tc tc
Ah been to one of my masterpieces then? Do you like it?Took a snap of this little beauty this morning calked it "JG, a study in elbows"
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Bunker
External Grant Vortex. 4 metres of 22mm F&R and plastic fill all clipped along outside wall with very gappy thin wall insulation. Fill end up inside boiler with loop on the end, connected of course. Lovely, quality job.
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