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do i see a plume kit on it? 😀look at what i do,get a photo bucket account,load all your photos from your pc there, pick your photo,click on the img option it will flash copied then on your mouse right click and paste
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Harryplumb
unbelievable expect the only way to clean them would be brick acid but who would use that indoors? only thing in my opinion would be to strip them all off and start again with new tiles a few hundred pounds wasted there..brum
I'm tipping they will never come back.
There's more work in cleaning the grout / glue up than doing the whole job.
There's more work in cleaning the grout / glue up than doing the whole job.
I would want to take all that sanitary ware & dump it also. That shower tray must be ruined. I don't even dirty a shower tray & I clean it with a damp cloth & put a soft cover over it when I have to stand on it.
Strange thing about really serious jobs like that is the customers tend to be decent people who don't deserve it & wouldn't take the installer to court.
That is a great photo to show to people who are pricing around for someone to do their bathroom cheap.
Strange thing about really serious jobs like that is the customers tend to be decent people who don't deserve it & wouldn't take the installer to court.
That is a great photo to show to people who are pricing around for someone to do their bathroom cheap.
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I have would work a treat 25%?sprayed on them left for 2 hours and scrubbed off - will be perfect
That grouting's obviously been done by a guy in a straight jacket, its hard to know what I'm actually looking at. Its so bad it must be a wind up.
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newcastle phill
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Ch4 plumbing
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Kev the gas
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Billy Bob Bob
has that bracket missed?
over rated those hanging brackets, and straight flues !
Dont recognise that particular self levitating heap. What boiler was it?
over rated those hanging brackets, and straight flues !
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Kev the gas
It was a shocking install, boiler mounted on some sort of conti board approx 8 mm thick.
Unvented tank in the middle of loft on mdf base.
The 24i system boiler was wired in wth only a switched live, but had perm live taped up inside the boiler wiring centre.
It was installed by a large local company with a gr8 reputation.
I AR the installation and told the cust to inform gas safe
Unvented tank in the middle of loft on mdf base.
The 24i system boiler was wired in wth only a switched live, but had perm live taped up inside the boiler wiring centre.
It was installed by a large local company with a gr8 reputation.
I AR the installation and told the cust to inform gas safe
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lame plumber
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Rickster123
Got to try to fit in time to sort pipework on a megaflow at a house bash where the installer had the same idea.
Customer has paid for one fix fee from manufacturer, they think it is thermostat but as they cant change it. (At a cost of £220 ) hes also got to pay to have it moved first.
That picture brings back memory's , I used to subby for kingspan/tribune years ago I have seen that so many times, when the cylinder is indirect and the immersion heater is a back up it's potentially not a massive problem , when it's direct and the stats are tosh it's a rather big job.
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LPC
Install by a very large UK company. Spot the 2 glaring things. Couldn't quite believe what they had done here.
Not to mention all pipework running through loft, none insulated.
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Not to mention all pipework running through loft, none insulated.
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tamz
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LPC
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LPC
Surprised they got it that far with the super mega glue they used to stick those labels on with.
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tamz
The house won't fall down as luckily the outriggers will support it too.
I'd like to see their reaction if she complained about it and wanted it fixed :lol:
I'd like to see their reaction if she complained about it and wanted it fixed :lol:
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Ch4 plumbing
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happyflyer
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happyflyer
Who needs a heating manifold?
Was asked to rip out this mess and fit a UFH Manifold. Didnt even have its own pump was running off the same circuit as the radiators
A work of art, should be in the museum 10 out of 10 for trying, look the same number of connections on the left and the right
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happyflyer
No you don't yours is much worse than this Ermi.... you should have said "I have almost the same shame at home." 😛arty:
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happyflyer
Neil,
You might be surprised, once purged it may well not airlock, only having in your house would you know, but I am with you in spirit
having a pump so close to the water level with little or no head is bad, with regard to the workmanship some people will not comment
if they see it, those are they which might get close to fitting something near to this, an old git like me would go up there, lift the tanks and pipe
it in copper, but what do I know about my trade today, my trade is not there any more, it gone well and truly. Some people still have pride
in their work and would love to show it off, if this is a plumber who has done this then I rest my case.
Tate Gallery might buy it.
PS I wonder where the hot connection is coming from for the pump suction???
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happyflyer
You like it Ermi, " it's your House" your coming on a bit now lad even lagging the plastic :001_9898:
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Gray0689
At least it's a negative head pump lol
And points for monsoon
Must be in Southern Ireland lol
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happyflyer
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Gray0689
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happyflyer
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Gray0689
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happyflyer
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tamz
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kay-jay
Is it in the hotpress tam? I know plenty capable of doing a good job who just dont bother when its not on show.
Sad but true
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tamz
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happyflyer
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kay-jay
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tamz
Posh Edinburgh tenement! Last time it saw a lick of paint was around 1970 :lol:
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tamz
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kay-jay
40 years of skimping on the decorating and they managed to save up for a bunny boiler [emoji38]
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tamz
And then save up again to pay me to sort it out :lol:
That is the paint hit on the head for another year or 2
That is the paint hit on the head for another year or 2
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Toxic Ted
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Paulplumb
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Ermintrude
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Paulplumb
And the award for closest flue to an internal corner and a gutter downpipe in a single install goes too.....
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Mike Jackson
From an inspection on a Barrat Home Today.
Spot the problem.
IMG_20141120_094615292 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr
Customer complaining of warm water through the cold taps. All cold fed from balanced outlet.
IMG_20141120_094627205 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr
You couldd feel the heat waft out of the airing cupboard as you opened the door.
IMG_20141120_094636290 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr
Well I won't worry about cleaning the condense trap then.
IMG_20141120_101014165 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr
Clearance?
IMG_20141120_095411420_HDR by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr
It's got a cage round but should it really be below ground?
IMG_20141120_094218703 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr
The customer is in dispute over various other issues. The heating has been coming on at night, the engineer sent round to sort the issues changed the Honeywell programmable stats for Danfoss ones and then set them up wrong so the heating was set to 22° over night. There could be reverse circulation issues as the hot water return is teed in in the wrong place, before both heating returns. There is a TRV in the bedroom where the stat for upstairs is fitted. The engineer has written in the logbook that the system was flushed with clean water before adding X100 because it is a new system. That clean water will dissolve the flux residues and grease in the radiators well! It's 10mm plastic as well so should sludge up nicely in a few years.
The customer is a chartered surveyor so has puulled them up on loads of issues, airbricks below ground level, gradient on front path too steep. He is also working for some of his neighbours due to issues with missing insulation in roof voids and cavities etc. He's like a dog with a bone. It's quite fun working for someone who wants you to find as many faults as possible.
Spot the problem.
IMG_20141120_094615292 by Mike Jackson1, on FlickrCustomer complaining of warm water through the cold taps. All cold fed from balanced outlet.
IMG_20141120_094627205 by Mike Jackson1, on FlickrYou couldd feel the heat waft out of the airing cupboard as you opened the door.
IMG_20141120_094636290 by Mike Jackson1, on FlickrWell I won't worry about cleaning the condense trap then.
IMG_20141120_101014165 by Mike Jackson1, on FlickrClearance?
IMG_20141120_095411420_HDR by Mike Jackson1, on FlickrIt's got a cage round but should it really be below ground?
IMG_20141120_094218703 by Mike Jackson1, on FlickrThe customer is in dispute over various other issues. The heating has been coming on at night, the engineer sent round to sort the issues changed the Honeywell programmable stats for Danfoss ones and then set them up wrong so the heating was set to 22° over night. There could be reverse circulation issues as the hot water return is teed in in the wrong place, before both heating returns. There is a TRV in the bedroom where the stat for upstairs is fitted. The engineer has written in the logbook that the system was flushed with clean water before adding X100 because it is a new system. That clean water will dissolve the flux residues and grease in the radiators well! It's 10mm plastic as well so should sludge up nicely in a few years.
The customer is a chartered surveyor so has puulled them up on loads of issues, airbricks below ground level, gradient on front path too steep. He is also working for some of his neighbours due to issues with missing insulation in roof voids and cavities etc. He's like a dog with a bone. It's quite fun working for someone who wants you to find as many faults as possible.
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Ermintrude
Wow.... way to place an issolator between the system and the expansion and pressure release its not even a lock shield gate valve. Cant wait till the home owner confuses it for part of the filling loop and shuts it.
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happyflyer
Booooooooooooom :001_9898: SV on boiler will take over until pressure drop below cut off set point
I think Tamz once said GSR doesn't make you a good engineer, this might have been the GSRs lad who did this,
some excuse.
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Mike Jackson
It's a heat only so no safety valve on boiler. Shut valve and pressure goes up until something gives way. Cue water at 80 degrees spraying across the room.
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happyflyer
Mike,
Are you saying that if its heat only boiler the chaps out there are relying on a SV which could be metres away from the heat source, what as
the world come to.
From an inspection on a Barrat Home Today.
Spot the problem.
No brain, no fear!
It was defo a plumbing contractor for Barratt Homes… Competent or not, experienced or not, GSR or not, crash course GSR, a plumber, an apprentice, one of a rated people or checkatrade, a cowboy, a clown, a monkey or just some geezer with a van and tools.
:smile:
No... not this dude!
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