hot water coming into cistern

[mrplumberman]

i,ve just fitted a new toilet.when you flush the loo the boiler fires up.any ideas?
as the guy is going nuts.

 

[Gray0689]

out of curiosity, whats your plumbing background??

Your thinking the same as me I see lol

 

[gmac]

Bye the sounds of this saga you have cocked right up but the only saving grace you may have is if you have mixed all hot and colds up you can cross at boiler if not get ready to start ripping up tiles and sort it would you pay if it was done in your house don't think so

If it came to the bit and ya had to rip bathroom apart, where would you stand with insurance??

 

[gmac]

Your thinking the same as me I see lol

lol this thread giving me a sore head, gotta feel abit for op

 

[mrplumberman]

i,ve never had this happen before.and iaint running mate as the guy owes me doh.if i swap pipes at the boiler and washing machine would that sort it?

 

[WaterTight]

This reminds me of advice given to me by my ex boss when I'd screwed up big on a job. He took me to one side and said, "At the end of this year are you going to look back and say that was the job that ruined me? If the answer to that is no then you've just simply got to grin and bear it - get on with it, do whatever it takes to sort it out, leave everyone as happy as possible and move on."

 

[mrplumberman]

yes i,m insured.but don,t want to go down that road.

 

[Gray0689]

This reminds me of advice given to me by my ex boss when I'd screwed up big on a job. He took me to one side and said, "At the end of this year are you going to look back and say that was the job that ruined me? If the answer to that is no then you've just simply got to grin and bear it - get on with it, do whatever it takes to sort it out, leave everyone as happy as possible and move on."

Now that's good advice

 

[mrplumberman]

i,m a plumber mate honest.

 

[Gray0689]

i,ve never had this happen before.and iaint running mate as the guy owes me doh.if i swap pipes at the boiler and washing machine would that sort it?

We don't know you will have to see if you just crossed in bathroom or everywhere!!!

 

[gmac]

i,ve never had this happen before.and iaint running mate as the guy owes me doh.if i swap pipes at the boiler and washing machine would that sort it?

without knowing the piping layout then we couldn't possibly say, well i couldn't anyways, You metioned electric shower earlier in thread and i've asked a couple times does combi fire up when in use and still awaiting an answer

 

[WaterTight]

Crossing feeds is easy. Everyone has done it. Luckily I've so far noticed when I run the taps or fill the loo before tiling begins. It pays to be a bit paranoid in plumbing. Check everything repeatedly, all the time. Suspect everything, every noise. Work on the assumption that every inanimate object is out to ruin your day and you should be ok.

 

[gmac]

Crossing feeds is easy. Everyone has done it. Luckily I've so far noticed when I run the taps or fill the loo before tiling begins. It pays to be a bit paranoid in plumbing. Check everything repeatedly, all the time. Suspect everything, every noise. Work on the assumption that every inanimate object is out to ruin your day and you should be ok.

agree totally

 

[Phil]

Can you elaborate on this cold water tank, is this a flat?

Lady downstairs has no water now?

 

[mrplumberman]

how could i of crossed everywhere.i only done the bathroom.

 

[Gray0689]

Crossing feeds is easy. Everyone has done it. Luckily I've so far noticed when I run the taps or fill the loo before tiling begins. It pays to be a bit paranoid in plumbing. Check everything repeatedly, all the time. Suspect everything, every noise. Work on the assumption that every inanimate object is out to ruin your day and you should be ok.

Good advice
Its best to check and double check then check again to be sure only takes 5 mins

 

[mrplumberman]

its a four in a block house.we left her bottled water till tmrw.the guy wanted the loft cleared of old tanks etc.

 

[Gray0689]

how could i of crossed everywhere.i only done the bathroom.

Then your up the creek then get cutting tiles off where you joined

 

[mrplumberman]

the tiler was an rse.rushing us on.

 

[mrplumberman]

you dot think the tank fed her house do you?

 

[WaterTight]

flats often share tanks - bit remiss not to check

you may be able to sort out his prob (or divest yourself of responsibility) with relative ease - if it's just crossed feeds i'm sure something can be done. but re-instating the CWSC to the lady downstairs could be a bigger faff.