Passable work or bodge job!?

[gmartine]

As per Snowhead's idea above , a brace between joists and clip to that, anything buried soldered copper only.

 

[WC1]

If you've written that at 3am you know the answer already.
Is he qualified and insured for plumbing work?

 

[Scott_D]

Sometimes the job is equal to the price

 

[Keith O'KEEFFE]

Let's just say that he's an 'approved fitter' for a certain large bathroom and kitchen company. He's now changed the joint in the wall to a solder and the water feed from the toilet to copper. The rest is the same, I think it'll be ok, doesn't look under strain when you're standing over it. The pipe on the joist he dropped down a few mm by shaving a bit of the joist, not the best I know but I think if I go back again and tell him to re-route he'll **** me!!

 

[Riley]

You are the customer. Never think like that. This is how you get all the way to the finished article and are not happy with the end result it’s a communication thing and any decent engineer will be happy to discuss your thoughts or concerns

 

[Riley]

And you can see they’re under. Strain Speed fit is designed for quick installation it’s not designed to be pulled on tight bends

 

[Welder]

As per Snowhead's idea above , a brace between joists and clip to that, anything buried soldered copper only.

AND taped up so any potential lime cannot pin hole the copper

 

[Keith O'KEEFFE]

And you can see they’re under. Strain Speed fit is designed for quick installation it’s not designed to be pulled on tight bends

From the original pic and the four white pipes which ones do you think are tightly bending? Just look a wee bit curved?

 

[Harvest Fields]

AND taped up so any potential lime cannot pin hole the copper

Let’s hope it is taped

 

[Keith O'KEEFFE]

Let’s hope it is taped

It's not yet but will be!

 

[Welder]

Just to point out here that I assumed the whole installation was by your plumber. If I was wrong I apologise.

If you require them to reconfigure existing pipework then you will, rightly, incur additional cost. That said, it should not be unreasonable and you will have a better safer installation as a consequence.

 

[Welder]

From the original pic and the four white pipes which ones do you think are tightly bending? Just look a wee bit curved?

Plastic pipes should not be bent as that tensions the fitting. JG fittings are allowed 5 degrees only.

 

[Riley]

The two on the right will definitely be putting strain on the oring in the fitting

 

[Keith O'KEEFFE]

Just to point out here that I assumed the whole installation was by your plumber. If I was wrong I apologise.

If you require them to reconfigure existing pipework then you will, rightly, incur additional cost. That said, it should not be unreasonable and you will have a better safer installation as a consequence.

Basically the bathroom and kitchen was first installed by different fitters and was a total bodge job. This guy has been sent to rectify and reinstall everything. The new Speedfit plastic pipe work wasn't done by this guy, he chased the radiator pipes into the wall and joined them to the existing pipes laid by the first fitters. Originally the cold water feed came straight in on plastic pipe in an arc, kinda 40 degrees or so and dropped under the floorboards, and just plastered over!

I do feel sorry for him as I'm braking his balls over everything given the first installation was a nightmare.

 

[Pickwickpick]

Be nice to him, offer him lots of tea & cake, but insist on getting the job done properly, especially seeing as his firm bodged the initial install. If he's a decent tradesmen he won't mind. You don't want to have any regrets or issues further down the line when it will become much harder to get things rectified!

 

[Riley]

If he’s there to rectify then he will understand where you are coming from. Jut lots of “I know it’s not your fault but...” and tea goes a long way.

 

[Keith O'KEEFFE]

If he’s there to rectify then he will understand where you are coming from. Jut lots of “I know it’s not your fault but...” and tea goes a long way.

All a bit frosty at the moment but not a total breakdown. We're all a bit stressed for obvious reasons. Them because they're picking up someone else's Rubbish and me because I have to make sure it's all done right this time. Thanks for all the replies and advice.

 

[Harvest Fields]

It might be worth a chat to explain what you expect and what they are doing. If they are a new company correcting someone else’s mess they should be cut a bit of slack to be fair.

 

[Keith O'KEEFFE]

It might be worth a chat to explain what you expect and what they are doing. If they are a new company correcting someone else’s mess they should be cut a bit of slack to be fair.

My thinking too, hence why I didn't go back and tell him to change the radiator flow and return pipes which curve. I reckon they'll be ok as the water pressure won't be as much as the hot/cold feeds to the shower. May come back and haunt me I know!

 

[Riley]

Are you on a sealed system?? Also as the pipes heat and cool they expand and contract this is equally disturbing to the o rings as the pipes will move. Albeit fractionally but it still moves