The wtf plumbing thread

jimf · 24-05-2018 8:27pm

rub of a cloth me thinks

colm_mcm · 10-06-2018 10:54am

I’m not a plumber, but something looks strange here

wiz569 · 10-06-2018 11:56am

Its a mixer valve to ensure the hot is not too hot, maybe in a school or creche?

Conservatory · 10-06-2018 11:59am

I’d have gone with a chrome trap and pipes myself but nothing particularly wrong there.

Could have turned the mixer on it’s side to make the pipe run look better but it’s fine.

K.Flyer · 10-06-2018 12:30pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’m not a plumber, but something looks strange here [iMG][/img]

Just lazy untidy plumbing. The pipework is very poorly supported and the mixing valve could be better positioned and as for push fittings, ugh. soldered fitting would leave a neater appearance.

Dtp1979 · 28-09-2018 5:06pm

Thought this was funny

agusta · 28-09-2018 5:10pm

Nice one

Andy From Sligo · 28-09-2018 5:24pm

if that gate valve leaks (which they do sometimes) over that zone valve that could get tasty - and what is all that gubbins under a plastic bath?

wiz569 · 28-09-2018 5:47pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

if that gate valve leaks (which they do sometimes) over that zone valve that could get tasty - and what is all that gubbins under a plastic bath?

Its down the side of the cylinder in the hot press I think?

Dtp1979 · 28-09-2018 5:52pm

wiz569 wrote: »

Its down the side of the cylinder in the hot press I think?

Yes correct

Andy From Sligo · 28-09-2018 5:53pm

wiz569 wrote: »

Its down the side of the cylinder in the hot press I think?

ah right I see now. The photo was taken horizontal instead of vertical - now I see it

blackbox · 28-09-2018 6:18pm

A fix for an overflowing cistern:

Andy From Sligo · 28-09-2018 6:43pm

blackbox wrote: »

A fix for an overflowing cistern:

I knew someone who lived a house like that once , but the overflow went into the bath instead - it works when it needs to and stops the cold frosty air coming in from outside - but that was a good invention where the new cisterns have internal overflow into the bowl these days

Dtp1979 · 28-09-2018 7:34pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

but that was a good invention where the new cisterns have internal overflow into the bowl these days

As long as the toilet isn’t blocked too

Andy From Sligo · 28-09-2018 7:43pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

As long as the toilet isn’t blocked too

oh yeah - well it can always overflow over the edge of the pan LOL

... see its always got somewhere else to go

blackbox · 29-09-2018 7:33am

blackbox wrote: »

A fix for an overflowing cistern:

If you look closely, the water would have to flow uphill (higher than the rim of the cistern) to get out the overflow pipe. I guess it had been dripping from the overflow onto the floor. This was a fix for a ballcock fault.

cnocbui · 09-12-2018 12:01pm

My copper cylinder developed a leak and I have now DIY replaced it with a stainless steel one.

I would say 10-15% of the volume of the old cylinder is taken up with limescale.

Wearb · 09-12-2018 12:35pm

cnocbui wrote: »

My copper cylinder developed a leak and I have now DIY replaced it with a stainless steel one.

I would say 10-15% of the volume of the old cylinder is taken up with limescale.

Wow! You will need some sort of treatment for your water. Have you considered that you might need a sacrificial anode with that new cylinder.

So that we wont be pulling the WTF thread off topic, if you want to discuss this further, please make a new post.

Dtp1979 · 09-12-2018 3:21pm

Good luck changing this pump. Fitted behind a stove. I shjt you not

Wearb · 09-12-2018 3:43pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Good luck changing this pump. Fitted behind a stove. I shjt you not

That will be fun in the future. We’ll have on here giving out about lazy plumbers not wanting small simple jobs. ðŸ˜¬ eek

Dtp1979 · 09-12-2018 5:25pm

Wearb wrote: »

That will be fun in the future. We’ll have on here giving out about lazy plumbers not wanting small simple jobs. ðŸ˜¬ eek

I only discovered it because I was taking the stove out!

agusta · 09-12-2018 5:36pm

i tend to keep a new standard efficiency wilo pump in the van that i use in extreme situations like in the picture.Just change the pump head

Dtp1979 · 09-12-2018 6:45pm

agusta wrote: »

i tend to keep a new standard efficiency wilo pump in the van that i use in extreme situations like in the picture.Just change the pump head

I don’t think it would’ve been possible to even change the head

Tom44 · 02-03-2019 2:12pm

Garage was extended years ago!!!

Wearb · 02-03-2019 2:16pm

Tom44 wrote: »

Garage was extended years ago!!!

It would keep the mice out

Andy From Sligo · 02-03-2019 2:16pm

Tom44 wrote: »

Garage was extended years ago!!!

ha! - hope they had a working Carbon Monoxide alarm in the extension or left a window or door open at all times!

jhenno78 · 06-03-2019 7:54pm

Wearb wrote: »

It would keep the mice out

It wouldn't, but it'd make them an awful lot easier to catch.

Dtp1979 · 08-07-2019 10:57pm

Plastic plug in this pump since 2009. Only a small kerosene leak, and the hose joined into the wrong side

K.Flyer · 10-07-2019 1:49pm

Unashamedly stolen from YLYL

inforfun wrote: »

Expert workmanship

K.Flyer · 10-07-2019 2:07pm

And one from today...
This is not the home owners handiwork!!
This is why some DIY'ers should stay well away from plumbing.
Standard H.W. cylinder and expansion pipe to storage tank fitted with a non-return valve (at least it was in the correct direction and working!!) and a 3 bar pressure relief valve.
Why, what the Arrrrgh!

:pac:

Andy From Sligo · 10-07-2019 2:14pm

K.Flyer wrote: »

Unashamedly stolen from YLYL

be grand for the yellow shtuff .....

corkgsxr · 10-07-2019 8:40pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Plastic plug in this pump since 2009. Only a small kerosene leak, and the hose joined into the wrong side

Very common unfortunately

Ubbquittious · 17-08-2019 2:34pm

Not plumbing, but still

Andy From Sligo · 17-08-2019 3:34pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Not plumbing, but still

Haha, class - What on Earth!! (see what I did there?)

- thats it there need to be a wtf electrical thread on boards.ie .. (if there isnt one already)

20-02-2020 2:46pm

20-02-2020 2:53pm

I thought that was a funny design until I realised what was going on .
I take it all the pipework going to it would be broken ?

Cerco · 20-02-2020 4:07pm

Did they not pump clean water back in after removing sludge?
I thought it was essential to do that to prevent tank collapsing.

Tails142 · 20-02-2020 4:29pm

Yeah that is uplift from pumping out of the tank and then it basically floats on the water table of the ground

the_pen_turner · 20-02-2020 4:34pm

whats the timeframe for this to happen

20-02-2020 5:09pm

the_pen_turner wrote: »

whats the timeframe for this to happen

Tank was cleaned yesterday, at some unknown time it floated up was first noticed in the morning.

20-02-2020 5:10pm

Cerco wrote: »

Did they not pump clean water back in after removing sludge?
I thought it was essential to do that to prevent tank collapsing.

no they didn't, you're correct they should have! :mad:

the_pen_turner · 20-02-2020 5:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Tank was cleaned yesterday, at some unknown time it floated up was first noticed in the morning.

thanks . thats what i was thinking less than 24 hours.

i wold like to see a video of it. i wonder it slowly lift up or plop up of a shot.

either way someone has a horrible job to fix

who would be responsible heree

Dtp1979 · 06-04-2020 6:32pm

Noticed this today. Rotting 3 x 2 holding up a water tank on a chimney

Andy From Sligo · 06-04-2020 6:55pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Noticed this today. Rotting 3 x 2 holding up a water tank on a chimney

That must be a Hot Water Tank being on the chimney like that LOL

Wearb · 06-04-2020 6:56pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Noticed this today. Rotting 3 x 2 holding up a water tank on a chimney

It will either pull down the chimney ar fall off and damage the roof.

TheBoyConor · 06-04-2020 7:30pm

Wow. How could anyone do a job like that, or have it done to their house, and think it was OK.
Whatever way you look at it, it is an expensive disaster waiting to happen.

Andy From Sligo · 06-04-2020 8:07pm

Rotting 3 x 2 as well ... didn't even bother using steel support brackets no?

Dtp1979 · 12-04-2020 10:48am

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Rotting 3 x 2 as well ... didn't even bother using steel support brackets no?

Didn’t get, nor do I want to, get close enough to find out

Andy From Sligo · 12-04-2020 2:21pm

when i first moved to ireland in the 90's we were in a do-er upper, no mains water to the house and the plumber who put the water in wanted to put a header tank on the outside of a flat galvanised roof on the extension bit , but eventually we managed to persuade him to just about fit it in the attic of the original house in the end.

Lockheed · 30-05-2020 7:40pm

Our immersion tank heater switch had the bath/sink switches the wrong way around. The shorter water heating filament was absolutely caked in limescale and the longer filament looked as if it could have been brand new. Wish I took a picture because I feel like it would have fit in well with this thread. Culprit was a plumber by trade who should have called an electrician to install but decided he'd do it himself and ended up making a balls of it. Hot water never lasted for more then 5 mins and I used to wake up a solid hour before my other family members just to have a hot shower in the morning... the water was always cold if I woke up after them.

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