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**The wtf plumbing thread**

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    #452
    JohnnieK
    Registered Users Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭JohnnieK


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Wow its like a puzzle

    It sure is. And it wasn't the crystal maze I was in either:-D


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    #453
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    JohnnieK wrote: »
    Supper sexy workmanship here.
    Run Forrest run...


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    #454
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Something isn't quite right here, can't quite place it


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    #455
    JohnnieK
    Registered Users Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭JohnnieK


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Something isn't quite right here, can't quite place it

    Who the f**k would do that??


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    #456
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    JohnnieK wrote: »
    Who the f**k would do that??

    Was down 10/12 steps below ground level and inside a arch maybe a metre in to the flue


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    #457
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    344507.jpg

    Nuff said!

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



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    #458
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Wearb wrote: »
    Nuff said!


    No Fire valve of any sort.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



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    #459
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Imo this is ****.


    A towel rail was replaced


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    #460
    rightjob!
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭rightjob!


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Imo this is ****.


    A towel rail was replaced

    shocking,even the different colour nuts is bad enough!


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    #461
    SmallBalls
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭SmallBalls


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Imo this is ****.


    A towel rail was replaced

    At least take the penny valves off and bend a bit of copper..


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    #462
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,882 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Use the wider brackets & Lower the rad. It's that simple to hide this mess. :(


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    #463
    cruiser202006
    Registered Users Posts: 366 ✭✭cruiser202006


    Wearb wrote: »
    344507.jpg

    Nuff said!

    No fire valve! Hoses that look like they've been on it a few years! At least the tiger loop Is above the oil pump even tho it is the wrong type tigerloop!


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    #464
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Alkatine on a oil line?


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    #465
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Alkatine on a oil line?

    What's alkatine?


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    #466
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    What's alkatine?

    Perhaps a neighbour of aquadare.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



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    #467
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,515 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    What's alkatine?
    Alkathene is like hydrodare - google it, its a real rubbery type of pipe.


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    #468
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    What's alkatine?
    Outkast_IRE wrote: »
    Alkathene is like hydrodare - google it, its a real rubbery type of pipe.

    I thought it was just a different name for it.

    Heavy gauge, alkathene (spelling wtf) hydrodare. Black stuff that stings if you get whipped in the thigh with. Etc


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    #469
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    I thought it was just a different name for it.

    Heavy gauge, alkathene (spelling wtf) hydrodare. Black stuff that stings if you get whipped in the thigh with. Etc

    I think any pipe that whips you in the thigh is gonna sting ;)


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    #470
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Hydrodare for oil. God. I've seen 1/2 qualpex used too


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    #471
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    I think any pipe that whips you in the thigh is gonna sting ;)

    That's the worst. Bit of weight to it.

    Joys of apprenticeship in a company with 10+ apprentices. Messing went mad


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    #472
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    That's the worst. Bit of weight to it.

    Joys of apprenticeship in a company with 10+ apprentices. Messing went mad

    Or when you've 20m of 1" qual rolled out on a cold day and you cut it. Cooling back at you like a cartoon


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    #473
    ray.g
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭ray.g


    Can't post a photo. Was digging a leak of 35,000litres/day and found 2 tectite joiners on 1/2" HG. the only work done in the garden was when a new gas main was moled into the house 3 years previously. They must have realised they hit the mains and when they dug down to repair it they broke the sewer and left it like that. It was the quickest repair I ever made as I was so afraid of the sewer spilling into the bottom of the hole.


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    #474
    jack of all
    Registered Users Posts: 2,362 ✭✭✭jack of all


    I'm not sure if this is worthy of this WTF thread, but I was so annoyed by what I uncovered today that I took some photos. I'm carrying out some building work in my back garden and as part of this I need to drop the existing oil line from the tank back to the boiler. I knew the line was pretty shallow in parts and this would present problems when digging out for my new shed; rather than just extend the length of the existing pipe I decided to rip the lot out and put a new, longer length in, reusing the existing ducting and adding on an extra metre or two as required, taping the joint with "Denso" tape. The ground is bad and the digging was hard going; when I eventually uncovered the line I found three separate sections of ducting with large gaps where they "met", and there was no ducting where the copper line passed under the concrete footpath. I had intended to just fish my line through the (non-existant) duct under the path, I've a lot more probing and digging now to get my duct under the path. Of course the main length of ducting was full of water and muck so I've decided to use a new length of ducting altogether. A lot of extra work is now required of me for the want of a couple of euro saved on providing the correct ducting length by the original plumber/ builder!


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    #475
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    That's a wide path with sewerage pipes there too. Gonna be a nightmare getting under it. You'd be as well to put an AJ up to the path, cut the line and joint it in the AJ, running the new ducting from the tank into the AJ too. Make sure you use inserts in the 10mm pipe too


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    #476
    jack of all
    Registered Users Posts: 2,362 ✭✭✭jack of all


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    That's a wide path with sewerage pipes there too. Gonna be a nightmare getting under it. You'd be as well to put an AJ up to the path, cut the line and joint it in the AJ, running the new ducting from the tank into the AJ too. Make sure you use inserts in the 10mm pipe too


    It is a nightmare alright, but I've managed to rake out a small channel under the path to route the ducting through (using a 25mm duct for this short section, 40mm for the remainder. There is barely just over an inch of clearance over the sewer, but do-able! I don't want to cut the path anymore as I've already made two cuts- one for electric supply and the other for a drainage connection. Not sure what you mean about inserts- I'm using 10mm soft copper (0.7mm wall thickness)?


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    #477
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    jack of all wrote: »
    It is a nightmare alright, but I've managed to rake out a small channel under the path to route the ducting through (using a 25mm duct for this short section, 40mm for the remainder. There is barely just over an inch of clearance over the sewer, but do-able! I don't want to cut the path anymore as I've already made two cuts- one for electric supply and the other for a drainage connection. Not sure what you mean about inserts- I'm using 10mm soft copper (0.7mm wall thickness)?

    Yes you can get inserts for soft copper


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    #478
    jack of all
    Registered Users Posts: 2,362 ✭✭✭jack of all


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Yes you can get inserts for soft copper

    Thanks for your comment, as an amateur I didn't know these were available, the old oil line did not have them at the fittings. I visited my local plumbers merchant this morning-he doesn't think they are necessary and doesn't stock them as a result! I went to the builders providers and they didn't have them either and said they were hard to get! However the man at the trade counter managed to source 2 for me. So armed with inserts I continued with the digging etc, finally got the ducting and piping in place, hooked up the lot and got the burner fired up at last. All it needs now is a proper service, a job for a pro this time!


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    #479
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,729 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    jack of all wrote: »
    Thanks for your comment, as an amateur I didn't know these were available, the old oil line did not have them at the fittings. I visited my local plumbers merchant this morning-he doesn't think they are necessary and doesn't stock them as a result! I went to the builders providers and they didn't have them either and said they were hard to get! However the man at the trade counter managed to source 2 for me. So armed with inserts I continued with the digging etc, finally got the ducting and piping in place, hooked up the lot and got the burner fired up at last. All it needs now is a proper service, a job for a pro this time!

    A couple of tips, take that high spot out of the oil line at the tank.
    Also, fit a remote acting firevalve at the boiler, preferably outside the casing. Then get it serviced. Fair play to you for trying to do the right thing


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    #480
    jack of all
    Registered Users Posts: 2,362 ✭✭✭jack of all


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    A couple of tips, take that high spot out of the oil line at the tank.
    Also, fit a remote acting firevalve at the boiler, preferably outside the casing. Then get it serviced. Fair play to you for trying to do the right thing

    The photo at the oil tank is misleading, the "goose neck" bend I put in to allow for possible movement (during building and paving work to follow) is "level"- there is no risk of an air trap. I'll ask the service engineer about the fire valve. Other than that I'm happy with a job that was better executed than the original job more than 16 years ago. Thanks for your advice!


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    #481
    ray.g
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭ray.g


    Digging a leak of 17,000 litres/day and found a lead pipe with lots of kangoo hammer dents in it. One of them must have pierced the pipe and whoever done it decided that the best fix for it was to wrap a roll of insulating tape around it. Last time the floor was touched was over 3 years ago. The owner was getting huge water bills and never thought to wonder why.


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