The wtf plumbing thread

JohnnieK · 14-09-2014 3:37pm

K.Flyer wrote: »

Or at the very least, box over it and paint the box..
It is astounding the level of shoddy work that some people will accept.

You got it in one there, "what people will except".

scudo2 · 19-09-2014 9:37am

2 in the bush is safer than 4 in a boiler.
Unusual as it was a straight 20' SS chimney.

corkgsxr · 30-09-2014 11:04pm

Awkward 4" run? No problem just add a flexy

jpfahy · 03-10-2014 9:16pm

Irish Water;
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Oryx · 03-10-2014 11:05pm

Thats shameful ^^^^

Sleeper12 · 04-10-2014 9:30am

Please tell me thats not Irish water using those fittings???

jimf · 04-10-2014 9:53am

jpfahy wrote: »

Irish Water;

no potential for leaks then as mrs brown would say that's nice

Oryx · 04-10-2014 10:03am

I remember all those adverts on the side of vans 'train to be a water meter installer, 'earn €€€€€€'. I guess this is the result.

JohnnieK · 04-10-2014 2:43pm

I wonder why they couldn't dig down further in the original position.

jca · 04-10-2014 2:58pm

jpfahy wrote: »

Irish Water;

There's going to be some mayhem when we get the first real frost.

K.Flyer · 04-10-2014 3:58pm

JohnnieK wrote: »

I wonder why they couldn't dig down further in the original position.

Possibly a drainage pipe running alongside the mains. I've seen them a few times go straight down with the box and elbow back up to the original mains height.

scudo2 · 04-10-2014 4:30pm

Oryx wrote: »

I remember all those adverts on the side of vans 'train to be a water meter installer, 'earn €€€€€€'. I guess this is the result.

People actually paid for training on how to install water meters !!!

Training centers actually charged for a course!!

End result, no guarentee of a job.

If you couldn't show somebody in 30 mins. how to fit a meter,then there's something wrong.

scudo2 · 04-10-2014 7:17pm

Guess what's inside.
Answer in second post.

scudo2 · 04-10-2014 7:19pm

Answer:
Hut was built after I last serviced it.
I refused to service it till flue was extended.

jimf · 04-10-2014 9:05pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Answer:
Hut was built after I last serviced it.
I refused to service it till flue was extended.

a feck it scudo your gettin very exact :P:P

jacksie66 · 04-10-2014 9:13pm

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jpfahy · 04-10-2014 9:14pm

Some more in case you thought it was an isolated case:
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jpfahy · 04-10-2014 9:15pm

jacksie66 · 04-10-2014 9:20pm

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roy rodgers · 04-10-2014 9:25pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Same house

I taught the earthquake was two years ago????

K.Flyer · 05-10-2014 4:07am

A page of utter dire plumbing work

trurl · 05-10-2014 10:51pm

I can't take pictures, because I have no idea what's going on here, but there is warmish water in our toilet tank, and there is some black residue coming from all hot water taps (kitchen, bath, sink). The water pressure in our gas boiler is jumping between .8 and 3.2 bars like a happy bunny. Please PM me if you can fix it. Bray, Wicklow. thx

corkgsxr · 06-10-2014 2:06pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Please tell me thats not Irish water using those fittings???

Are they not Phil Mac fittings?

scudo2 wrote: »

People actually paid for training on how to install water meters !!!

Training centers actually charged for a course!!

End result, no guarentee of a job.

If you couldn't show somebody in 30 mins. how to fit a meter,then there's something wrong.

To get contracts to do water meters you had to do the course. It was quite dear too. 900/1300 or something

Sleeper12 · 06-10-2014 2:14pm

corkgsxr wrote: »

Are they not Phil Mac fittings?

To get contracts to do water meters you had to do the course. It was quite dear too. 900/1300 or something

It turned out Irish water trained their own installers. Anyone who paid for the course were fuming. There was a full Joe Duffy show about it. Some very unhappy people.

corkgsxr · 06-10-2014 10:43pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

It turned out Irish water trained their own installers. Anyone who paid for the course were fuming. There was a full Joe Duffy show about it. Some very unhappy people.

I warned a lot of people not to do it as the handy ones went to Irish water lads. The fellas who done courses only get the awkward ones that can't be done as a batch.

Eg estates can be done as a team system so huge numbers done in a day

corkgsxr · 26-10-2014 12:44pm

Got to love pub work

Wearb · 27-10-2014 3:14pm

New gear for sooty boilers.

Btw the label reads.
"Holy Water now €1 per Splash"

Cerco · 27-10-2014 5:36pm

Wearb wrote: »

New gear for sooty boilers.

Btw the label reads.
"Holy Water now €1 per Splash"

I thought it was another suggestion for measuring oil usage.:eek:

dysfunctional · 27-10-2014 7:25pm

i prefer holy relics. €20, but more credible.

Dtp1979 · 03-11-2014 12:45pm

ista wrote: »

Looking for help with TRVs.

Can I canvass people for assisstance in this thread please?

I was sent here by the moderator Spear.

What help do you need?

Sleeper12 · 03-11-2014 2:14pm

The Glass Key wrote: »

I might start a storm here but can anyone explain what the ptfe tape is supposed to do on the thread side of the olive?

I see it on work that's been done by professional plumbers and can't understand what the advantage is, its a compression fitting and nothing should be getting as far as the threads in the first place? A turn of ptfe on the joint side of the olive maybe.

It's a neon sign telling you that a plumber didn't do the work. :-)

Froststop · 03-11-2014 7:49pm

Has anyone come across Qual Pex pipe pulling out of joints under floors?

Got called to a house where the pipe has been pulling out of the joints and it looks as if the pipe is shrinking in length.
Manufacturers claim expansion loops should be used underfloors! Has anyone heard this claim before?

Dtp1979 · 03-11-2014 8:03pm

Froststop wrote: »

Has anyone come across Qual Pex pipe pulling out of joints under floors?

Got called to a house where the pipe has been pulling out of the joints and it looks as if the pipe is shrinking in length.
Manufacturers claim expansion loops should be used underfloors! Has anyone heard this claim before?

God no and I hope it's not true

Froststop · 03-11-2014 8:08pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

God no and I hope it's not true

It's looking that way, I cut one pipe and it seperated/pulled away leaving a gap at the cut of approx 1/2" suggesting the pipe is shrinking along the length.

have you heard of using expansion loops on QP?

Dtp1979 · 03-11-2014 8:28pm

Froststop wrote: »

It's looking that way, I cut one pipe and it seperated/pulled away leaving a gap at the cut of approx 1/2" suggesting the pipe is shrinking along the length.

have you heard of using expansion loops on QP?

No never heard anything like that

Froststop · 03-11-2014 8:32pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

No never heard anything like that

Manufacturer claims they should be used, yet they seem to have never told anyone! Fingers crossed it's just a faulty batch of pipe. House only built 2005.

Home owner suing them for damages.

cruiser202006 · 03-11-2014 8:41pm

Froststop wrote: »

It's looking that way, I cut one pipe and it seperated/pulled away leaving a gap at the cut of approx 1/2" suggesting the pipe is shrinking along the length.

have you heard of using expansion loops on QP?

Have seen it personally with 1" qualpex pulling out of push fit fittings. Pipe seemed to have shrunk. Had to disconnect at boiler and push back through 4" duct and add 6inches extra to them at boiler side to reconnect up.

Froststop · 03-11-2014 8:58pm

cruiser202006 wrote: »

Have seen it personally with 1" qualpex pulling out of push fit fittings. Pipe seemed to have shrunk. Had to disconnect at boiler and push back through 4" duct and add 6inches extra to them at boiler side to reconnect up.

6" seems a lot. This issue is effecting 3/4". Who ever plumbed the heating first day used 1" with brass fittings and push fit on 3/4" & 1/2".

scudo2 · 04-11-2014 8:59pm

Unusual old bath, timber lined.
House is 105 years old.
Anybody come across one before ?
M.

Dtp1979 · 04-11-2014 9:01pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Unusual old bath, timber lined.
House is 105 years old.
Anybody come across one before ?
M.

Never with timber like that

Sleeper12 · 04-11-2014 9:17pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Unusual old bath, timber lined.
House is 105 years old.
Anybody come across one before ?
M.

I've seen baths like this in Macs Salvage.

scudo2 · 04-11-2014 10:56pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I've seen baths like this in Macs Salvage.

Any idea of age ?

Sleeper12 · 04-11-2014 11:05pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Any idea of age ?

Sorry no idea. Macs Salvage could have just about anything of any age. Usually they'd just have regular cast iron bath & it'd be mostly farmers buying them for troughs for the animals better known a drinkers.

I did see one like this there awhile back.

corkgsxr · 04-11-2014 11:36pm

Nope never

esox28 · 05-11-2014 12:35am

scudo2 wrote: »

Unusual old bath, timber lined.
House is 105 years old.
Anybody come across one before ?
M.

No but that's cool, love to see more pics of old plumbing.

Stinicker · 05-11-2014 3:51pm

I spotted this whilst on Holiday during the summer in the Philippines. Health and Safety standards are great over there by the looks of it.

Wheras an Irish electric shower would be discreetly wired and plumbed with the connections sealed inside the waterproof shower unit over there they take a more basic approach and just wire a socket next to the shower and fit your Electric shower and then plug it into the 220v mains.

Dtp1979 · 05-11-2014 7:04pm

Stinicker wrote: »

I spotted this whilst on Holiday during the summer in the Philippines. Health and Safety standards are great over there by the looks of it.

Wheras an Irish electric shower would be discreetly wired and plumbed with the connections sealed inside the waterproof shower unit over there they take a more basic approach and just wire a socket next to the shower and fit your Electric shower and then plug it into the 220v mains.

Dunno about safety but that's one classy lookin shower head

scudo2 · 06-11-2014 3:10pm

The Skill's Of Master Craftsmen.

Ivy league !!!

jimf · 06-11-2014 3:14pm

scudo2 wrote: »

The Skill's Of Master Craftsmen.

Ivy league !!!

that's a def a in lego for the leaving cert :P:P

Dtp1979 · 06-11-2014 7:40pm

scudo2 wrote: »

The Skill's Of Master Craftsmen.

Ivy league !!!

Disgraceful. 3 elbows and no bends

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