**The wtf plumbing thread**

Andy From Sligo

I reckon if that was a property with dangerous wiring or DIY dodgy electrics then the ESB/Electric Ireland would cut the electricity off and not reconnect the property until they are satisfied the property complies with regulations and most probably have to be certified by a qualified electrician .

But what can you do about Kerosene oil boilers - even if (highly unlikely) an oil supplier refuses to fill up your tank with kerosene until the boiler is made safe then there is nothing stopping the owner going to a service station with a couple of containers and rock up to the kerosene pump and fill up the containers and off they go (to possibly injure themselves or others using a dangerous boiler)

I dont really know what could be in place if they wanted to police something like this to stop people using boilers when they are in this dangerous state or installed dangerously

gctest50

Do it on the house insurance, since they will be paying out if it all goes wrong

Does your oil boiler installation have a current valid cert ?

Yes ? upload cert

No ? go away and get a cert you scruffy git

JamesM

DGOBS wrote: »

And for the record, he is, and count yourself lucky he's here giving advice.

I thought that he was a taxi driver from Galway who has a boat

agusta

gctest50 wrote: »

Do it on the house insurance, since they will be paying out if it all goes wrong

I have heard that they do it this way in germany

DGOBS

I thought that he was a taxi driver from Galway who has a boat

News to me (the boat I mean) thought that was 007

Wearb

DGOBS wrote: »

News to me (the boat I mean) thought that was 007

No. He has a boat alright. I have a pic of him and it somewhere.

Ah! Here it is.

Tom44

Wearb wrote: »

No. He has a boat alright. I have a pic of him and it somewhere.

Ah! Here it is.

007 is a paddler, unless he's allowed to steer a buddies boat for a "cool photo opp."

I'm a lazy (unregistered birth) with an engine.

K.Flyer

A couple from today..

First up water was pouring out of the pipe from the prv.
Then someone added a bit of pex and shoved it into the elbow which appears to be the condense drain!
Oh, and the stains on the wall are from another prv 2 floors up.

K.Flyer

This was brilliant :rolleyes:
So water was dripping through the slab along the 4" soil and onto a car park space, presumably onto a car as well.
Rather then rectify the issue, they got a bucket, a 350, a bit of pex and did this.
I presume the carpark space owner got nowhere with management company getting the leak fixed so someone resorted to this.

jack of all

K.Flyer wrote: »

This was brilliant :rolleyes:
So water was dripping through the slab along the 4" soil and onto a car park space, presumably onto a car as well.
Rather then rectify the issue, they got a bucket, a 350, a bit of pex and did this.
I presume the carpark space owner got nowhere with management company getting the leak fixed so someone resorted to this.

Classy bit of guntering there! Reminds me of something I saw a few years ago(no pics I'm afraid). A leaking flashing on a parapet wall resulting in water running into an internal wall and ceiling during heavy rain. Rather than partially strip the roof around the affected area the "builder" made a funnel from the top of a mineral bottle to gather the leaking water. This was connected by hose pipe and diverted back to a waste pipe in a nearby bathroom- the funnel and hose were boxed in- job done.

Wearb

K.Flyer wrote: »

This was brilliant :rolleyes:
So water was dripping through the slab along the 4" soil and onto a car park space, presumably onto a car as well.
Rather then rectify the issue, they got a bucket, a 350, a bit of pex and did this.
I presume the carpark space owner got nowhere with management company getting the leak fixed so someone resorted to this.

Such a convoluted fix.

jack of all

Wearb wrote: »

Such a convoluted fix.

I think the technical term for this would be a "diversion"!

Sleeper12

Wearb wrote:

Such a convoluted fix.

It's either thinking out of the box or thinking while out of your box. I can make my mind up on it.

Andy From Sligo

Well they do say in the installation notes about:

"Do not place boiler within so many metres of combustable material" - but as you can see from one of my neighbours boiler it is placed right next to the garden wooden fence...

mind you its been there for over 10 years and hasnt caught alight to the fence in all that time....

tonyroc

Navan homeless accomadation

DGOBS

Brews Hill?

K.Flyer

Apparently it had been working fine before it stopped :eek:

Wearb

K.Flyer wrote: »

Apparently it had been working fine before it stopped :eek:

Off the Lusitania?

jimf

more like the one tom 44 used to service on the titanic

TheBody

Andy From Sligo

TheBody wrote: »

haha - why use an elbow when you can do this

Tom44

TheBody wrote: »

That's a "set up" photo that's been doing the rounds for a while.

Andy From Sligo

OK so this is how the heating 'engineer' has left the Condensation Trap in our boiler when they fitted the (grant, euroflame) boiler (2012 - put in action Dec 2016).

most probably does its job even though it dont look pretty. All i can guess is that maybe he/she couldnt find the correct size pipe and the screw on thing ... so just whop a load of silicone sealant in it - bash bosh , job done!




and then does the outlet pipe go into a proper soak-away? .. does it feck!
Just goes to underneath the boiler.

One day soon I must get around to re-routing this, and making that connection better than just silicone sealant.

jimf

it should be piped outside the boiler case using 22mm waste and the proper fitting that came with the waste from grant eng and then away as recommended






hope that condensate take off isnt coming into contact with any copper

Dtp1979

jimf wrote: »

it should be piped outside the boiler case using 22mm waste and the proper fitting that came with the waste from grant eng and then away as recommended






hope that condensate take off isnt coming into contact with any copper

I hate seeing pex used on condensate.

agusta

Tiger loop fittings

agusta

jimf

so that's where my tigerloop went

agusta

Thats the one,you can have it back,fitting and all, the riello hose sealed on the brass bush with no chamfer

jimf

agusta wrote: »

Thats the one,you can have it back,fitting and all, the riello hose sealed on the brass bush with no chamfer

jaysus ur very exact since you became a heating engineer :D:D