**The wtf plumbing thread**

Andy From Sligo

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

it doesnt seem to be so thats one thing to be thankful for.

In a little bit of a leeway, I can kind of get why the plumber/heating engineer/installer done it like that because there is no form of any drain whatsover near the boiler. No rainwater drain, no sewerage drain , no soak-away, no nothing.

- most probably thought "what cannot be seen, cannot be worried about" .. but i am always taking the back of things ... so i have seen it! - and what has been seen cannot be un-seen

K.Flyer

Laziness..

That's the condensate drain...

Tom44

At least this installer kept boiler raised on rust proof stainless steel box here.


Ooh yes
Householder accused me of been a con man highlighting faults.
Crack in oil tank
Flue fitted upsidedown (stainless steel flap blocking outlet)
No PRV
No drain
Boiler soothed up.


All because boiler was fitted by a (gas man) who is one of Gods chosen children, on a higher echelon than you'res truly.

I fell over with laughter presenting bill for minimum work.


Call the chosen one, was my attitude.




PS
I quoted boiler replacement 4 years ago.





Ooo
And the roof leaks too.

Skedaddle

Have we no regulations at all?! This thread is worrying!

jimf

Skedaddle wrote: »

Have we no regulations at all?! This thread is worrying!

we have loads but nobody to implement them


and like toms post above if you try and point out the obvious dangers to a lot of people the usual ans is ah shur tis like that for years and working fine

Amprodude

Some cowboy job.

CGI_3

Great advice from insurance co for the bad weather...

Andy From Sligo

CGI_3 wrote: »

Great advice from insurance co for the bad weather...

Er yeah , I see, not confusing at all!

So that's drain the central heating down, urn off taps and electricity ... and maintain 13c heating .... Got it

Dardania

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

CGI_3 wrote: »

Great advice from insurance co for the bad weather...

Er yeah , I see, not confusing at all!

So that's drain the central heating down, urn off taps and electricity ... and maintain 13c heating .... Got it

A few supersers, be grand

K.Flyer

Had to climb over two tanks to get at it..

roy rodgers

Your lucky they had lids!!

Wearb

roy rodgers wrote: »

Your lucky they had lids!!

KF must be a light lad. Those lids would not have provided much protection to me 😬

Sleeper12

Wearb wrote:

KF must be a light lad. Those lids would not have provided much protection to me 😬

There would have been a flood if I had put my body weight on them

K.Flyer

Wearb wrote: »

KF must be a light lad. Those lids would not have provided much protection to me 😬

no, just careful balancing on the edges
Left the phone at the hatch in case I did end up in one of them, but did drop one of the spanners in the far one.

Skedaddle

Remind me NEVER to take out that insurance policy.

Perhaps all houses should be dismantled and stored in a warm shed every winter?

I assume they mean occupied holiday homes that have all the heat and power turned off. It's just badly written, I hope.

If you're going to basically abandon a house, unheated, you do need to shut it down properly.

CGI_3

Ingenious!

Flush handle had to be moved to the left to clear shower screen to the right.

Andy From Sligo

CGI_3 wrote: »

Ingenious!

Flush handle had to be moved to the left to clear shower screen to the right.

ambidextriosious ....

scotchy

Robbed from YLYL.

This light won't work. Would you mind having a look at it?




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K.Flyer

"It's not starting unless I keep pressing the reset button"... "No, hasn't been served in a while"

Wearb

K.Flyer wrote: »

"It's not starting unless I keep pressing the reset button"... "No, hasn't been served in a while"

Is there a nozzle and electrodes in there somewhere. Maybe a new stem valve needed.

jimf

rub of a cloth me thinks

colm_mcm

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

wiz569

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

Conservatory

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

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

Thought this was funny

agusta

Nice one

Andy From Sligo

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

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

wiz569 wrote: »

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

Yes correct