The wtf plumbing thread

Odelay · 21-10-2020 1:38pm

Wearb wrote: »

Those fittings were widely used for standard gauge hydrodare.

Yep, don’t see anything wrong with it.

The Continental Op · 21-10-2020 1:47pm

Odelay wrote: »

Yep, don’t see anything wrong with it.

So on the mains water supply for a house you'd whittle the end of half inch heavy down with a box cutter to so it fitted into a fitting branded Hoselock that was designed for use with a garden hose?

Dtp1979 · 21-10-2020 2:11pm

The Continental Op wrote: »

So on the mains water supply for a house you'd whittle the end of half inch heavy down with a box cutter to so it fitted into a fitting branded Hoselock that was designed for use with a garden hose?

It wasn’t designed for a garden hose. It was designed for hydrodare piping years ago. Whatever the original fitter did to make some pipe fit was wrong

02-07-2021 10:01pm

I'll just leave this here, someone did this! :eek:

Topgear on Dave · 02-07-2021 10:06pm

Its absolutely shocking what the ESB gets away with. Putting in that around the pipes.:eek:

Dtp1979 · 02-07-2021 10:07pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'll just leave this here, someone did this! :eek:

Wtf is that

The Continental Op · 02-07-2021 10:35pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Wtf is that

Looks like a UK install with the blue water pipe that they use over there.

Dtp1979 · 03-07-2021 6:16am

The Continental Op wrote: »

Looks like a UK install with the blue water pipe that they use over there.

That blue pipe is used here too

jack of all · 03-07-2021 10:05am

At least the copper service was sleeved going through the cavity wall!

Yellow_Fern · 03-07-2021 2:39pm

Speaking as a mere mortal, a non plumber, can a water supply ever be run through the meter box?

Dtp1979 · 03-07-2021 3:16pm

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Speaking as a mere mortal, a non plumber, can a water supply ever be run through the meter box?

I thought not.

Lockheed · 03-07-2021 3:17pm

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Speaking as a mere mortal, a non plumber, can a water supply ever be run through the meter box?

Electric, gas and water should have 'adequate separation' I believe

Cerco · 03-07-2021 6:14pm

I think this is a “windup”.
Cannot see any signs of solder on the joints. Perhaps there are other standard forms of jointing copper pipe?

The Continental Op · 03-07-2021 6:24pm

Cerco wrote: »

I think this is a “windup”.
Cannot see any signs of solder on the joints. Perhaps there are other standard forms of jointing copper pipe?

Not a bad thought? The copper pipe into the plastic fitting doesn't look particularly legit? Not saying you couldn't make a joint like that but it doesn't look quite right to me (non plumber).

CoBo55 · 03-07-2021 6:36pm

I thought it was a condensate drain.

The Continental Op · 03-07-2021 6:41pm

CoBo55 wrote: »

I thought it was a condensate drain.

I know there will be some argument over the blue pipe but blue pipe has been used for the mains water supply for houses for the last 30 years if not longer in the UK. Its just not a pipe you'd think of using for any type of drainage.

Of interest are also the cables going out of the box. Looks like one supply in and two similar cables (on the right) going back out - thats not normal is it?

Charlie19 · 03-07-2021 6:41pm

Cerco wrote: »

I think this is a “windup”.
Cannot see any signs of solder on the joints. Perhaps there are other standard forms of jointing copper pipe?

It looks like a crimp/press fitting. I also think it's legit, the pipe is insulated before it enters the box and basically too much detail for a joke.

03-07-2021 7:33pm

Cerco wrote: »

I think this is a “windup”.
Cannot see any signs of solder on the joints. Perhaps there are other standard forms of jointing copper pipe?

Charlie19 wrote: »

It looks like a crimp/press fitting. I also think it's legit, the pipe is insulated before it enters the box and basically too much detail for a joke.

The push fittings are this type by the looks of it.

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https://www.screwfix.ie/p/tectite-sprint-copper-push-fit-equal-90-elbow-15mm/6486G?gclid=CjwKCAjwlYCHBhAQEiwA4K21mxZnZLRWGEKFMg5m7qCXACTTdMI3bS8TsCeCTz7qhJ7j4vedy2rJJxoC1joQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

The Continental Op · 03-07-2021 7:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The push fittings are this type by the looks of it.

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/tectite-sprint-copper-push-fit-equal-90-elbow-15mm/6486G?gclid=CjwKCAjwlYCHBhAQEiwA4K21mxZnZLRWGEKFMg5m7qCXACTTdMI3bS8TsCeCTz7qhJ7j4vedy2rJJxoC1joQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

And https://www.screwfix.ie/p/tectite-sprint-copper-push-fit-equal-135-street-elbow-15mm/819fj

819FJ_P&$prodImageMedium$

Would work for that dog leg from the plastic fitting.

Still has me wondering why and Irish plumber would be using UK metric fittings when everything else here is imperial?

03-07-2021 8:31pm

I'm sure the picture is from the UK, more and more metric stuff appearing here every year.

jerseyman · 15-07-2021 11:06am

I've just read this from start to here and found very informative cheers, now paranoid about my own gaff. Main thing I take away is not to get an oil boiler as no guarantee of being serviced or installed correctly...

But the question comes up how do people get away with shoddy work, most Customer's don't know and need to take their word unless the work is glaringly obviously wrong. my own story had a new gas boiler installed and the condensate pipe came out about a meter and half and left pointing into the ground, that didn't look right and from the manual of the gas boiler there are 2 options (drain or soakaway). It was then moved back to the house wall but straight into the ground, still not right. then was moved back into original spot meter and half away from house with lime stone chippings thrown on top.

from googling at the time it seemed common enough for the condensate pipe to point anywhere but where it should go

rest of work seemed correct and yes they were RGI and got cert

29-08-2021 10:08am

I robbed this from another site, wtf were the fitters thinking!

KoolKid · 16-10-2021 7:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117817981#Comment_117817981

Clearly they weren't. Probably working directly off some idiots design drawing.

16-10-2021 7:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118029950#Comment_118029950

It's more likely a case of the wrong handed sink was deliverd, but they fitted it anyway.

17-10-2021 11:25am

I reckon the sparky must have pissed him off!

Wearb · 17-10-2021 3:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118031774#Comment_118031774

Used holes plumber had drilled 👺

zg3409 · 26-11-2021 10:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/113595889#Comment_113595889

When I moved into a new house I put the immersion on bath. A few days later I noticed while flushing the toilet the water smelt warm. It turned out in bath mode the immersion went on full blast forever and the hot water backed up into the cold water tank so the cold tank became hot. So we flushed the toilet with hot water! It wasn't a faulty thermostat on the immersion, instead a bad wiring of the immersion so the thermostat was not used in bath position. Not quite a plumbing fault, but a weird one.

01-12-2021 5:45pm

Really!!!

Wearb · 01-12-2021 6:15pm

So that it can be serviced when no one home 😅

Probably to be built around soon. 🤔

16-01-2022 8:25pm

While that's similar to an Irish meter installation there are few details that would tend to point toward it being in the UK, or possibly somewhere that uses UK inspired specs? The two breakers on the little sub panel don't make sense here and the ESB would hit the roof if you left their main fuse on a loose board like that.

I'd say if a meter reader saw that you'd end up with the fuse pulled and probably with potential legal action.

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