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**The wtf plumbing thread**

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  • #552
    kaizer13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭kaizer13


    Centrally heated wardrobe...IMG_20160120_235653.jpg


  • #553
    roy rodgers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭roy rodgers


    This what an oil boiler looks like after a fire!!!
    Seen 2 of them in the last month..


  • #554
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    roy rodgers wrote: »
    This what an oil boiler looks like after a fire!!!
    Seen 2 of them in the last month..

    Wow! completely gone....not even a photo left ;)

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



  • #555
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Wearb wrote: »
    Wow! completely gone....not even a photo left ;)

    :D Technical error.


  • #556
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    jca wrote: »
    :D Technical error.

    I want to see the photo


  • #557
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Tom44


    This I have seen a few times before.
    Makes you wonder :confused:


  • #558
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Tom44 wrote: »
    This I have seen a few times before.
    Makes you wonder :confused:

    Yeah saw it myself lots of times. Who in their right mind would put a burner at the top of a boiler :D:D:D:D

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



  • #559
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Tom44 wrote: »
    This I have seen a few times before.
    Makes you wonder :confused:

    That's funny


  • #560
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Wearb wrote: »
    Yeah saw it myself lots of times. Who in their right mind would put a burner at the top of a boiler :D:D:D:D

    That's hilarious!


  • #561
    JamesM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭JamesM


    Tom44 wrote: »
    This I have seen a few times before.
    Makes you wonder :confused:

    I haven't seen that for a long time - at least 3 years :)
    Actually an awful lot longer than that. Crazy :eek:


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  • #562
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


    16649329_1795868237341101_2846384537072922219_n.jpg?oh=38bd95d294c15a54cb3ed4c461769d07&oe=5935D165


  • #563
    JamesM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭JamesM


    TheBody wrote: »
    16649329_1795868237341101_2846384537072922219_n.jpg?oh=38bd95d294c15a54cb3ed4c461769d07&oe=5935D165

    I don't know what it is or where it's going - but it's brilliant :D


  • #564
    tonyroc
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭tonyroc


    [IMG]http://C:\Users\user\Downloads\17148911_1236067703143622_657532282_o.jpg[/IMG] you will be all glad for once i openly admit i haven't got a clue but i will take a guess. This mynute 28e was installed in 2003 so its not efficient and should be changed. I can't afford to change it at the moment and im not even sure it would be a wise investment because of the way i started heating my house about 3 years ago. I know the initial plumbing company hadn't a clue and if anyone is interested check https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?id=2015-10-07a.782 and please leave a comment. The whole system has never worked right and other houses have the same issues on the sitting room rad it will work for a few days and then stop again i threw my hat in and changed tact . With only 2 people living in a 4 bed (pls don't ask) we have no need for much heating in over half the house even so it would take at least 4 hours to start warming so i installed a freestanding morso wood burning stove in our kitchen come lounge.Disconnected the extractor fan I sent the flue through the upstairs bedroom/drying room so we milked all the heat We get a roaring fire within 5 minutes . The gas boiler during the winter only get 1h30m with the pump on and all rads open it also heats enough hot water for our needs . In summer its 1h no rads or pump on and only heats the copper cylinder . That Boiler started banging and clanking 3 years ago different lads could never give a definite answer of cost to repair it . Basically its impossible to price unless its striped and even then it might not be possible to repair . We went away over the xmas and since we returned its running perfect not a sound. My guesswork thinks something was loose or broken and the water pressure kept moving it causing the noise. Because the system was turned off the loose piece has become stuck for now. .


  • #565
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    tonyroc wrote: »
    [IMG]http://C:\Users\user\Downloads\17148911_1236067703143622_657532282_o.jpg[/IMG] you will be all glad for once i openly admit i haven't got a clue but i will take a guess. This mynute 28e was installed in 2003 so its not efficient and should be changed. I can't afford to change it at the moment and im not even sure it would be a wise investment because of the way i started heating my house about 3 years ago. I know the initial plumbing company hadn't a clue and if anyone is interested check https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?id=2015-10-07a.782 and please leave a comment. The whole system has never worked right and other houses have the same issues on the sitting room rad it will work for a few days and then stop again i threw my hat in and changed tact . With only 2 people living in a 4 bed (pls don't ask) we have no need for much heating in over half the house even so it would take at least 4 hours to start warming so i installed a freestanding morso wood burning stove in our kitchen come lounge.Disconnected the extractor fan I sent the flue through the upstairs bedroom/drying room so we milked all the heat We get a roaring fire within 5 minutes . The gas boiler during the winter only get 1h30m with the pump on and all rads open it also heats enough hot water for our needs . In summer its 1h no rads or pump on and only heats the copper cylinder . That Boiler started banging and clanking 3 years ago different lads could never give a definite answer of cost to repair it . Basically its impossible to price unless its striped and even then it might not be possible to repair . We went away over the xmas and since we returned its running perfect not a sound. My guesswork thinks something was loose or broken and the water pressure kept moving it causing the noise. Because the system was turned off the loose piece has become stuck for now. .


    WTF?

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



  • #566
    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


    Not exactly plumbing but:
    https://twitter.com/WeWantPlates/status/838337294985740289


  • #567
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


    ^^^ I love those guys. Some very funny stuff.


  • #568
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


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  • #569
    stooge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭stooge


    kaizer13 wrote: »
    Centrally heated wardrobe...IMG_20160120_235653.jpg

    Our house has these in every built in wardrobe :confused: (4 in total)

    Does it not stop damp?


  • #570
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,592 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Post 23 here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=103349580#post103349580

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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  • #571
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    If You Think You Smell Gas, Turn Off The Supply Valve At The Gas Meter

    If you can get the feckin' door open!!?? :rolleyes:


    IMG_20170524_124256.jpg


  • #572
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,157 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    K.Flyer wrote:
    If You Think You Smell Gas, Turn Off The Supply Valve At The Gas Meter

    K.Flyer wrote:
    If you can get the feckin' door open!!??


    Just put your blow torch on it. It'll melt through that cover in no time. :):):)


  • #573
    ronn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭ronn


    I'm not a plumber but this doesn't look right to me


  • #574
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭Cerco


    ronn wrote: »
    I'm not a plumber but this doesn't look right to me

    Anyone think they are attached to a gas boiler? Looks like a gas pipe and wavin for the condensate, if that's what it is called.
    If so, hardly an RGI approved install.


  • #575
    ronn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭ronn


    Cerco wrote: »
    Anyone think they are attached to a gas boiler? Looks like a gas pipe and wavin for the condensate, if that's what it is called.
    If so, hardly an RGI approved install.

    Yeah that's what it is, the white pipe is taped into the down pipe and the copper pipe goes straight down the wall and there's a cable in the also,


  • #576
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Unashamedly pinched from Y.L.Y.L.

    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    9521_174b_500.png


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  • #577
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    quality bending, 90 degrees on the nose and what a radius!
    No need for the valve with this old school flow control!


  • #578
    CGI_3
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭CGI_3


    419900.jpg

    419901.jpg


    It was actually working for a period of time. Eventually failed because the MAINS :eek: pressure separated the junction between the inlet manifold and the pump base!


  • #579
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,157 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    It was actually working for a period of time. Eventually failed because the MAINS pressure separated the junction between the inlet manifold and the pump base!
    I laughed when I saw the photos because of the lack of elbows but nearly choked on my coffee reading that its connected to the mains too! :D


  • #580
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


    19113494_1946069279012282_4440234278011015922_n.jpg?oh=7d8c9d7f966f7052658ae13484bd600d&oe=59D29D15


  • #581
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Thats the W.T.F. post of the year so far.. :D


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  • #582
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭Cerco


    Whatever about the other shower, there's plenty of elbows in this one 😏


  • #583
    B-D-P--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭B-D-P--


    Seen of fb last week, pretty bad alright :D:D


  • #584
    TECH85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭TECH85


    How can people actually do this kind of stuff , and then charge for it !! 😩


  • #585
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Saw this......

    424114.PNG

    And thought of this....

    424792.jpg


  • #586
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Whilst looking for a local oil boiler engineer on the internet I come across this Facebook page where the engineers had taken some photos of some call-outs they have been to. I couldnt help but share them on here. Hope you can see the photos OK - I know it sure made me laugh and shocked at the same time!! :eek:

    2972_337968859660744_7987297525624254370_n.jpg?oh=2482ecf224bbec962b2b3dad26335295&oe=5A42914C

    74994_337963952994568_5876877499628881474_n.jpg?oh=3aa4079b5224cf664c5121d0b16bd726&oe=5A771E35


    10174863_337964162994547_6619452693951529777_n.jpg?oh=658177b8fdd87f326465418ae2f06c21&oe=5A7AE071

    1656289_337964002994563_5474820872323510986_n.jpg?oh=916e31115798eaba4be7d77ebcc48885&oe=5A4D8DEC

    1463250_337963999661230_5987292544713964938_n.jpg?oh=fca52ad877023c64a9ed9ae760f82582&oe=5A7FEC1C

    9865_337964042994559_5191582250782452678_n.jpg?oh=34008bd50061332223f2628415ff9454&oe=5A7A4768

    10270388_273020249488939_5062409983615245031_n.jpg?oh=a1ede9205deb0945a3a864b8fc22beb8&oe=5A4101B8


  • #587
    Fogmatic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Fogmatic


    Wow - about as elegant a solution as Microsoft programming!


  • #588
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Tom44


    Andy,
    A lot of photos and intentions and madcap ideas, you have previously posted, brings to mind, that your not exactly qualified to throw the first stone. :)


  • #589
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,960 ✭✭✭jimf


    id say these are all scudos installs

    probably not fair of me to make this comment when hes not around to defend himself


  • #590
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Tom44 wrote: »
    Andy,
    A lot of photos and intentions and madcap ideas, you have previously posted, brings to mind, that your not exactly qualified to throw the first stone. :)

    maybe not, but these installs are in a different league all together do you not agree :)


  • #591
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Don't we already have a thread for "The Horror" that we regularly find..

    The WTF Plumbing Thread


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  • #592
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Tom44


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    maybe not, but these installs are in a different league all together do you not agree :)
    Totally agree, but I think were still disagreeing.


  • #593
    Karangue
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 152 ✭✭Karangue


    Tom44 you classing yourself as some expert?


  • #594
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    K.Flyer wrote: »
    Don't we already have a thread for "The Horror" that we regularly find..

    The WTF Plumbing Thread

    oh right I didnt see that - apologies for putting it in wrong place


  • #595
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Karangue wrote: »
    Tom44 you classing yourself as some expert?

    MOD NOTE. If you are looking for advice start your own thread and don't be jumping in asking posters to rate their qualifications.

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



  • #596
    DGOBS
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,496 ✭✭✭DGOBS


    Tom44 you classing yourself as some expert?

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


  • #597
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Tom44


    Unfortunately this is to common to bother posting all photos, so as an example I'll just do simular to last tread .


  • #598
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Tom44


    Unfortunately this is to common to bother posting all photos, so as an example I'll just do simular to last tread .


  • #599
    roy rodgers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭roy rodgers


    Jesus oil regulation is cat! How or who could call themselves plumbers looking at some of them picture's. It's really scary what people pay for and think it's acceptable


  • #600
    jack of all
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭jack of all


    Tom44 wrote: »
    Unfortunately this is to common to bother posting all photos, so as an example I'll just do simular to last tread .

    That cowboy's horse seems to have lost a shoe!


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  • #601
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Tom44 wrote: »
    Unfortunately this is to common to bother posting all photos, so as an example I'll just do simular to last tread .

    ah that doesnt look too bad :D


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