CONCERN AROUND PLUMBING METHOD

[Best]

Appalling, and yet done using simple to use plastic pipe with push fit.
They could have drilled the joists and installed pipes without leaving strain on them.

 

[Millsy 82]

Most of you would hate new builds then. Plastic fittings are perfectly acceptable under floors and that pipe work is fine imo.

Yes copper is more accepted as the better method but they haven’t done anything ‘wrong’ here.

I'm a copper man myself but you are 100% right the fittings if installed right are not a problem. I've used plastic on numerous occasions mainly new builds etc and I very rarely have a problem with it.

It's just copper is neater and looks more professional.

 

[Steve weightman]

I don't think the pipe is strained it's just curved off the roll

 

[Welder]

Most of you would hate new builds then. Plastic fittings are perfectly acceptable under floors and that pipe work is fine imo.

Yes copper is more accepted as the better method but they haven’t done anything ‘wrong’ here.

JG specifically state you should not stress any joint. Whilst you can 'set' plastic pipe its tendency is to return to its reel form so eventually it ends up 'stressing' the joints. The also say each can accommodate 5 degrees from straight without compromise. I would not do what the installer has done there simply to save two elbows.

 

[Svenedin]

It looks like the notch in the joist is not deep enough (but cutting it deeper may not be an option depending on the size of the joist). If it was in soldered copper it looks like it would be fine. He could have drilled the joist but not under the notch obviously.

 

[ColinM]

The installation does not contradict any design principle, the whole idea of plastic pipe work is because of its flexability to make installs easier. There is no stress on the joints, and the pipes designed to bend slightly.

 

[hENRYDAC]

No pride in his work. Just because it is unseen doesn't mean it shouldn't be plumb, straight, level or flat.

 

[bilabonic]

Should be fine for 30 years...lol

 

[Svenedin]

You don’t see much “pride in work” these days but plenty to be seen in really old work (when times were different). A while ago I had a gas fire removed (by a gas man) and the floorboard where the union was mounted had to be lifted to cap the pipe under the floor. The floorboard had a mitre on it (no crude butt joint) to make it fit perfectly. So elegant from a tradesman long gone. I smiled and thought of him whoever he may be, great job.

 

[Aire]

You don’t see much “pride in work” these days but plenty to be seen in really old work (when times were different). A while ago I had a gas fire removed (by a gas man) and the floorboard where the union was mounted had to be lifted to cap the pipe under the floor. The floorboard had a mitre on it (no crude butt joint) to make it fit perfectly. So elegant from a tradesman long gone. I smiled and thought of him whoever he may be, great job.

We don't have time for such nonsense these days. Rag the board up with a wrecking bar and jobs a good un

 

[Svenedin]

We don't have time for such nonsense these days. Rag the board up with a wrecking bar and jobs a good un

If you ever do that at my house you’d never come back!

 

[Aire]

If you ever do that at my house you’d never come back!

Haha, I'm only kidding. I'm fairly confident you'd be more than happy with my work if I worked at your house.

 

[Svenedin]

Haha, I'm only kidding. I'm fairly confident you'd be more than happy with my work if I worked at your house.

Hehe yes I know but sadly there is a lot of that get to the pipes, wreck the place and to hell with the consequences

 

[Burger]

Hehe yes I know but sadly there is a lot of that get to the pipes, wreck the place and to hell with the consequences

People know me so well...............

Just kidding

 

[Welder]

Couple of years ago we had to move a rad in a golfclub with parquet flooring. Someone had done it before us and 'sh1te' goes nowhere near far enough to describe the mess they left the floor in. Because we carefully used a multitool to get access, it took the 4 tries to identify our access. #Proud. Buggers still took 2 months to pay tho