Good or bad idea - would you like it and be Interested in?

[Old Account]

Hi all lads
hope you are well.
I just sent Riley the same message and was wondering how you guys think about the idea.
I was thinking if we could re open a thread for plumb proud works? I guess we once had a thread were people used to upload their own works. It would be very interesting to see how other engineers plumb and perhaps pick few little tips and tricks. It could open new doors for others and perhaps for yourself. As we know it is all about teaching and learning. Do you think that would be a nice idea? Perhaps the engineers who can see the works should be having a 1000 uploads or as riley said for people in plumbersarms it is just an idea,
please let me know your thoughts.

I’d be very interested in sharring and learning from others.

 

[Pickwickpick]

Discovered this beauty today, the guy I'm working for the next couple of days had called up saying he could hear water running under the decking when using the kitchen sink. Was convinced it was just a 5minute job 'pushing some pipes back together'. I insisted on going round and lifting the boards up before I would give him a price as I'm used to these things being a can of worms. The cowboys that did the decking had bodged a pushfit waste pipe into solvent weld fitting, held in place with ptfe tape and not a clip in sight. Then at the other end which is shown in this pic, the jokers that rendered the side of the house had filled it in with render and then put the decking boards back up to hide it.



After a bit of excavation I eventually found some indication of a drain being under that mess:



I really don't know how people that work like this can sleep at night!

 

[Old Account]

Worcester services Ron some of us do it bud . Cheers kop

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Hi kop another service done today old turbomax

 

[Harvest Fields]

Just had a call from a landlord of mine that has had a dissappearing tenant and wants a hob removing. Turned up to find this and the gas board had turned the gas off to the property. Not one of mine Ron but this is what I deal with on a regular basis. Not sure if you can see from the picture but the cooker hose is also not even located in the bayonet fitting.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Fittings onto the Hob

 

[Riley]

Fittings onto the Hob

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Got to applaud the ingenuity in comical kind of way

 

[Old Account]

Fittings onto the Hob

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Shocking shoddy work mate. What did you do with the ho , did you turn it off? Or did you just AR it?

I had recently a free standing cooker and I had no stability brackets, no stability chain, cooker not levelled, bayonet not 750mm from floor, and too close to the worktops no space. I was unsure about the judgement and called gas safe and they said to all not NTC ;/ weird .. I learned different things

 

[Harvest Fields]

It is all out mate. New Hob going in next week with butterfly isolation in the cupboard and new rigid pipework to Hob.

 

[Old Account]

It is all out mate. New Hob going in next week with butterfly isolation in the cupboard and new rigid pipework to Hob.

That’s the way forward harvest. I had a similar case recently where a customer had few engineers who apparently checked for a gas leak but couldn’t find it. I went out for a blocked sink and as soon as I walked in i said you have got a gas leak. So, i started With letby and tightness test and it dropped immediately. Turned out to be the hob and i turned it off.

 

[firemant]

Shocking shoddy work mate. What did you do with the ho , did you turn it off? Or did you just AR it?

I had recently a free standing cooker and I had no stability brackets, no stability chain, cooker not levelled, bayonet not 750mm from floor, and too close to the worktops no space. I was unsure about the judgement and called gas safe and they said to all not NTC ;/ weird .. I learned different things

Why did you need to phone GS? Only thing potentially above NTCS is if it was too close - and then only with signs of distress. Not all cookers need any space.

 

[king of pipes]

This will make you laughter look what I saw today called in to see my electrician mate on a job this is a new heating first fix pipework install shocking in my opinion and a disaster waiting to happen some people !!!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Standard these days

 

[Harvest Fields]

@king of pipes shocking

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Did you raise the concerns ? Kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

Did you raise the concerns ? Kop

Be surprised if he didn’t.

 

[Old Account]

Why did you need to phone GS? Only thing potentially above NTCS is if it was too close - and then only with signs of distress. Not all cookers need any space.

I phoned because I wasn’t sure how to judge this therefore I called them up. The way it looked and was installed, i would have AR without second thought. I phoned the cooker company and made sure about the space though.

 

[Old Account]

This will make you laughter look what I saw today called in to see my electrician mate on a job this is a new heating first fix pipework install shocking in my opinion and a disaster waiting to happen some people !!!

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Oha, that Must have been done by someone who is a diyer or doesn’t care at all. There is absolutely no pride behind the work.

 

[king of pipes]

Yep sure did they know its total s---- !The problem is the installer is local to me and I often bump into him but had to say something personally I will never mix manufacturers pipe and fittings and I am sure theres better ways of first fixing that job . Kop

 

[Old Account]

Yep sure did they know its total s---- !The problem is the installer is local to me and I often bump into him but had to say something personally I will never mix manufacturers pipe and fittings and I am sure theres better ways of first fixing that job . Kop

Did you actually say something to him in regards to this shocking work?

 

[king of pipes]

No Ron just made the client aware that it's not acceptable I am not involved in the actual project so have no say in it i am afraid . Kop

 

[Old Account]

No Ron just made the client aware that it's not acceptable I am not involved in the actual project so have no say in it i am afraid . Kop

Thanks for letting me know KOP. It’s surely better not to get involved,

 

[Sharp Point]

This will make you laughter look what I saw today called in to see my electrician mate on a job this is a new heating first fix pipework install shocking in my opinion and a disaster waiting to happen some people !!!

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F@cking microbore

 

[Old Account]

Another boiler swap done today. Changed a working biasi boiler for the ecotec plus 825

 

[Scott_D]

Nicely done

 

[Harvest Fields]

How much did you pay for your press tool Ron?

 

[Old Account]

How much did you pay for your press tool Ron?

Oha harvest it’s actually on old version of rems.. it still has a wire. I’d actually prefer cordless but as long as it works I won’t buy a new one. You can get already crimping machines for a decent money. Definitely worth the penny. I don’t solder no more I used to a little when I used to be an apprentice and when I got here in uk but have changed back to crimping.

 

[Old Account]

Nicely done

Thanks scott, it’s nothing major but sometimes you cannot make gold out of a bad install. But I think the customer is happy that’s important.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Oha harvest it’s actually on old version of rems.. it still has a wire. I’d actually prefer cordless but as long as it works I won’t buy a new one. You can get already crimping machines for a decent money. Definitely worth the penny. I don’t solder no more I used to a little when I used to be an apprentice and when I got here in uk but have changed back to crimping.

Did you get it second hand?

 

[Riley]

They are wicked kit

 

[Old Account]

Did you get it second hand?

I got my first one from my old company. Once I left the country I got my second one from my mate which is kind of second hand. But as mentioned still with a wire. I would most like get a cordless one if I was you. I’m super happy with it. It really speeds the works up, it’s no hazard to the property, you can cut live water pipes / put a valve on and crimp. Had to do this many times.

 

[Old Account]

Hi guys just an update on my saturday's install.
Thank you first of all to all for giving always a great advise and help.

Would you recommend putting a plume on ?