HALL of SHAME PHOTo`s

[Barry98]

I know we all come across them but thought we could stick them all in one thread for everyone to see.

my first of many , was in a church hall and this was someones idea of capping the gas off.

 

[lame plumber]

if only they had cored it 6inches to the left

 

[Ermintrude]

Look close at the flue or lack of it at wall junction

 

[happyflyer]

If this is a holiday let should there not be paperwork for it GSR, there may not be the original Benchmark returned to the manufacture
but surely the LL, was that wall ever cored drill, I think it would have fallen apart with the hammer on, the overflow above the flue if that goes off the boiler will be going into condensing mode OK , if this is the outside what's inside like, The Greasy Carpet Brigade.

Looks like part of Hadrians Wall

 

[LPC]

Got a call from a landlady to go to one of her properties to see about a system where the heating is coming on when they put the water on. She meets me there and takes me straight up to the cylinder cupboard. I said it's probably the 3-port and then I ask where the boiler is?

'What boiler, there isn't one'.

Hmmm. Explain to her that there has to be a boiler otherwise why is there a coil and a 3-port valve and the immersion heater has no plug on the end.....after a few minutes of odd conversation, the tenant overhears and says 'what about the backboiler downstairs'.

I go downstairs, she points at this. I already know what's coming.

Been in use like this since the tenant moved in many years ago. Obv no certificates ever done. Landlady swears a gas engineer did it, but oddly, couldn't remember his name.

 

[Paulplumb]

What boiler? lol

 

[chris watkins]

& the public wonder how it is that people are still dying of CO from gas appliances !!
OMG

 

[LPC]

I made it clear to her how unbelievably dangerous this was. No way a gas engineer did that.

3 young kids in the house too.

I should add the cap on the gas is obviously what I did. This boiler was fully in use.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Blimey,

 

[Ermintrude]

Have a similar one. One of our lads went to friends house she's got kids bbu been off for 6 weeks or so. LL trying to get her try for green steal. He went as he offered to replace thermocouple FOC. He called me as he was a little confused how the fire worked, it was flue less on front of Bermuda. Bbu failed spillage told him to cap and leave . No cp12 and now LL man is going tomorrow to reconnect. ......... Told Tennant to record him doing it as he said it's fine.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

You see some horrors oO

 

[Toxic Ted]

Have a similar one. One of our lads went to friends house she's got kids bbu been off for 6 weeks or so. LL trying to get her try for green steal. He went as he offered to replace thermocouple FOC. He called me as he was a little confused how the fire worked, it was flue less on front of Bermuda. Bbu failed spillage told him to cap and leave . No cp12 and now LL man is going tomorrow to reconnect. ......... Told Tennant to record him doing it as he said it's fine.

Watching with interest.

 

[Ermintrude]

I'm actually inspector for HSE

 

[Mike Jackson]

Came across this beauty today.

Not sure how the thermostat works with just one wire to it. Seems to be a two port missing as well. So that's 3 safety devices missing/not connected then. Temperature can only be set by the boiler stat.

IMG_20140912_134854170 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr

Well that looks safe then. The single wire coming off goes to the stat on the cylinder. Not entirely sure what it achieves.

IMG_20140912_134858640 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr

Yes that speedfit is D1, the discharge from the prv on the heating tees into this as well. There is no tundish and this pipe rises before discharging through the fascia board at high level. Guess as there's no D2 a fall isn't required.

IMG_20140912_134909794 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr

IMG_20140912_134914948 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr

IMG_20140912_134928757 by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr

This has got to be the worst unvented installation I've seen in a long time. Called out because it was tripping the electrics. This was due to the pump leaking but I refused to just change the pump. Going back tomorrow to discuss options with the house holder. Going to be serious money to put this right, looking like a couple of days time I've flushed the system as well.

 

[kris]

Hey mike that's a beezer of install that. I've seen the odd single cable like that only when sparks don't have 3core n earth so the put in 2 core n earth and a single . But that must be a new model stat with a bi directional cable lol ... its a good job you attended as youl sort the mess.

 

[happyflyer]

Mike,

This is where push-fit has brought us, its made joiner and plasters think they are plumbers of joe public
please tell me a plumber didn't do that above, where will it all end