New Build - Lovely

[chris watkins]

Nice to see TBOE making a return to get that extra % out of the rads but who on earth want's pipework like this ?uke:

 

[Meady]

You would at least put the trv on the side so it doesn't go above the window sill.

But on a serious note, when we have had to do this on new build we hang the radiators on the larger side of the bracket as they tend to have a slot in them. Pass the pipe through and sleeve it straight into the valve.

 

[Masood]

Direct sunlight on the TRV head will cause havoc with maintaining room temp. Should be on its side at the very least. Id I'd have put in a shorter rad to keep the TRV well under the windowsill level...

 

[firemant]

Absolute garbage - you can't call that plumbing. But it is standard for new LA| build in my area.

On the plus side, it is easy to lift the rad forward to decorate behind:stooge_curly:

 

[chris watkins]

Absolute garbage - you can't call that plumbing. But it is standard for new LA| build in my area.

On the plus side, it is easy to lift the rad forward to decorate behind:stooge_curly:

This wasn't LA house this was high end new 4 bed show houses in Hailsham, East Sussex.

All rads the same, all with plastic pipes rubbing on rad fins &/or brackets, Megaflo SystemFits in the cupboard with safety valve discharge buried in the driveway.

When it is this easy how do they get it so wrong ?

I am getting old I know but what is the world coming to?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

This wasn't LA house this was high end new 4 bed show houses in Hailsham, East Sussex.

All rads the same, all with plastic pipes rubbing on rad fins &/or brackets, Megaflo SystemFits in the cupboard with safety valve discharge buried in the driveway.

When it is this easy how do they get it so wrong ?

I am getting old I know but what is the world coming to?

Don't know any better and not qualified bet you G3 sticker filled in?

 

[Best]

Looks like somebody with technical know how, but little experience and no common sense did that.
Where are the building inspectors when you need one? :smile:

 

[Meady]

Walking off with a big brown envelope

 

[kb76]

What's wrong with that?

 

[WaterTight]

Considering the geekiest level of pedantry recommends putting TRVs on their sides anyway, wouldn't this have been the one time to give it a pop? If for some reason they were loathed to put it on the bottom end.

 

[AWheating]

bet the flow is not even on the trv/ top side. ive worked on jobs like this, done this type of work. its the way the new build world has gone. Its not the plumbers on site to blame tho about how its done, for what they get paid they are lucky to get the rad level.

 

[Best]

It is not a cheap radiator though. I think that looks like a Myson roundtop, which are good rads and costlier than many.
The TRV looks also to be a Myson TRV which are rubbish valves IMO, but not the cheapest