Your views please.

[Dannyparty92]

Hello everyone. Done my first cylinder this week and would just like to ask you all for your opinions on it I don't mind good or bad I will take it as constructive criticism .

 

[lame plumber]

how did you stick it to the wall?

 

[mountainman]

Nice horizontal cylinder.

Only kidding but you did ask

 

[lame plumber]

why put a valve on the hw feed out? just isolate the cold in surely.

pull a few more bends and save on copper and fittings.

might want to consider the next one in replacing the 2 way valves, vert one bit tight?

D2 off tundish, why not drop further and save an elbow and it will drain quicker as well

is that a munsen ring and mount pushing back onto the cyl on your balanced cw drop, not to good

tidy for first effort, could do it cheaper though, copper costs remember

 

[Dannyparty92]

That's a pre plumbed one the pump and valves including bypass is already plumbed in just have to connect ( cheating a little I know ) hence the Munsen clip I would never drilled into a cylinder :s. yeah I should have used more pulled bends but I think elbows look neater. and just incase needed to isolate the hot without disrupting the cold supply. but thanks for your advice

 

[lame plumber]

naw its cheating a lot

 

[PETE 123]

Youve plumbed it in the wrong way round

 

[AWheating]

looks good to me.

i would try and use bends on the discharge to help avoid the tundish overflowing, but they always seem to no matter what.
i would not fit the lever valve on the hot unless really needed, the one on the cold will isolate the hot and you will have local isolators at your fixtures.
dont forget it all needs lagging

maybe too many clips?? but its new build so they will all fall off anyway LOL.

well done!!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Good work , but I can't see it in my phone as it keeps turning it self ......

 

[Killy Bing]

Bends look far more professional and are better for the flow of whatever they contain. Expecially on discharge pipework and gas runs. When you next pull out old copper keep it and practice bending on it and then scrap it. Overall good first bash!

 

[BN9Pete]

Nice horizontal cylinder.

Only kidding but you did ask

:lol: very good

 

[BN9Pete]

tidy work.

 

[supper plumb]

looks vgood but can you still get too the two way valve at the side or is it blocked by the horizontal two way just asking?? looks tight probbs just me
deffo more bends thay look goood better flow and just less chances of a joint failing???

 

[Mike Jackson]

looks good to me.

i would try and use bends on the discharge to help avoid the tundish overflowing, but they always seem to no matter what.
i would not fit the lever valve on the hot unless really needed, the one on the cold will isolate the hot and you will have local isolators at your fixtures.
dont forget it all needs lagging

maybe too many clips?? but its new build so they will all fall off anyway LOL.

well done!!

I always chuck a lever valve on the hot so that I can isolate it and leave the balanced cold working. Customers like to have separate isolators for hot and cold,

 

[kimbo]

Dont forget insulation I presume now its finished you have notified labc

 

[lame plumber]

Dont forget insulation I presume now its finished you have notified labc

Aren't you mean't to do that before you start work?

 

[Mike Jackson]

Not if you're G3 qualified.

 

[lame plumber]

Ha Ha having never done so I couldnt remember

 

[Dannyparty92]

Thank you all for your very positive comments yeah clips are on curly plasterboard fixings so rubbish and the vessels are toggled fixed aswell as curly fixings.

 

[dancinplumba]

Ha Ha having never done so I couldnt remember

How do you know you have never done so if you cannot remember ? What sort of logic is that ??

 

[SimonG]

Looks good to me, clips must have been on special

We were told on our course we still had to notify labc 48 hours prior of our intention to install.

 

[kimbo]

We were told we had to notify after completion. It also includes vented cylinders as well.

 

[BLOD]

Looks ok to me.
whats the price difference between pre-plumbed and not ?
Once you've got all your stuff out I can't see it would take much longer to do it all yourself.

 

[lame plumber]

How do you know you have never done so if you cannot remember ? What sort of logic is that ??

Because all I have ever done on g3 work is fit them in new houses/convertions, and they are covered by building regs based on plans, no need to notify and down my way if you replace an unvented with an unvented they dont want notifying of the change I havent ever had to do a notification, simples really

 

[tamz]

Unless you are a member of a competent persons scheme all unvented's need notifying.
In reality very few are.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Looks ok to me.
whats the price difference between pre-plumbed and not ?
Once you've got all your stuff out I can't see it would take much longer to do it all yourself.

I personally will never get a preplumb cylinder ..... They are a lot more expensive

 

[lame plumber]

prefer fittiing cheaper cyls and working the valve position to give good access etc and keeping everything tight and tidy.

 

[uwantsome]

Its ok for your first one but quite a bit of your pipework needs straightening up. Whoever did the first fix should of brought the pipes up in better positions, looks much tidier and i wouldn't personally use toggle bolts to support the vessels but you've done a good job for your first one.

 

[tamz]

We could find faults with every install if we looked, even our own.
It is better than most.

 

[Dannyparty92]

Thanks everyone for your positive comments. So what could I use instead of toggle fixings for the Expansion vessels?

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Thanks everyone for your positive comments. So what could I use instead of toggle fixings for the Expansion vessels?

Just get few screws on the stud