What we all working on this week ?

[king of pipes]

I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop

 

[king of pipes]

Not a bad little Job Simon great view out of the window bud kop.
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Bathroom is taking shape slowly but surely kop

 

[Aquarius]

Bathroom is taking shape slowly but surely kop

What's with the prison bars (I do know what they're for) ?

 

[Scott_D]

Yuk WB CDI compact. Hate those green hinges

 

[king of pipes]

Never ever will I fit a crosswater frameless single pivot door quad again , the glass door is far to heavy for the fixing supposed to support it , I fitted a extra diagonal bracing for my own piece of mind nightmare to fit and very very poor design , fitted a new extract fan worked a treat . Regards Kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have had an eventful day. Spent all day chasing a blockage on the hot water side of the system. Vaillant conventional and ancient 200 litres copper cylinder with 4 draw offs. Cold flow also poor upstairs. Changed 2 swing valves that I thought had seized. 1 was seized the other only partially open. Refilled, still the same issue. Customer comes home and I say has it always been like this, he say no, normally pressure good. I say your pipework is all over the place and there is a lot of up
And down runs. You should have a power pump on your system really. (Can anyone guess what he said then?)

 

[ShaunCorbs]

That’s normal ? classic of the Cus wasting time by not giving you the full story

 

[Ben-gee]

We switched it off cos it was too noisy?

Or the old classic, it was alright ‘til you got here - and we got a better signal on the radio, you must’ve done something.

 

[Harvest Fields]

We do have a power pump it’s in the hidden loft space on the 1st floor. The joys of being a plumber

 

[Stigster]

@Rob Foster

Are you okay mate? Haven't seen you in ages.

(hope this works!)

 

[Aquarius]

@Rob Foster

Are you okay mate? Haven't seen you in ages.

(hope this works!)

When the forum changed, I think he just changed credentials to @centralheatking? (Was always signing off as that anyway, or setting stuff on fire )

 

[Stigster]

When the forum changed, I think he just changed credentials to @centralheatking? (Was always signing off as that anyway, or setting stuff on fire )

Yep, don't know what a service is? Set it on fire and see what happens. He actually basically said that. One of my favourite posts of all time that. Someone found a black pipe in their garden and didn't know what it was and he was just like "Set fire to it"

Where is he though?

 

[Aquarius]

Where is he though?

I don’t know, according to the info on here, he was last seen June 20th? (This year) as ch king.
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Yep, don't know what a service is? Set it on fire and see what happens. He actually basically said that. One of my favourite posts of all time that. Someone found a black pipe in their garden and didn't know what it was and he was just like "Set fire to it"

I think I possibly remember the post.

 

[Stigster]

I like the fact that despite his suggestion being a bit extreme, it would also have actually worked!

Pour some petrol on it and set fire to it (I think those were the exact words LOL!)

If it melts and reveals cable or starts arcing, electricity.
If it melts, goes PFFT sprays water everywhere and self extinguishes, water.
If it melts and continues to burn slowly but surely with an ever increasing fire area, oil.
If it melts and shoots a jet of lovely flames, gas.
If nothing much happen the service is disused and you can proceed to ignore or remove it.

 

[Aquarius]

Tbh I haven’t seen much of @townfanjon either, but just checked and he was on here last in June as well.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Never ever will I fit a crosswater frameless single pivot door quad again , the glass door is far to heavy for the fixing supposed to support it , I fitted a extra diagonal bracing for my own piece of mind nightmare to fit and very very poor design

Hey KOP, I had exactly the same about 18 mths ago (I think I posted about it on here). The MI's drove me mental, I emailed them and offered to rewrite the install instructions the weren't in the least interested, even snobby! The amount of time I spent pffaffing around with it adjusting, to ensure no trickle from the magnetic seal.... I should have charged another £1000... for all the stress, hassle and downtime.

P.S. Agree absolutely "Never ever will I fit a crosswater frameless single pivot door quad again" neither will I until they agree to pay me to re-write the installers instructions.

 

[king of pipes]

Hey KOP, I had exactly the same about 18 mths ago (I think I posted about it on here). The MI's drove me mental, I emailed them and offered to rewrite the install instructions the weren't in the least interested, even snobby! The amount of time I spent pffaffing around with it adjusting, to ensure no trickle from the magnetic seal.. I should have charged another £1000... for all the stress, hassle and downtime.

P.S. Agree absolutely "Never ever will I fit a crosswater frameless single pivot door quad again" neither will I until they agree to pay me to re-write the installers instructions.

Very poor in my opinion Jim and boardering on dangerous if someone Fell over in the shower ?? then it could possibly come down on top of em I am going to ct1 the glass into its wall trim belt and braces mate

 

[SimonG]

Nice little bath into the ensuite. Toilet and basin done last year by bloke that's retired.

 

[Scott_D]

Not my best work, time and budget we’re limited.

 

[Aquarius]

Not my best work, time and budget we’re limited.

Better than my work on a good day

 

[ShaunCorbs]

legionella re work / dead legs in schools

 

[Scott_D]

legionella re work / dead legs in schools

I got loads of scrap from Royal Mail building a few years back removing dead legs on MCW
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Some one asked about these angle brackets for flue bracketed a while back. Screwfix sell them £8 for 10

 

[SimonG]

Home for the next two weeks, sorting out some pee poor work.

And yes the speedfit was cut with a hacksaw!!
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Oh and them walls are freshly skimmed

 

[Scott_D]

Repipe for UFH manifold

 

[king of pipes]

Home for the next two weeks, sorting out some pee poor work.

And yes the speedfit was cut with a hacksaw!!
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Oh and them walls are freshly skimmed

Wow who the ---- did that pile of pony good luck mate the phrase is you can't polish a turd but you can sprinkle it with glitter . Kop
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Finally on the home straight god I've put some hours in here must be getting slow in me old age . Have a good weekend chaps regards Kop

 

[SimonG]

Wow who the ---- did that pile of pony good luck mate the phrase is you can't polish a turd but you can sprinkle it with glitter . Kop
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Finally on the home straight god I've put some hours in here must be getting slow in me old age . Have a good weekend chaps regards Kop

Only had a couple hours this afternoon at it. Stripped all the previous crap out and got a bit of copper in.

 

[king of pipes]

Only had a couple hours this afternoon at it. Stripped all the previous crap out and got a bit of copper in.

Looks better already Simon

 

[Harvest Fields]

I’m here for the weekend.

Popcorn anyone

 

[SimonG]

Well, just taken out a compression valve that would have been behind the shower valve, on speedfit, no inserts.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Well, just taken out a compression valve that would have been behind the shower valve, on speedfit, no inserts.

I think next time you see him you should remove his tooks and just leave him a hammer and screwdriver

 

[king of pipes]

Well, just taken out a compression valve that would have been behind the shower valve, on speedfit, no inserts.

Oh dear a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous mate at least you found it . Kop