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]

Just had three days converting gravity hot to unvented in a bungalow, plus re routing all pipes in roof space ready for a loft conversion next year.
Had to move feed and expansion for heating and get it all up and running today. Left at 8.00 tonight.
50 minutes later, text message, water bubbling up through kitchen floor.
The only section of hot pipe in the concrete floor runs from under the bath and across kitchen floor to sink, and it's gone pop.

Only thing I could do tonight was turn off hot water.

But now have to fit in pulling up a real wooden floor and digging out concrete to fix the leak.

Not like I'm busy or anything. Ffs.

Its always a risk converting to pressurised Simon I hope you covered yourself before hand mate ? Can you reroute rather than dig up and look for leaks ?? Chances are it may find the next weakness point and leak there ?? Feel for you mate. Regards kop

 

[SimonG]

Its always a risk converting to pressurised Simon I hope you covered yourself before hand mate ? Can you reroute rather than dig up and look for leaks ?? Chances are it may find the next weakness point and leak there ?? Feel for you mate. Regards kop

All explained to customer beforehand, plus covered in estimate.

No chance to reroute, unfortunately, but had the plinth off under sink unit and it looks like a previous repair was done and I reckon it's the repair that's failed

 

[king of pipes]

Converting a bathroom to have a walk in shower stripped out and starting the rebuild, got the Flova smartbox fitted and piped a bit tricky in a metal stud wall pipes passing through the metal uprights but have sleeved them all . Kop

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Converting a bathroom to have a walk in shower stripped out and starting the rebuild, got the Flova smartbox fitted and piped a bit tricky in a metal stud wall pipes passing through the metal uprights but have sleeved them all . Kop

You are brave taking them pipes across like that. One day someone will go straight through them putting a grab rail up or something and wished they'd never started Know it can't be helped sometimes.

 

[Ben-gee]

That gonna be a wallboard job kop? Then at least you don’t have to try and make good that awful metal stud wall - just go over the gaps .
Have you used flova before, any good?

 

[king of pipes]

That gonna be a wallboard job kop? Then at least you don’t have to try and make good that awful metal stud wall - just go over the gaps .
Have you used flova before, any good?

Not on this one mate going to be tiled all quality stuff on this Flova shower and fixtures and fitting in bronze, 1700 x 800 slab tray that's gonna hurt 10 mm frosted glass panel should look good .

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Got floors up trying to find a gas leak as wife said she could smell gas and 0.5 mbar drop on TT horrible chipboard flooring ended up cicular saw through gas pipe

 

[king of pipes]

Got floors up trying to find a gas leak as wife said she could smell gas and 0.5 mbar drop on TT horrible chipboard flooring ended up cicular saw through gas pipe

Its well and truly leaking now bud

 

[king of pipes]

Got this finished off today the rest of the bathroom will be redone in the new year as I'm stacked out . Kop

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Its well and truly leaking now bud

Thought it was water at 1st mate the roar it made coming through

 

[king of pipes]

Bit more done on this one the shower tray is a beast so getting a hand to lift that in .

 

[king of pipes]

It fitted a treat sealed up ready for tiling tomorrow . Kop

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

It fitted a treat sealed up ready for tiling tomorrow . Kop

Looks a fancy tray that, not sure if I'm keen. The dark colours show all the water marks.

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

On with this at the minute, they’ve lived there 55 years and never touched the bathroom. Awkward room for a layout, so done some shifting about.

 

[king of pipes]

Looks a fancy tray that, not sure if I'm keen. The dark colours show all the water marks.

Yes mate over a grand for the tray customer supplied everything. Kop

 

[king of pipes]

On with this at the minute, they’ve lived there 55 years and never touched the bathroom. Awkward room for a layout, so done some shifting about.

Looking good mate what leveling systems that ?

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Looking good mate what leveling systems that ?

Genesis 2mm.

 

[king of pipes]

Tiling started today after a call out to a leak plasterers shouldn't touch plumbing

 

[king of pipes]

Cracking on need to get this tiled today clients are home from the USA at the weekend, all going well but lost 2 days last week on another job so I'm playing catch up

 

[king of pipes]

Cracking on need to get this tiled today clients are home from the USA at the weekend, all going well but lost 2 days last week on another job so I'm playing catch up

Fs run out of tiles and can't get any till Tuesday / wednesday customer supplied everything so it's not my doing

 

[Ben-gee]

Love customers like that, you tell them 22 sq meters and they buy 20, saying they’re really expensive and they worked out it was 20 not 22.

 

[king of pipes]

The guys a estimator for a roofing company so should have done better I can get the shower done just about a few tiles missing at high level . Kop

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Just finished this in time for the weekend. Roll on Monday and another job

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Fs run out of tiles and can't get any till Tuesday / wednesday customer supplied everything so it's not my doing

I always over estimate and then add a metre on, two if they’re to order. Half of them come damaged these days, plus if they’re 1200*600 like some have that’s a lot of area if one tile is damaged.

 

[king of pipes]

I always over estimate and then add a metre on, two if they’re to order. Half of them come damaged these days, plus if they’re 1200*600 like some have that’s a lot of area if one tile is damaged.

Yes mate know what your saying your job turned out nice bet they were well happy .

 

[king of pipes]

Just the glass to do till I get more tiles

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Managed to squeeze in a ho that was a sod to vent

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Managed to squeeze in a ho that was a sod to vent

Try and not do any OV anymore, try and convert them all to system boilers to save this hassle. Spent more time venting than fitting the dam things sometimes

 

[king of pipes]

Just finished this in time for the weekend. Roll on Monday and another job

Really nice transformation mate out of interest how long did it take ? Regards Kop

 

[king of pipes]

Got the glass fitted and shower working wouldn't of been my choice but customers liked it in the showroom it masks the expensive fixtures and fittings and closes the room in ? , they arrive home today after 2 weeks in the USA so time will tell . Kop