Plumber left us with no downstairs heating - recourse action?

[Millsy 82]

In all fairness to the bloke he has tried and if he hasn't charged you for the work he has done since the flush then he has done what he needs too.

You say that he has left you in a worse position but you also say that you have had a problem since you moved in 15 years ago so there is always the possibility of doing something and making the problem worse.

No he has come up with 2 options then you can make a choice between the 2 or get someone else in.

The rads may have been oversized for the pipe work but if the others don't work with the new rads turned off that is not the problem.

 

[newcastle phill]

Id be very surprised if they have made anysort of claim to offer 100% success.
95% of all pipework is hidden under the floor usually and could have been installed incorrectly by a muppet.
By your own decleration they have never worked to your satisfaction.
And consequently jobs like this including flushing are never guaranteed to work and are often undertaken on a 'best endeavours' basis.


Why do you feel you deserve the endeavours of the people you called for free ???

 

[knightime]

Thanks for all your replies, think we're just gonna have to get him in to do pipes otherwise we've got to pay someone else to do it, but also pay him this extra bill aswell. Financially it's the only option, fingers x'd it solves the problem. Cheers!

 

[knightime]

By the way newcastle phill, we don't feel we 'deserve the endeavours of the people we called for free', it was him that originally said it was for free!

 

[Rickster123]

Get a second opinion.

 

[SimonG]

Other things to look at before cutting out pipework. Do the rads have thermostatics? Have the ground floor rads been isolated and water drawn through valves on flow and return?

Get another guy to have a look.

 

[newcastle phill]

By the way newcastle phill, we don't feel we 'deserve the endeavours of the people we called for free', it was him that originally said it was for free!

So why do you feel you need recourse for something that was free ???

Unless ive missed something - did he powerflush for free ?? - sorry I don't spend ages reading the fine detail may have mis-read

 

[jtsplumbing]

This is a difficult one to comment on without seeing the house ! what is the total number of radiators in your house ? Do you know if boiler is producing enough heat ? (What Boiler do you have ?) What size and length of pipe runs ? as you see lots of things to take into account, How much of the pipework are they going to replace for £1.7K just the downstairs ? or full house ?

 

[Keefy]

Several times "We" and "The owner" have been mentioned. Makes it sound as though you're renting the property or am I missing something?

 

[SimonG]

I took it as the owner of the plumbing company, could be wrong though.