Flexible tap connectors breaking

[doddsie]

It's the brass breaking, not the flex/rubber.

 

[Last Plumber]

Difficult one!

I can only say that in thirty years of plumbing/Heating I can't remember seeing that !
To get three in one house, there's a common denominator

Perhaps French plumbers are heavy handed doddsie?

 

[rpm]

Temperature change from very hot to very cold weather? Any sharp kinks in the flexi in that area adding a load?

 

[doddsie]

Perhaps French plumbers are heavy handed doddsie?

Perhaps, not sure, I do know he's very expensive and likes plenty of add-ons on his bills.

 

[doddsie]

Temperature change from very hot to very cold weather? Any sharp kinks in the flexi in that area adding a load?

There is big temperature changes externally, as the house is in a ski resort. But the heating is left on, so the temperature doesn't change that much in the bathrooms.
There's no sharp kinks in the flexi.

 

[rpm]

Sabotaged by said plumber? Really is a strange one.

 

[Last Plumber]

Intriguing !!

Have you not raised this issue with him ?

I know that if I had installed three taps and they failed and flooded someone's home I would definitely be informed and I personally would be more than concerned.

I would be checking the rest

 

[Last Plumber]

RPM has a point, did you argue about his ad-ons?

 

[doddsie]

We disagreed over some of his ad-ons, in France you make a quote and you're supposed to stick with it. It was more a problem that the project manager assured me some things were in the quote and he assured me they weren't. But I paid all his bills and we left on friendly terms and he knew that there would be further bathrooms in the future, which I'd get him in to do.

Yes I've been in contact with him, but there is a language barrier and I don't want his solution of him sourcing and changing all the taps through out the house. The fact that we supplied the taps, means that he won't take responsibility for them.

 

[Old Account]

I believe in Europe we have got around 4/5 bar mains water pressure. I assume the flexi's must have been over tightened ( as mentioned above ) or just a poor quality flexi's. It also could cause issues when turning the mains off and on. Once you turned the mains off and drained the rest water it may blast with 4/5 bar through the pipes and it will surely break on the weakest points ( if poor quality or faulty batch of flexis ) ... I had few issues like that back in Germany so maybe we could consider the issue too