Hot and Cold Pipe Repair - Good or Bad?

[Dilalio]

£5,000,000,000

All depends on draining down and refilling... Pipework repair is about 20 mins

 

[AndyB7]

Bargin

It took about 5 mins for the pipes to empty out, turn the mains tap off, open the taps and the pipes were empty as the plumber was then able to cut the bit of copper pipe section out to make that contraption.
Then refilled in a few mins.
Its just the hot and cold pipes that feed the taps etc.

 

[AMGasServices]

The under writers pay homeserve £140 per job.

I’m pretty sure you that job took the plumber about 10 mins to do.

The plumbers get loaded with 10+ jobs per day and they must get completed.

 

[Dilalio]

Agreed... It's not usually the operative's fault... They are on the hurry up from management

 

[Welder]

Don't you just love the PTFE on the compression fittings ...

 

[AndyB7]

Yorkshire Dave - where in yorkshire are you? anywhere near York?

 

[AndyB7]

Any plumbers near\in York that could quote for a soldered quality job?

 

[Chuck]

How much you reckon it would cost to rectify this so its proper soldered with less joints?

Depends what you consider a 'proper' repair. Ideally, I would want to replace the the entire length of damaged pipe back to existing joints with a nicely bent jumper under the CH pipe. I'd also take a critical look at the CH pipes in the areas because copper-on-copper friction often damages both parties to the action. Say three or four hours, mostly spent exposing the work and making good after.

 

[Welder]

Any plumbers near\in York that could quote for a soldered quality job?

Very. Wetherby. But no. Not on tools now. Running TapMedic.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Very. Wetherby. But no. Not on tools now. Running TapMedic.

Tapmedic you say mate? What is that? and what do you do? Never heard of it before? Anything that might interest me?