Lots of questions about potential 'Bodge job' installations and rectifying them!

[JollyJed]

Okay, fair enough. Sounds like you trusted him because of knowing both him and his father well. That approach is often better than getting a stranger in, but personally I hate that builder types should poke their nose in at plumbing jobs, especially fairly major heating work, without much experience. Would have been decent of him to simply recommend a very good installer and perhaps just do the labouring and any joinery, plastering jobs that might occur when installing heating to help.

Yeah it just comes down to trust really and as for sticking to his main trade i agree, i think he enjoyed the weekend work and pay a little too much to turn down extra work. My biggest queries were around having the 2 radiators free standing as my mother hates that the pipes go through the floor tiles. And as for the poofix comment it wouldn't surprise me, i know the bathroom and kitchen radiator were chosen specifically but the only brief for the others were that they be the same style and be a fitting size to the specific location/

 

[Best]

Yeah it just comes down to trust really and as for sticking to his main trade i agree, i think he enjoyed the weekend work and pay a little too much to turn down extra work. My biggest queries were around having the 2 radiators free standing as my mother hates that the pipes go through the floor tiles. And as for the poofix comment it wouldn't surprise me, i know the bathroom and kitchen radiator were chosen specifically but the only brief for the others were that they be the same style and be a fitting size to the specific location/

Poofix do Kudox rads and other brands. Lightweight and cheapish made IMO, but should still do the job if correctly sized. Would be acceptable if you were paying a very low price for materials and labour, but not if you paid what should have done a decent install

 

[oz-plumber]

General consensus - if it looks carp to a lay person, then it is a carp installation.

If the pipework was fixed and the existing radiator sizes were imperial, then there would only be a 20mm spacer on each side of the radiator to make up the difference.
Any more than that - woeful installation!!!