Get your building inspector around, tell him you have concerns over the structural integrety of the joists due to excessive drilling.
There ARE regulations about running water supply pipes! They need to be inspectable or removable to inspect.
Water regulations 1999.
There are also regulations about running gas pipes as well.
Gas Safety and Use regulations!
Tony
Ok, a picture speaks a thousand words...... what do you think?
Yes. The plastic cold pipes were wrapped in felt lagging and embedded in the screed. The copper pipes supplying radiator were sleeved in felt lagging, dropped onto the oversight then celotex over the top then screeded over, so they poke through the screed in their felt laggingHe isn't seriously intending to embed felt lagging in a floor screed, is he?
Yes, I insisted it was insulated (they used 25mm Celotex). Yes, system was put up to pressure and kept pressurised during screeding.Is there edge insulation around the external perimeter of the UFH screed? All pipes to be pressure tested prior to laying screed, and kept under pressure during screed laying?
The hot water pipes have been lagged with foam, all the others lagged with felt lagging.Why are some pipes lagged with foam did they run out of foam lagging.
There is another 50mm Celotex to go down there, which covered over the pipes (in that area they are sandwiched between Celotex), then 75mm screed on top.judging by the door lining there is one hell of a thick screed going down
Yes directly onto the floor boards.Is the shower tray laid directly onto 18 or 22mm chipboard
That is what the plastic potable water pipes have been laid in and the copper CH pipes under the floor.Hairfelt should not be used as ducting for plastic pipework. There is a special conduit for it!
Yes, there are dozens in the floor/ceiling void. They have all been pressure tested and kept at pressure for days to check for leaks before being covered over, but yes they are innaccessible.Are those speedfit connections going to be innaccessible?
Are they prone tp blowing? Is it not the same as having soldered copper joints covered over? Yes, if one blows it will be an almighty mess....What happens when one of them blows - mind ripping out plasterboard to find the leaky joint? Good luck!
The specification was left to the plumber / building contractor. The architect spec'd the requirements (bathrooms etc.). I don't have a full drill-down of every detail of spec.Why wasnt soldered copper specified?
Nodid you go with the cheapest quote?
pipes sandwiched in celotex not in contact with wet screed then - No problem - joints in plastic pipes inaccesible but tested - No problem there then . Looks like I agree with PVM then I`ve seen a damned site worse in 30 years
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