Just shows where standards are going and he or she could be teaching the next generation
Indeed. Scary stuff!
Basic pipework facts please?
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Indeed. Scary stuff!
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Yeah he's actually a very good one. I know it looks shayte, and I could possibly have done it myself, but we spent some time examining every inch of the pipe, and there just wasn't anywhere it could be done properly - every section of pipe had a problem, from the ground up - whether the pipe was kinked, oval, bent, covered in old solder etc etc.
I'm usually quite critical of tradesmen who do anything that looks like a bodge, but I honestly don't know anything else he could have done, short of digging the conrete up and putting a clean bit of pipe in
Yeah he's actually a very good one. I know it looks shayte, and I could possibly have done it myself, but we spent some time examining every inch of the pipe, and there just wasn't anywhere it could be done properly - every section of pipe had a problem, from the ground up - whether the pipe was kinked, oval, bent, covered in old solder etc etc.
I'm usually quite critical of tradesmen who do anything that looks like a bodge, but I honestly don't know anything else he could have done, short of digging the conrete up and putting a clean bit of pipe in
I'd have done what was suggested earlier, sweated the joint off and then gone from there. Any competent plumber would have done - I can only presume he's not able to solder?
I'm no pro but I think back to the toilets.bathrooms I did in a full resto job and they are works of art compared with that. Sorry, but if I'm paying I expect the expert to be better than me.
I'm no plumber either, but I agree I would have chosen to sweat that off and maybe soldered new on with an appropriate fitting, or failing that (being the OP who perhaps couldn't solder - cut the pipe below the joint and used a compression fitting. Anything would have been better and more professional that what he did.
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The tiled wall appears to be almost touching the copper pipe ,where the soldered coupler is. Maybe the plumber did not want to risk the torch heat from cracking the tile whilst de soldering and then re soldering a new coupler and pipe section in. I would have extended the copper from an isolation valve ,fitted where the plastic elbow has been fitted,and dispensed with the flexi. I suggested a flexi to the OP thinking it would be easy for him ,a plumber wouldn't need one.
Likewise. Sorry, I’m speechless on this one.
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