Council mess

[evdama]

Bath waste installed without rubber seal in place.
Leaked.
Council plumber No 2 couldnt see problem but cut cut off pipe near the tee in the process and attempted to seal the stump with boss white.
Leaked.
Council plumber No 3 couldnt see problem but wrapped some ptfe tape round the thread just in case.
Leaking.
Boiler condensate has to flow uphill to reach waste pipe.
Exit hole not made good and snow gets in under the bath
Tenant in dispair
Its all solvent welded so Im going to renew the lot with a
new trap and pipe straight out though the wall and the condensate kept separate until outside (where the pipes all fall to a hopper)

I need means of coupling two potentially different types of overfow pipe WITHOUT solvent weld


Ive seen these
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/McALPINE-U...056041?hash=item3a8278c529:g:FgIAAOSwVFlULRUA

Tenant cannot afford to pay for repairs(should not have to really)but dreads what Council Plumber No 4 will do.

I have some cheap 22mm push fit similar to the black 15mm in the photo.Before I have to wrestle the grab rings back

off ,any guesses to would this seal just enough for the boiler condensate.

 

[Nige F]

Tenant in dispair

Tenant cannot afford to pay for repairs(should not have to really)but dreads what Council Plumber No 4 will do.

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I sympathise with the tenant - I was a "council" plumber ( Housing Association) until Maggie decided it was cheaper to employ outside contractors. The FACT is - unless you are a Registered Gas Installer you must not touch the condensate pipe - you may do work on the waste pipe etc. BUT the Council need a rocket up their arses, and to be told of the facts - involve the local press is a good idea I know what I'd do

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Go to your local Councillor, I did that over an extremely damp flat, that the HA said was fine. Amazingly when the Councillor took the case up, and asked to arrange to meet the HA at the flat, they stalled him, and sent the builders in to fit extra ventilation.

The Family were then moved a few weeks later when another property became available.

 

[Keithmac]

We bought an ex Council house, some of the workmanship was truely shocking!.

Funnily enough under the bath they'd smashed out all the floorboards to fit the bath waste.