Pulled hep2o insert out of pipe when demounting and reinserted

[TryAgain1]

It has its uses but I don't like the idea of hidden pushfits or compression... It's advised against maybe even not permitted! Can't remember.
Gas has to be soldered if inaccessible.

It is advised against using inaccessible plastic fittings. Hep2o and frankly all plastic pipe suppliers would be out of business otherwise. Natural gas is always soldered copper and yes fittings must be accessible

 

[denso13]

It's advised against maybe even not permitted!

A legal requirement, depending on access and what the pipe is carrying.

 

[dilalio]

It is advised against using inaccessible plastic fittings. Hep2o and frankly all plastic pipe suppliers would be out of business otherwise. Natural gas is always soldered copper and yes fittings must be accessible

I am gas safe and G3

 

[dilalio]

Then again I see all sorts of abominations so doesn't really matter a fook what is or isn't permitted...

But it does when I do it.

 

[TryAgain1]

I am gas safe and G3

Gas yes what you said applies. But for water according to regs it's advised not required

 

[dilalio]

I wish I had used copper BUT because the property uses 1.2mx2.4m chipboard flooring and the joists are not directly below partition walls which makes cutting large sections of board difficult. If standard floorboards were used I could have used copper. The floor layout would mean HUGE chunks of floor missing in all bedrooms for weeks for copper whereas plastic only needs small squares cut out.

Most properties are now caberdeck or some such.
I've had them up and back down again and used copper... To replace the plastic that the place(s) was/were built with.

 

[dilalio]

according to regs it's advised not required

Coz at the end of the day it's not really a safety issue but no fun for the homeowner if a fitting fails... Which they do! I'm seeing more and more o rings that have just disintegrated to black mush and bits.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Called out to a leak from the ceing to the hall below, who is to blame, the plastic fitting or the plumber?

Andy

 

[dilalio]

Called out to a leak from the ceing to the hall below, who is to blame, the plastic fitting or the plumber?

Andy

Couple locking nuts not locked there

Oh, and hidden ballofixes... On heating?

 

[TryAgain1]

Called out to a leak from the ceing to the hall below, who is to blame, the plastic fitting or the plumber?

Andy

That 15mm 3 way plastic fitting isn't tightened on the right hand side. And overall not enough pipe clips

 

[TryAgain1]

Couple locking nuts not locked there

Oh, and hidden ballofixes... On heating?

Saw that wow. Is any in line isolation valve allowed on heating pipework? Would be very useful for myself to avoid draining down the pipework.

 

[TryAgain1]

Coz at the end of the day it's not really a safety issue but no fun for the homeowner if a fitting fails... Which they do! I'm seeing more and more o rings that have just disintegrated to black mush and bits.

Well once I've finished enlarging, repositioning and rehanging the rads to timber (as opposed to plasterboard as they are now) and redone all the rad tails and redone and few inserts, then I need to consider. If I put another magnetic filter on the bathroom rads and leak sealer in the pipework (which should seal pinhole leaks) the chances of leaks from that point onward are small. Usually badly cut pipe with jagged edges leads to damaged o rings

 

[HERTS P&D]

The above job was completed 15 years ago but 3 weeks ago they went from a gravity fed system to a combi.

Bad works always comes out in the end.

Andy