water pipe inlet route to loo. HELP

[seco services]

Is your soldered fitting not a fitting then?

if you ask this you need to read again to what is defined as a joint.

 

[sturmey]

Your pedantry is to be admired.
I am not trying to score points but how do you know that the compression fitting he was going to use was not dezincification resistant?
In which case water regs say no problem!

PS I have a sense of humour!

 

[jbuild]

water regs. Maybe I should read them now and again....
compression fitting behind wall=joint=inaccessible=dont do it

7. -
(1) No water fitting shall be embedded in any wall or solid floor.
(2) No fitting which is designed to be operated or maintained, whether manually or electronically, or
which consists of a joint, shall be a concealed water fitting.
(3) Any concealed water fitting or mechanical backflow prevention device, not being a terminal fitting,
shall be made of gunmetal, or another material resistant to dezincification.
(4) Any water fitting laid below ground level shall have a depth of cover sufficient to prevent water
freezing in the fitting.
(5) In this paragraph "concealed water fitting" means a water fitting which-
(a) is installed below ground;
(b) passes through or under any wall, footing or foundation;
(c) is enclosed in any chase or duct; or
(d) is in any other position which is inaccessible or renders access difficult

 

[sturmey]

Central heating pump fitted under floorboards with isolating gate valves anybody?
Compression connections!
BIV shower valve plastered over then tiled?
Compression connections.

You see it all the time and for one good reason- because the installer HAS NO CHOICE.
YOU have a choice.If you are bothered that much then solder it.
Then again if you want to finish your bathroom any time soon....

 

[seco services]

You see it all the time

their are many cowboys, it don't mean join them.

because the installer HAS NO CHOICE.

if he has no choice he should find another way to do it.
if he can't he's not an installer.

Then again if you want to finish your bathroom any time soon....

or even come back next yr to fix the leaking isolation valve behind the plasterboard.

 

[sturmey]

You see it all the time

their are many cowboys, it don't mean join them.

because the installer HAS NO CHOICE.

if he has no choice he should find another way to do it.
if he can't he's not an installer.

Then again if you want to finish your bathroom any time soon....

or even come back next yr to fix the leaking isolation valve behind the plasterboard.

Worthy sentiments I'm sure.

But I'm sorry to say you are clearly not living in the real world.

You are living in the unreal world of the text book.

 

[seco services]

least i can say that my customers jobs are done as they should be.
my pl is claims free.
i follow water regs/building regs.

and can sleep at night.

can you ?

but as your not in the trade it won't matter to you.

 

[sturmey]

I DO care about quality of work.
That said I would not have any nightmares about the occasional use of a compression fitting in a concealed place when the situation warranted it.
It is no big deal,it does not define someone as a cowboy and I know my joint would NOT leak.
Certainly not before your soldered fitting!

 

[seco services]

what would the point be of me having my water regs cert and abusing it.
it carries a large fine.

 

[sturmey]

I also have my BPEC certification for Water Regs.

I earn a living from plumbing.

I have never caused any damage to someone's home by faulty workmanship.

I care about the standard of my work.

But if you can honestly say you have NEVER infringed the water regs then I am amazed.

Do you ever exceed the speed limit?

 

[jbuild]

to end this saga, I quickly learnt how to solder joints using advice on this site and did so in this case. Never looked back. Thanks for all your great advice on here.

 

[Steady]

And the other moral of the story is that people spouting from text books on here all the time about how a job SHOULD be done instead of doing it the way all practical installers ARE dong it, are clearly not busy enough doing any REAL plumbing work to realise they are talking utter B****X.

 

[bathstyle]

You called?

 

[doitall]

And the other moral of the story is that people spouting from text books on here all the time about how a job SHOULD be done instead of doing it the way all practical installers ARE dong it, are clearly not busy enough doing any REAL plumbing work to realise they are talking utter B****X.

You mean pointless posts.

A bit like this one really.