Who Needs DIY Bodges

[thomp1983]

Hi all,

So who needs DIY bodges when a pro is willing to do the following and take money for it.

So for a bit of background, ever since we moved into this house the floor in the front bedroom has been horribly creaky, after taking up the old carpet there was an obvious crown in the floor boards, having decided to replace the flooring, today I've been cutting up some of the old floor boards to allow me to work out where the plumbing runs, it turns out when the new radiator was fitted in the room the plumber employed to do it has ran the pipes straight over a steel thats under the floor and then nailed the floor boards straight over the pipes causing the crown in the floorboards.

I know the previous owner was an older lady who spent decent money on the houses upkeep so this will be the work of a professional who appears to have no pride in doing a proper job.

I now need to decide if I want to drill a couple of holes in the steel to pass the pipework through which will likely mean consulting a se and finding out the total span of the steel or find another way of routing them around the steel, anyone any ideas that isn't surface mounted?

Thanks
Chris

 

[Madrab]

Who's to say it was a professional? Looking at the soldering he wasn't a very good plumber never mind a professional IMO. A lot of so called professionals just aren't and a lot aren't even qualified. That's the trouble with plumbing, no regulation and the industry has made it so easy, where anyone can simply DIY the work and charge for it.

That's also the trouble with a lot of plumbing jobs I see, clients won't take the time to review and investigate who it is that they are employing to do the work. I am surprised and more than happy to show my papers, when a client asks if I'm actually qualified and if I have indemnity etc. If more people did that then it may reduce these types of occurrences.

TBH, if that beam was cored with 2 holes, for that size of pipework and it was central to the beam, I would be very surprised if it would compromise it's integrity to any degree.

 

[accelerator]

Personally I would never drill through a beam like that, I would think of something else.

 

[johnny2007]

2x 20mm holes won't make any difference in the steel strength.

 

[trojanhawrs]

The best bodge I can think of would be to route 10mm out of the board for the pipes, shim either side of the pipes and fix board with shim through the steel with metal self tappers (pilot drill a 4mm hole first though, the steel is thick even at the edges).

 

[Madrab]

Wouldn't be the first time I've hole sawed through an I-Beam for pipework, good quality bi-metal hole saw with a good drill and lubrication will make short work of it. Just make sure the holes/pipe is protected against rubbing damage.

 

[Nige F]

A starret holesaw will go through that steel easily

 

[Koolpc]

What about re routing the pipes to the right, under that wall through the wooden joist, along the underside of the wall and then pop back in the other side of the metal beam?

 

[catlad]

I would cut some channels out of the back of the floor boards.

 

[gas112]

This is why copper needs protecting on stell beams

 

[thomp1983]

Wow I'll be glad I've not got that issue then

 

[CountryFan]

Rad seems low too. On the flip side, sometimes (not always) you get what you pay for. Sometimes people just want the cheapest quote and don’t want to pay!

 

[Nige F]

The old bi metallic corrosion - copper/steel

 

[gas112]

The old bi metallic corrosion - copper/steel

The one in my photo pipes were put in around early 80`s the pic was took earlier this year when the damp patch started to show on the ceiling .
But we were fixing leaks like that on same estate from early 90`s so that one lasted well

 

[CountryFan]

so that one lasted well

Sacrificial anode perhaps?