Shower products to avoid like the plague
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Tell us all about it fella. 
1. No lock nuts on the tray's adjustable legs.
2. No access panel to adjust tray legs (trial and error only).
3. No access to maintain shower trap without removing entire unit.
4. Pod was cracked and customer had to fetch a replacement.
5. Instructions were written in Chinglish, and were for the wrong pod anyway.
6. Controller and steam generator assembly supplied was for the wrong model and replacement had to be collected by me.
7. Replacement assembly offered had missing brackets.
8. Specialist shower trap was required but not delivered.
9. Shower trap had non-standard outlet that refused to connect to anything available in the UK.
10. No instructions supplied for connecting the wiring.
11. Quality of plastic panelling was appalling (too thin).
12. Assembly of glass side panels to bottom and top rails required three people and about 100 sq foot of space.
13. The Chinese hose clamps were all about 1/10th of the quality of the Jubillee equivalent.
13. 1 metre long flexible hoses recommended (and essential) but not supplied.
14. Impossible to apply silicone sealant to recessed joint of panel upright with pod.
Need I go on?
This is the sanitised edition of the faults - the original contained a couple of hundred f**k words.
2. No access panel to adjust tray legs (trial and error only).
3. No access to maintain shower trap without removing entire unit.
4. Pod was cracked and customer had to fetch a replacement.
5. Instructions were written in Chinglish, and were for the wrong pod anyway.
6. Controller and steam generator assembly supplied was for the wrong model and replacement had to be collected by me.
7. Replacement assembly offered had missing brackets.
8. Specialist shower trap was required but not delivered.
9. Shower trap had non-standard outlet that refused to connect to anything available in the UK.
10. No instructions supplied for connecting the wiring.
11. Quality of plastic panelling was appalling (too thin).
12. Assembly of glass side panels to bottom and top rails required three people and about 100 sq foot of space.
13. The Chinese hose clamps were all about 1/10th of the quality of the Jubillee equivalent.
13. 1 metre long flexible hoses recommended (and essential) but not supplied.
14. Impossible to apply silicone sealant to recessed joint of panel upright with pod.
Need I go on?
This is the sanitised edition of the faults - the original contained a couple of hundred f**k words.
I fitted a similar one about 2 weeks ago. I had fun putting it together as well.
Nothing damaged like what you had. I finished the job in 2 five hour stints but only because I had some paracetomol with me.
I had trouble mainly with points 3, 5, 9 and 13 of your experience
Re: point 9 I did find that the end of the waste pipe did manage to fit into a McAlpine 1¼" universal straight connector I just ran the waste through a HepV0 valve after that, then had problems stopping the flexible waste pipe under the unit from sagging and making a trap by itself.
The screws were really poor quality and the crosshead 'slots' chewed up as soon as they saw a screwdriver. Also the sizes quoted in the book were not present in the contents of the pack
What scared me and the sparky most was the fan which was fitted at high level emptied the steam to the enclosed back of the unit so that it could penetrate the electrics and soak the plaster off the wall.
I have the manual in front of me now and I would like to quote verbatim some of the chinglish that I found rather amusing.
"The electrical connection must be made by qualified electrician or careerman assigned by the dealer. The local parameters must be accord with the electric parameters of this product"
"Keep the acryl surface from cracking by sharp edge"
" level counterpoint holes with curving wreath"
" Check the distance between pothooks on the back panel and set the position corresponding on the walland make holes"
"Maybe the steam pipe would be a bit anamorphic after recovering, adjust the angle of the curved pipe according to your desire, put the rubber cover on the steam pipe through the drill hole together with the steam pipe and make sure that the rubber cover should be connected properly onto the joint on both ends of the pipe for the purpose of thermal protection"
If I didn't have the instructions to laugh at I would have cried !
Nothing damaged like what you had. I finished the job in 2 five hour stints but only because I had some paracetomol with me.
I had trouble mainly with points 3, 5, 9 and 13 of your experience
Re: point 9 I did find that the end of the waste pipe did manage to fit into a McAlpine 1¼" universal straight connector I just ran the waste through a HepV0 valve after that, then had problems stopping the flexible waste pipe under the unit from sagging and making a trap by itself.
The screws were really poor quality and the crosshead 'slots' chewed up as soon as they saw a screwdriver. Also the sizes quoted in the book were not present in the contents of the pack
What scared me and the sparky most was the fan which was fitted at high level emptied the steam to the enclosed back of the unit so that it could penetrate the electrics and soak the plaster off the wall.
I have the manual in front of me now and I would like to quote verbatim some of the chinglish that I found rather amusing.
"The electrical connection must be made by qualified electrician or careerman assigned by the dealer. The local parameters must be accord with the electric parameters of this product"
"Keep the acryl surface from cracking by sharp edge"
" level counterpoint holes with curving wreath"
" Check the distance between pothooks on the back panel and set the position corresponding on the walland make holes"
"Maybe the steam pipe would be a bit anamorphic after recovering, adjust the angle of the curved pipe according to your desire, put the rubber cover on the steam pipe through the drill hole together with the steam pipe and make sure that the rubber cover should be connected properly onto the joint on both ends of the pipe for the purpose of thermal protection"
If I didn't have the instructions to laugh at I would have cried !
B
breezer
they do look similar
I really feel for you. If I ever turn up in house to fit their own shower and it looks anything like that I'm out the door.
I relayed here an emergency plumbing situation a while ago where their friend had started to fit a contraption like this, and then run off and left them with a huge leak and a wrecked ceiling. I saw that it was not a job for me so just fixed the leak, told them there was no way on this earth I would connect up that waste to anything in the UK, so they would have to go back to BNQ to find out what they are supposed to use, and no I am not available to fit it for you, I suggest you phone around..
I just couldn't believe my eyes. It's disgusting that the sheds don't prove products before they handle them.
I relayed here an emergency plumbing situation a while ago where their friend had started to fit a contraption like this, and then run off and left them with a huge leak and a wrecked ceiling. I saw that it was not a job for me so just fixed the leak, told them there was no way on this earth I would connect up that waste to anything in the UK, so they would have to go back to BNQ to find out what they are supposed to use, and no I am not available to fit it for you, I suggest you phone around..
I just couldn't believe my eyes. It's disgusting that the sheds don't prove products before they handle them.
I asked the supplier what to use to connect the waste. And he said
Are you ready for this?
a waste adapter
"Great" I said . "Have you got one?"
"Er no"
"Can you show me what this 'waste adapter looks like"
"Cant do that either. Our plumber is off today"
No doubt with stress from fitting these things
Are you ready for this?
a waste adapter
"Great" I said . "Have you got one?"
"Er no"
"Can you show me what this 'waste adapter looks like"
"Cant do that either. Our plumber is off today"
No doubt with stress from fitting these things
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