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Hi just wanted some advice as to what to do. I'm sure there are some excellent plumbers out there and I just wanted to ask if the plumbing for my power shower looks ok? I think it needs to be supported better not just by random bricks found in my loft! Should the corner joints be lagged too?advice please i have put the photos below

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Horrible job. Pipes not clipped and those elbows need to be lagged. There is no expansion in pushfit fittings. If they freeze they will split.

My guess, the plumber wanted to get in and out of the loft as fast as possible.

In the first pic it also looks like 22mm lagging has been used on a 15mm pipe :rolleyes:
 
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Was it a plumber that did this or builder/handyman?

Did an electrician do the wiring?

Did you pay peanuts?

To be honest it looks poor, but seen much worse.

Nice piece of ply screwed down and the shower and pipework attached to ply. Job sorted.
 
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Which cold feed and from where? Do you have any pics of the tank he took it from?
No sorry no photos. the one i have sent is the pipe going from the tank on the left to the shower pump. it's just a single cold feed taken from the cold water tank in the loft to feed the shower exclusively so that if you flush the loo the pressure won't dip. A good idea from the plumber but i guess he was in a hurry? would you pay £300 for this? Not sure about how long it took as i wasn't there at the time. he left the loft hatch in a mess too!! (photo enclosed)

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With pipe, lagging, fittings etc £300 is about right. But that would be for a proper job, I wouldn't pay £300 for What you've had done. He's rushed it.
 
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