Is this plumbing under the kitchen sink normal?

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• Jul 30, 2019

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hi, I was hoping for some advise?
the picture below is off the plumbing my builder has done under my kitchen sink. Apparently he seems to think this is ok but I have a few concerns and would like others views so I am better armed when I go back to/query him again?!

Thank you for any advise

 

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What are your concerns? Before we comment.

 

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Any better pictures?
Where does the big flexi go?

 

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I would guess outside mate

 

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Harvest Fields said:

I would guess outside mate

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You never know
It’s obviously going to struggle to drain

 

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• Jul 30, 2019

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No that's not normal, that flexi needs to fall from the trap, not rise back up like it does

 

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• Jul 30, 2019

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The whole waste looks pished, was your builder when he put it in? As so many say, builders build, plumbers plumb.

 

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that’s a beauty

 

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Yes it needs redoing, by a plumber not a builder, unless of course you have your own alternating gravity in the sink cupboard in which case it will be fine...

 

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I sound like a broken record but plumbers plumb builders build. I wish people would take note and not always believe the builder when he says. Oh I can do that

 

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Was it a Yorkshire builder who has trained water to flow uphill?

 

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Can’t see the problem with it.

 

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bogrodder said:

Can’t see the problem with it.

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It looks fine from my house.

 

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My house fell down

 

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Is it the same guy who fit kitchen taps on the bath

 

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Thanks for all your comments. Sorry here some additional info...
It was the builder contractor who unfortunately did the refurb of whole flat (who was recommended by a good friend and I did a lot of research on!). I was told that his plumber did all the plumbing work etc.

But to me the pipe through the outside wall (top of that flexi tube) is far too high compared to the trap, plus that horizontal thing in middle seems to be full of water after one load of washing so I can’t see how this can be right!
I raised these concerns with the building contractor but am getting brushed off!
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Keep plugging at it

It’s unacceptable the way it is

 

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The photo doesn’t show it all clearly, but just noticed what looks like the dishwasher fill hose.
Is that installed horizontally and due to the valve it connects to being same?
If it is, then that is also all wrong.

 

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• Jul 30, 2019

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Here’s a few more photos of the mess in my butchered kitchen cupboard... seems more like spaghetti junction than a proper plumbing job to me?!

 

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So no need For the branch connector at all

 

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I’m from Brum. I like spaghetti junction

 

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If you can sort the plumbing you will still be left with a butchered unit

 

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scott_d said:

If you can sort the plumbing you will still be left with a butchered unit

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True but I reckon the butchered cupboard is the least of my problems

 

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Harvest Fields said:

I’m from Brum. I like spaghetti junction

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I used to drive through spaghetti junction every day. It made more sense to me than this plumbing fiasco

 

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ShaunCorbs said:

So no need For the branch connector at all

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I assume that’s the pointless horizontal thing the dishwasher waste goes into, and which is lower than the out pipe and currently full of water