I had a new condensing boiler fitted last March. At the same time I was refurbishing my house and when the plumber had finished fitting the boiler he said he couldn't complete the commissioning as he needed to do a check where he needed to run the bath tap as that provided the best flow rate, however the bath was not fitted at the time so he said he would come back. Still waiting. I have phoned him and sent him texts, he always replies and says he will be around next week. The last time I contacted him I made a sarky comment and he got quite annoyed blaming me as the bath was not fitted, true however if he had told me when he started fitting the boiler I could have made sure the bath was fitted, he told me 5 minutes before he left. He also said he was going to come round in July but I went on holiday.
I tried to get another plumber to come and commission it but he did not want to get involved as he is local and the one who fitted it is local. He said the best thing to do is tell the original plumber that I was going to contact 'Gas safe' to ask for guidance and he would probably come running.
In addition there is one pipe coming straight down from the bottom of the boiler about 8 in, he actually told me that this was the pressure relief pipe. I thought at the time that this should go through the wall and now I know it should. I was going to fix that myself but as it comes down about 4 in from the wall I wanted to take it off and fabricate a pipe that came down close to the wall before taking it through the wall as it would look neater. Although I could easily do the job it involves disconnection and reconnection at the boiler and maybe should only be done by a 'Gas Safe' plumber.
What would do forum members think I should do?
I tried to get another plumber to come and commission it but he did not want to get involved as he is local and the one who fitted it is local. He said the best thing to do is tell the original plumber that I was going to contact 'Gas safe' to ask for guidance and he would probably come running.
In addition there is one pipe coming straight down from the bottom of the boiler about 8 in, he actually told me that this was the pressure relief pipe. I thought at the time that this should go through the wall and now I know it should. I was going to fix that myself but as it comes down about 4 in from the wall I wanted to take it off and fabricate a pipe that came down close to the wall before taking it through the wall as it would look neater. Although I could easily do the job it involves disconnection and reconnection at the boiler and maybe should only be done by a 'Gas Safe' plumber.
What would do forum members think I should do?
