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Hi, I'm new, I've got a plumber doing some renovations for me and I'm not sure whether what he's doing is correct/appropriate.
It's a 1930s end terrace with no existing gas supply, but one is being installed in a couple of weeks and the plumber has been busy installing a boiler and rads, and installing a new bathroom, ahead of the gas connection.
I've got a couple of issues with the work he's done and I want to know if you think I have a reasonable grounds to complain before I speak to him about it.
1) He's run two new 22mm plastic pipes under the floorboards on the first floor, but to do so he's cut notches in the joists which leave two 5" floorboards with no support on one side, and if the boards go down there are joints on the pipe which will have boards sitting on them. I asked him to put it right and tonight I've found he's added some wood to the voids but the new wood is too low to support the floor boards, and the joints are still too proud and would be subject to pressure from the floor.
2) The bathroom previous had a bath fitted which we've removed and asked him to fit a shower. He has installed the shower tray today and he's connected it to the original waste pipe from the bath, which is a couple of inches above the floor boards. This means the shower tray is a good 5" above the floorboards. I'd expected him to run the waste pipe under the floor boards although looking at it this would mean cutting 32mm or 40mm hole through a few joists and drilling a new hole through the brickwork.
So...
1) Am I being unreasonable to expect him to make his notches right, so the floorboards go back down level without coming into contact with his new pipe work? Also what does building regs say about the depth of notches in joists? I have tried to find out but I'm struggling to find any info. I thought the whole point of using plastic pipe was it was easy to send it through cut holes in the middle of joists, rather than notching them?
2) Is it unreasonable for me to have expected him to re-route the waste pipe in this way, under the floor? As things are the shower tray is standing on legs a good 5" above the floor. I imagined he would fit it flush to the floor. Should I have expected him to fit it like this, or do I have a reasonable cause for complaint?
Any advice much appreciated. We went with this plumber because he seemed like someone we could communicate with easily and he was confident he could get the work done in the required time frame, not because his quote was the cheapest (it wasn't). Should I insist he does these jobs in the way I expected, or am I off the mark?
Thanks!
It's a 1930s end terrace with no existing gas supply, but one is being installed in a couple of weeks and the plumber has been busy installing a boiler and rads, and installing a new bathroom, ahead of the gas connection.
I've got a couple of issues with the work he's done and I want to know if you think I have a reasonable grounds to complain before I speak to him about it.
1) He's run two new 22mm plastic pipes under the floorboards on the first floor, but to do so he's cut notches in the joists which leave two 5" floorboards with no support on one side, and if the boards go down there are joints on the pipe which will have boards sitting on them. I asked him to put it right and tonight I've found he's added some wood to the voids but the new wood is too low to support the floor boards, and the joints are still too proud and would be subject to pressure from the floor.
2) The bathroom previous had a bath fitted which we've removed and asked him to fit a shower. He has installed the shower tray today and he's connected it to the original waste pipe from the bath, which is a couple of inches above the floor boards. This means the shower tray is a good 5" above the floorboards. I'd expected him to run the waste pipe under the floor boards although looking at it this would mean cutting 32mm or 40mm hole through a few joists and drilling a new hole through the brickwork.
So...
1) Am I being unreasonable to expect him to make his notches right, so the floorboards go back down level without coming into contact with his new pipe work? Also what does building regs say about the depth of notches in joists? I have tried to find out but I'm struggling to find any info. I thought the whole point of using plastic pipe was it was easy to send it through cut holes in the middle of joists, rather than notching them?
2) Is it unreasonable for me to have expected him to re-route the waste pipe in this way, under the floor? As things are the shower tray is standing on legs a good 5" above the floor. I imagined he would fit it flush to the floor. Should I have expected him to fit it like this, or do I have a reasonable cause for complaint?
Any advice much appreciated. We went with this plumber because he seemed like someone we could communicate with easily and he was confident he could get the work done in the required time frame, not because his quote was the cheapest (it wasn't). Should I insist he does these jobs in the way I expected, or am I off the mark?
Thanks!
