Job Photo!

[cr0ft]

I think this is the first one I've been brave enough to post on here for critical feedback!

I know the ticket on the side hasn't been filled in yet before anyone spots that

 

[Atouchofgas]

Very nice neat job

 

[Paulplumb]

Yes very nice. It will be a shame to lag it.

 

[dave1]

Very nice, you should be proud of it.

 

[lame plumber]

installs ok, wallpapers awful

 

[cr0ft]

Yes tell me about it. It's all round the house! Luckily the customer realises this and is modernising the house!

 

[P J F PLUMBING]

Very good well done

 

[Gray0689]

Looks good nice and tidy well done

 

[Masood]

Tidy job, that, Kieron. What's the white metal box on the wall?

 

[cr0ft]

Tis a box for a security alarm. Lets you know if any bugger is robbing your hot water.

 

[Rickster123]

Lovely job. I hate chipboard flooring!

 

[cr0ft]

Tell me about it. We're putting in an 11 rad heating system in the house too and it's doing my nut in. Takes as long to get the flooring up as it does to get the pipes in. A combination of circular saws, Fein cutters and hole saws over the nails to remove it in one piece seems to work well.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

nice work,only thing i would have done differently is tided the cables up ,unless that was not done when pic was taken

 

[cr0ft]

Nah that was how I've left them for this week. Clip the cables to the floor then or something?

 

[smtplumbing]

Good work bud. No matter what job you do cables are a nightmare

 

[Best]

Really neat looking and the way I like it!
Admit it, - You have been polishing them new pipes up with steel wool to impress! :smile:
Only things I do differently is, I now tend to fit the combination valve nearer the level of the top of the unit, so when it needs serviced the unit won't need drained much at all to be able to open the valve up to clean filter etc. I also fit an isolating valve on both the pipes to the coil, so I can replace the unit if ever needed easily and, remove the pipes out of the way by simply undoing the valves nuts.

 

[cr0ft]

The apprentice polished the pipes up, that's a job for them to do once I'm finished! A little touch that impresses the customers I find. He's asked us to do his en-suite for him now so it seems to have worked.

 

[townfanjon]

Keiran, first one , thats very good mate.....only one thing, and its hard to see by the pic , but it does look like you haven't used the expansion vessel connection you must use this, or there will be problems. Massive apologies i you have and my eyes cant see it.

 

[oz-plumber]

Is there not a requirement to install a drip tray under the unit?

Not a criticism - just a question

 

[Best]

Keiran, first one , thats very good mate.....only one thing, and its hard to see by the pic , but it does look like you haven't used the expansion vessel connection you must use this, or there will be problems. Massive apologies i you have and my eyes cant see it.

It is hard to see, but think expansion vessel is connected into the cold feed after the combination valve and the pipe then tees down to the bottom of unit. That's correct then.
The other plugged off tapping is the optional secondary hot water obviously.

 

[townfanjon]

I have just had another look, the black plastic plug is the expansion vessel port ( 3/4 bsp ) yep it will work but personally i would use the correct hole ( here we go again lol )

 

[Best]

I have just had another look, the black plastic plug is the expansion vessel port ( 3/4 bsp ) yep it will work but personally i would use the correct hole ( here we go again lol )

Do you mean the larger black plastic plug in the combination valve? It is for balanced cold water draw off point for cold supply to rest of house ( if it can be done ). The expansion vessel just simply has to be fitted between the combination valve & the unvented cylinder, teed on the cold feed & with no valve on the pipe except a drain point. The smaller black plug facing the wall is a pressure gauge point, but not going to be able to use where it is. I always find it a problem to fit the combination valve in an orientation where the gauge point is accessible.

 

[townfanjon]

No its ex vessel i am sure , the balance it facing away from the pic, me thinks, i have one in the garage will check later .

 

[Best]

No its ex vessel i am sure , the balance it facing away from the pic, me thinks, i have one in the garage will check later .

You could be right, as some do have a place for expansion vessel hose. Combination valves I use all just have a balanced cold & gauge points. However, as long as the expansion vessel is connected into to the final cold feed beyond the combination valve, it is safe & to regs.
That valve in photo looks very similar to valves I come across.

 

[cr0ft]

Hey all. Balanced cold feed is on the back of the combination valve in that photo. I've just brought the expansion vessel feed off a tee on top of the cold water outlet from the expansion valve.

I've never bothered removing that black plug to see what's underneath to be honest.