Thoroughly dodgy plumber- who to complain to?

[unimpressed]

Yes chrome. The floor is down, but there is no ceiling below, just open joists, so easy access underneath.

 

[unimpressed]

The pipes are for a rad in the bedroom the other side of the wall.

 

[unimpressed]

Rad image to follow

 

[dancinplumba]

Yup, but evidently not too tight to buy chrome pipe and fittings?

meant to be on show perhaps Dr Watson ? Hmmm deeper and deeper.........................

 

[hammers4spanner]

hmmmm looking like a possible two sides here

 

[unimpressed]

Ok this is the rad. Poor photo as wasn't taking it for this purpose-pipes just visible at bottom of photo. The pipes should have gone straight into the skirting, lower down, one at each end of the rad. he ignored what we asked and ran them higher up, both to the middle of the rad then through the skirting, higher than they should have been, so they came out in the bathroom rather than under the bathroom floor (floor height difference).

 

[unimpressed]

Oh and that lilac wall? That's the one he touched up with BLUE paint.

 

[unimpressed]

Dancin- yes the chrome was to be on show- on the OTHER side of the wall! It wasn't meant to show in the bathroom at all!

 

[lame plumber]

might be your work next, no one is perfect we all have off days, some more than others though

 

[dancinplumba]

hmmmm looking like a possible two sides here

indeed holmes, but perhaps requires more thought and a chuff on the olde pipe ......hmmmmmm

 

[unimpressed]

Sorry pic here

 

[dancinplumba]

might be your work next, no one is perfect we all have off days, some more than others though

Hahaha You Young man should speak for yourself now shut up

 

[unimpressed]

The point re. pipes is, we specified where they should run. We confirmed he understood. He then ignored that (for no apparent reason) and ran them elsewhere.

 

[Guest123]

No name and shame please on the public forum. This is an open plumbing forum not an open court.

 

[unimpressed]

One of the piles of rubbish left behind- I did expect him to tidy up a bit.

 

[unimpressed]

I won't name then, of course.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

It ain't dad bad as op on first post says !
must have been Colin then !?pmsl

 

[unimpressed]

Bear in mind these are just some photos I've quickly found- I haven't been round taking photos to illustrate the problem. I'll do that tomorrow.

Oh and one more gem from this chap I forgot about. Told him where the electric runs and he only bloody drilled exactly where we showed him it was, narrowly missing the cables.

 

[unimpressed]

This is the boiler- just for interest. No real issue, but don't really know what I'm looking at tbh, The copper piping runs annoyingly close to the plug switch though.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

No , I don't actually belive all this now !!! There is a reason I asked for the photos NOW
you are exaturating it , I am sorry but you have fail tonight !!!

 

[Dannypipe]

Well the pipes shouldn't have been on show, if it was priced to have the floor up. If it wasn't priced to have the floor up (it is more work to have the floor up obviously) then I can understand why he's done it.

Leaving piles of rubbish, and touching lilac paintwork up with blue. Yes wrong....but again some plumbers wouldn't have bothered touching the paintwork up at all.

In short, what I'm saying is, while the work doesn't appear to be brilliant. It's not the worse I've seen by a country mile. We see some god awful work on here.

 

[Dannypipe]

This is the boiler- just for interest. No real issue, but don't really know what I'm looking at tbh, The copper piping runs annoyingly close to the plug switch though.

Is this a wind up!?

 

[unimpressed]

Ok fair enough if that's your opinion- I'm unhappy as it wasn't what I asked for and the issues I stated do stand. What am I exaggerating? I don't have photos of everything, but what's wrong with those I do have to show my point?

 

[Dannypipe]

Well to say that the copper pipe is annoyingly close to the socket. I mean really?

I'm looking at that boiler install and frankly I don't think that's a poor job at all.

Pipework is clipped, its all in copper as it should be. The cross overs have all been down with fittings, and not formed which is fine if you aren't the best on a pipe bender.

I can't view it with the naked eye, but this really isn't SHOCK HORROR crap work.

 

[unimpressed]

Dannypipe, sorry I don't think I am explaining well enough. There was no need to take the floor up- the ceilings below are not in, so there is easy access from downstairs. The floor level differences mean that pipes running through the wall in the bedroom can come out below the floorboards of the bathroom next door. Which is where those chrome pipes should have run-they should have gone below the bathroom floor, not into the bathroom at all.