What do you think of my work?

[JD89]

Just wondering what you lads think of my work.

I'm level 3 and just passed my OFTEC. Been plumbing since I was 22 I'm now 25.

Sorry image is on the squiff but the uploader on here messed it up!!

Thanks!

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[stani]

Have you run the prv and condensate together

 

[kris]

Not bad for 3rd year mate .

 

[plumben]

Looks good,
Would of used machine bends on the gas and Flow/return going up the wall
And would of kept them 22mm and reduced down after the first T or upstairs

 

[REDSAW]

oh dear!
firstly put the dam pic right way up..
its a worcester
whats with the blow-off?
and the wiring, why not swing it closer?

neat though

 

[townfanjon]

Schoolboy error, you forgot to emulsion the wall first ... Lol

 

[snoopy8888]

is there a tundish for prv ?

 

[paulusgg]

tidy..........then the electrician gets involved:sad:

 

[LaMont5way]

So you install not to current standards then?

 

[newcastle phill]

Im not familiar with that boiler MI and havent looked at MI. But prv into condensate.
Leccy cable trailing gas pipe ??
Hard ro tell from a 2d photo.
Either way that leccy cable is bang-untidy

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Worcester compact ?? And the prv needs to be in copper mate

 

[LaMont5way]

Not only the prv, gas supply too close to the cable passing through wall and that flex is just a joke.

 

[Alpha man]

Bet your glad you asked now!! Lol, copper pipe work isn't too bad though!

 

[lame plumber]

tidy work, but review your prv run and see what the MFIs say to do.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Stick a picture on here in ten years time when your bored of plumbing then see if its neat !!

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Not only the prv, gas supply too close to the cable passing through wall and that flex is just a joke.

The flex is untidy but in all fairness to the OP it's what comes pre wired with the boiler, it does need wiring correctly though.

 

[solutions]

I can see you have put some effort and thought in to your pipe routes which is good, but as has been said you can't combine the prv and condense like that.
The flex to the fused spur is untidy and should be routed away from the gas pipe work. It looks like you have an open end on the gas pipe work to the cooker maybe you hadn't soldered a coupler in there yet.
I don't understand the drain off on the return at that height as won't drain downstairs radiators and Boiler can be drained from its own drain off. Also from a design point of view I think a couple more clips would have held the pipe work straighter on the return especially with the weight of the filter hanging off to one side.
Always try and line all your clips on different pipes up. And when you have a number of passovers to do over the same pipe either do all verticals over horizontal or all horizontal over vertical it looks a little odd when some pass behind and some in front of the same pipe right next to each other. Where does the condense and prv run to at present?

I know it might all seem like negative criticism but please take it as the valuable feedback that it is, and don't stop asking for it. It is hard to stand up and show your work so well done for putting it up. It may be harder to accept the criticism, but if you take on board what's been said you will get to the standard you obviously want to achieve much quicker. Sort the bits that are not to regulation and Keep up the hard work.

 

[dancinplumba]

No isolator on cold side of filling loop

 

[Rickster123]

I think it takes balls to put a picture up on the forum. Good on ya for that. There's a lot of good advice given in how to improve things so take that on board. Stick around tho!

 

[Fallon1982]

All looks good mate... Why didn't you use a level though?? :smilewinkgrin:

 

[BN9Pete]

Have you run the prv and condensate together

I can't say I have ever seen this done before.

 

[gasmanrob]

I can't say I have ever seen this done before.

I've done it a few times although in high temp

 

[Millsy 82]

I can't say I have ever seen this done before.

I see it all the time and as far as I know it shouldn't be done unless the condense pipe can withstand the temperatures that a boiler can kick out at.

 

[Millsy 82]

The install looks ok. I see a lot worse from experienced installers. There is a couple of things that could look a bit better but in general not too shabby.

Things like I would of ran the pipes down the wall in the order that they join the boiler so it would of gone return, gas, flow as this would cut down the amount of bends at the bottom.
Clipping the cable back to the wall.
Keeping all the clips the same level (not 1 on the gas at the bottom)

 

[Whyme]

Stick a picture on here in ten years time when your bored of plumbing then see if its neat !!

Brilliant