What we all working on this week ?

[king of pipes]

I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Where does the grey wire go ?

To a “disused” room stat. Both greys fed into neutral load on spur, grey wire snipped at boiler end.

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Ok, so basically, the installer assumed blue wire was neutral, L - N was approx 10Vac, N - E was approx 248VAc, L - E was approx 248Vac, so originally I assumed reversed polarity.

What was actually happening was blue wire in spur was switched Live, so boiler would only work with the old room stat that was left connected.

The stat was obviously left in a position where the boiler would operate, and was either turned by customer (said it hasn’t been touched), or it wouldn’t work, as temperature was high today.

Proud of my findings today though.

 

[king of pipes]

Ok, so basically, the installer assumed blue wire was neutral, L - N was approx 10Vac, N - E was approx 248VAc, L - E was approx 248Vac, so originally I assumed reversed polarity.

What was actually happening was blue wire in spur was switched Live, so boiler would only work with the old room stat that was left connected.

The stat was obviously left in a position where the boiler would operate, and was either turned by customer (said it hasn’t been touched), or it wouldn’t work, as temperature was high today.

Nice one mate that's more like it .

 

[SimonG]

Job started Monday, stopped yesterday morning. Customer tested positive for Covid. Makes a real mess of scheduling.
But the sun is shining, can clean out the van and garage.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Finished this one for a while waiting on the clicking trim for the top

 

[Harvest Fields]

Anyone spot the difference.

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Yes, turd sausage one minute, and then gone the next

 

[SimonG]

It's a kinda magic!!

Now you see it, now you dont 👍👍

 

[Scott_D]

Anyone spot the difference.

The customer emptied his bowls then emptied his wallet to get it removed.

 

[king of pipes]

Wow bet that made his eyes water 🤣

 

[Harvest Fields]

On this one today and tomorrow

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Week before last and this week (I was off for a week in between) I’ve been installing “smart” products. Some thermostats that can give feedback for humidity levels etc, and some boiler monitoring devices. Also done a big fookup moment too (I will post on another thread).

 

[Scott_D]

Caravan plumbing 😅

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Sorry Scott but no that can’t be a caravan no hep pipe in site

 

[Scott_D]

Sorry Scott but no that can’t be a caravan no hep pipe in site

It’s plastic everywhere you can’t see and poking through under the sink.
I’m liking Aquagas press fittings it’s just ugly.

 

[oz-plumber]

Is that a transportable caravan?

ie: One you tow behind a vehicle for holidays and adventures?

Reason I'm asking is because we have bans on using press fit fittings in caravans.
We can't use them at all in Caravans.

Something to do with constant vibration when traveling, press fit fittings can become loose and leak.

 

[Scott_D]

Is that a transportable caravan?

ie: One you tow behind a vehicle for holidays and adventures?

Reason I'm asking is because we have bans on using press fit fittings in caravans.
We can't use them at all in Caravans.

Something to do with constant vibration when traveling, press fit fittings can become loose and leak.

It’s a static caravan / residential park home. It’s unlikely to ever move.

 

[oz-plumber]

It’s a static caravan / residential park home. It’s unlikely to ever move.

Just Checking.

 

[king of pipes]

Not much to post on the work front , I've been on a trip to Porto in Portugal for my 60th birthday my wife surprised me on Thursday last week and we flew out Saturday for 4 days, had a great time and was throughly spoilt , we got alot done and saw alot the Douro valley was breathtaking and well worth the effort how they sculpted the valley to produce the vines was amazing the architecture in the city was breathtaking had some really good food and wine and family time .
Only damper was I had a positive COVID test when I got home not felt 100% during the trip but been so busy didn't worry about as was out in the fresh air each day , now resting up I did a bit of work Friday in a empty house but nothing over the weekend. Regards kop

 

[SimonG]

Not much to post on the work front , I've been on a trip to Porto in Portugal for my 60th birthday my wife surprised me on Thursday last week and we flew out Saturday for 4 days, had a great time and was throughly spoilt , we got alot done and saw alot the Douro valley was breathtaking and well worth the effort how they sculpted the valley to produce the vines was amazing the architecture in the city was breathtaking had some really good food and wine and family time .
Only damper was I had a positive COVID test when I got home not felt 100% during the trip but been so busy didn't worry about as was out in the fresh air each day , now resting up I did a bit of work Friday in a empty house but nothing over the weekend. Regards kop

Looks like a cracking trip.

Take it easy.

 

[Knappers]

Just swapped out a classic for baxi 616 with rear flue. Told the customer I'd replace toilet internals if boiler went well and I ran out of things to pretend to struggle with.
Regretted it on my way to van for the angle grinder!

 

[king of pipes]

Just swapped out a classic for baxi 616 with rear flue. Told the customer I'd replace toilet internals if boiler went well and I ran out of things to pretend to struggle with.
Regretted it on my way to van for the angle grinder!

That's a coincidence I've got this one to do condemned it yesterday hardest part is finding a Baxi boiler 😂 any pictures of yours bricking the flue up can take a good few hours

 

[Harvest Fields]

Had a phone call this morning from Wolseley saying they can get the 830 Baxi I need for Tuesday. (Result)

 

[SimonG]

Busy bee. Last three jobs done. Just finishing up the outside work for the first photos.

 

[king of pipes]

Found the cause of the overheating of the old girl I couldn't source a Baxi so a Glowworm Easyheat will be installed tomorrow it's £300 Cheaper and still has 5 years warranty so will do the job this will be housed in a kitchen wall unit in the utility room . Kop