New towel radiator, is this right?

blushingbride_3

he's coming back to change it, says I should have said something when we ended up replacing the floor!! I'm not the plumber!

he's also put his invoice in including things like sponges and tile spacers?! is this normal?! annoying cause I offered to get mine out the shed and he said he had plenty.....

andyhop

That made me chuckle, its a bodge

Pipe work should be set under the floor at the correct centres, fitted with straight radiator valves with chrome copper tube and rosettes

For neatness we always set pipe work into the wall so the floor is left clear

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It would worry me that if that's the standard on show what is behind the rest of the workmanship

andyhop

BTW the radiator has been fitted upside down!!! Says it all

blushingbride_3

how can you tell its upside down? just so i can bring this up also.

DTDfanBoy

It's anything but an easy fix, the pipework should have been moved before the floor went down.

Assuming your bathroom is on the first floor the easiest way to rectify things now would be to get access from through the ground floor ceiling, if they intend to lift the tiles/floor in the bathroom instead chances are they haven't prepared the floor properly for tiles.

andyhop

blushingbride wrote: »

how can you tell its upside down? just so i can bring this up also.

The small section of bars is fitted at the top. Bottom section always has a larger number of bars

blushingbride_3

Thanks everyone. I will talk to him tomorrow.

I've told him to rectify it so he will have to lift the tiles. Old ones came up with persuasion. Not happy cause it's gonna be using more tiles I could have returned. I have learnt my lesson.

DoctorFoster

blushingbride wrote: »

he's coming back to change it, says I should have said something when we ended up replacing the floor!! I'm not the plumber!

he's also put his invoice in including things like sponges and tile spacers?! is this normal?! annoying cause I offered to get mine out the shed and he said he had plenty.....

I can't see it being a good fix either as the pipes come through a tiled floor.

He will need to extend the pipe work under the floor so it comes up in the right place. Ie under the rad. That means the tiles will have to come up unless there is access from downstairs. Even then you have an issue with two holes in the floor.

DoctorFoster

blushingbride wrote: »

Thanks everyone. I will talk to him tomorrow.

I've told him to rectify it so he will have to lift the tiles. Old ones came up with persuasion. Not happy cause it's gonna be using more tiles I could have returned. I have learnt my lesson.

Get him to pay for the additional tiles.

Mrs_pbradley936

Recently had my bathroom redone and plumber said what size towel radiator to get if I did not want the expense and hassle of altering the pipework. You needed to buy a wider one!