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Not happy with installation of Central heating-ADVISE

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  • Shellgirl
    Shellgirl Posts: 9 Forumite
    Can you see any of the pics with the rads?
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Shellgirl wrote: »
    Can you see any of the pics with the rads?

    No, you need to upload the pics individually and then post a link for each pic.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • Shellgirl
    Shellgirl Posts: 9 Forumite
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    Shellgirl Posts: 9 Forumite
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  • DRP
    DRP Posts: 4,287 Forumite
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    Shellgirl wrote: »
    I have just had complete central heating installed...I am not happy with the finish as the gas pipes are on show going up the walls....I am now going to have to get someone else in to chase the pipe work into the walls!
    I have paid the installers 50%....is there anything I can do to reduce the final cost as I'm not happy?

    It is rather unusual to request pipes chased into the wall.

    Unless you specified exactly what you wanted prior to getting quoted a price, you can't really complain now.
  • bridgedino
    bridgedino Posts: 330 Forumite
    I'd rather have a services pipe boxed in rather than buried in a wall. Imagine the problems involved with any future repairs or maintainance.

    Very unusual to expect a pipe to be buried in the wall as the normal. That's unusual and would be something you should have announced at the start of the job rather than at the end
  • bridgedino
    bridgedino Posts: 330 Forumite
    That's quite an 'industrial' looking installation.

    I'd be very unhappy too. Seems to be a cheep boiler with an even cheeper looking installation

    Are your floors concrete ?
  • Shellgirl
    Shellgirl Posts: 9 Forumite
    No, all wooden floorboards!
    I am very unhappy....I'm shocked that people think gas pipes on display up the middle of a wall is excepable!
    Well I've learnt my lesson....apparently I need to know all the ins and outs of a trade so I can ask questions and make sure they do it properly!
  • andyhop
    andyhop Posts: 1,996 Forumite
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    If you had fitted with a wall spacer bracket then the 2 heating pipes could have gone behind the boiler and the lower pipes would be boxed out

    You would not bury gas pipes in to wall
    Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure
  • bridgedino
    bridgedino Posts: 330 Forumite
    It's a bit unusual to see a boiler installed slap bang in the middle of a wall. It's the first one I've seen above a toilet. More often they are in lofts, garages, kitchens or cupboards and therefore the pipework is less noticeable.

    It says something about your installer though. They'd have known it was going to be a bit of an eyesore and at the very least they should have highlighted this at the beginning of the job, just out of common courtesy
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