Not happy with installation of Central heating-ADVISE

Doozergirl

unclebulgaria wrote: »

There isn't a heating engineer on here who could say he'd have done a better job unless the OP had wanted to put more money into it.[\QUOTE]

This is the point. Even you are saying that it can be done, but it's a money thing. There is a communication issue here as the customer does not have what they wanted. I refer you back to post #38.

The OP has said the house has wooden floors everywhere (post #19) and I'm not going to disbelieve them. It's typical for the style of house and the photo of the exterior has an airbrick.

I didn't say lazy. I said the boiler siting is stupid (which it is) and the job is cheap (which it is)

justjohn

That install looks like carp..... looks like the installer has just smacked it in with next to no thought. Even boxing those pipes in.Could have been made easier.


Those pipes running up the side of the door frame will be a pain to box in...why not run them up the left side of the wall.


I am no plumber but on that particular photo I would have chased into the wall a full lengths of pipe with no join's.


As for the plumber, I would be surprised if he would use this job as an example of his good workmanship. Even if the customer did not specify he wanted a neat job, the plumber should have standards.

justjohn

the cost of a neat job should be negligible on a job like this.


this is just sloppy and unprofessional

rockin_plumber

Doozergirl wrote: »

The OP has said the house has wooden floors everywhere (post #19) and I'm not going to disbelieve them. It's typical for the style of house and the photo of the exterior has an airbrick.

The OP also said "I am not happy with the finish as the gas pipes are on show going up the walls" (post #1 & post #5) when quite obviously they aren't all gas pipes.


They also said in (post #4) "the property is empty and all walls and floors are stripped" and in the photos with the pipe drops the floors quite obviously aren't stripped.


If the floors are wooden on the GF then one central drop in a cupboard and run under the wooden floors is the most satisfactory option.


Concrete floors then drops in corners so they can be boxed in or behind the curtain.

Doozergirl

rockin_plumber wrote: »

The OP also said "I am not happy with the finish as the gas pipes are on show going up the walls" (post #1 & post #5) when quite obviously they aren't all gas pipes.


They also said in (post #4) "the property is empty and all walls and floors are stripped" and in the photos with the pipe drops the floors quite obviously aren't stripped.


If the floors are wooden on the GF then one central drop in a cupboard and run under the wooden floors is the most satisfactory option.


Concrete floors then drops in corners so they can be boxed in or behind the curtain.

I agree with your methods.

I'm getting tired of people quoting me and missing out things though. Yes, the OP has some things wrong but I can see airbricks - indicating suspended floors, plus another photo of some floorboards, so we have more to go on than their word. 1930s houses are also typically built with suspended floors.

The towel rad even looks like it might be in the same room as the boiler.

southcoastrgi

i think the OP needs to come back on & answer some of the points raised because atm we are just arguing over things that none of us are sure about

rockin_plumber

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm getting tired of people quoting me and missing out things though.

I'm sorry if you maybe thought I was missing things out to prove you wrong, that wasn't my intention...


It was more to point out the lack of information from the OP as suggested by southcoastrgi



I suspect this is why the install didn't turn out how they expected.

NICHOLAS_2

On one of the pictures the heating engineers had ran pipes down the side of architrave.

Now, usually, there is a cupboard downstairs where you can run your pipes to avoid having them come down in the lounge or the dining room.

And worst case, should there not have been a cupboard to hide the pipes in downstairs, i think i'd rather have seen them come down in the corner of a room so that they may be boxed in instead of the the left of architrave.

I would be interested to know how much the op paid too.

Usually these things are discussed before hand so that the owner of the property knows what they are getting for their money.

r2015

I've just had new heating installed and if mine looked like that me and my wife would have a fit and refuse to pay for it.


The only pipes you see are the lengths of pipe from the floor to the radiator, all the rest are under the floor or behind a wall that was built to conceal them.


Mine was fitted then the company director came to my house and asked if I was happy.


I said I was then he handed me the bill.


Not a penny changed hand until then.

st999

I would be interested to know how much the op paid too.

That's why some quotes are £1000s more than others.