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Smoko => Dodgy Plumbing or Great Plumbing => Gasfitting => Topic started by: robbo on November 13, 2010, 08:45:40 AM

Title: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: robbo on November 13, 2010, 08:45:40 AM: hi guys,came scross this one recently, can you spot the mistakes,cheers
Title: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: robbo on November 13, 2010, 08:49:32 AM: hi guys,see previous post,cheers
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: Thunderhead on November 13, 2010, 05:28:14 PM: cant remove the continous water heater for maintance or replacement?...
And no tail pipe for moisture collection?
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Post by: Plumber on November 13, 2010, 05:30:52 PM: Looks like it's crox'ed aye?
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Post by: Thunderhead on November 13, 2010, 05:31:14 PM: ooh and no cover/rain protection above the regulator?
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Post by: Thunderhead on November 13, 2010, 05:32:33 PM: yea it looked like a standard crox to me as well not a flared crox?
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Post by: robbo on November 13, 2010, 06:52:44 PM: hi guys, absolutely correct also gas hob inside has no isolating valve. I was on the property doing a plumbing job and as i am no longer involved with gas it is only an observation,cheers
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: robbo on November 13, 2010, 08:36:32 PM: hi guys, also no main gas valve below regulator,cheers
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: robbo on November 13, 2010, 08:45:24 PM: hi guys,this is one of my own efforts awhile ago, only took the pic to send to aber as thier hoses had blown up due to a fault, aber supplied new hoses and covered the cost of replacing them,cheers
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: chilly on November 15, 2010, 05:19:48 PM: Hi guys also on the first picture of the gas appliance , the yellow handle should always fall to isolation for safety, its clearly falling to open.
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Post by: robbo on November 15, 2010, 05:36:16 PM: hi guys/chilly, the valves are actually off, i turned them off to work on the shower,cheers
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Post by: chilly on November 15, 2010, 09:20:24 PM: Hi Robbo sorry mate what i meant was if the valve handle dropped it would always fall closed and not to open regards chilly
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: robbo on November 15, 2010, 11:40:25 PM: chilly,absolutely correct those long handle vales should not be there at all but seeing as they are they should do exactly as you say,cheers
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: Rod Roc on April 09, 2014, 08:48:28 AM: Quote from: Thunderhead on November 13, 2010, 05:31:14 PM
ooh and no cover/rain protection above the regulator?

This is something that you really need.
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: bowtieboy on April 10, 2014, 07:40:39 AM: Quote from: robbo on November 13, 2010, 08:45:24 PM
hi guys,this is one of my own efforts awhile ago, only took the pic to send to aber as thier hoses had blown up due to a fault, aber supplied new hoses and covered the cost of replacing them,cheers

yes Robbo, abers regulators have hoses that for a peroid of time where faulty and they would replace them, but now we are still coming across 3-5 year old aber hoses that are leaking at the crimp joint and for some reason the hose feels very stiff as if the material has hardened.
we stopped using them as they where not covered by warranty and they also do not meet nzs 5601 ( not being adjustable for 3kpa outlet pressure)
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: bowtieboy on April 10, 2014, 07:46:25 AM: Robbo, how far was the water heater and hob from the bottle supply? with 15mm copper! i would be questioning if the pipe size was anywhere near big enough! poor water heater would never have a chance at warranty,
did you let the owner know?
Title: Re: Dodgy Gas Fitting
Post by: robbo on April 10, 2014, 11:25:49 AM: hi guys/Bowtieboy, from memory there would have been about 6mtrs of pipework, seemed to work o.k. i wasn't working on the gas so didn't take to much notice of how well it worked. Never saw the owner i was working with a builder installing a shower whilst owner was at work, cheers