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Dodgy plumbing This edition’s woeful collection
Age before beauty
My only sunshine
From stormwater drains to sinks and solar systems, this edition’s bumper dodgy collection has it all.
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Down the gurgler Learning curve
“A nice straight stormwater drain,” says Murray Rigby of Laser Plumbing Napier.
Blown apart
“A customer came home to smell gas around his property and found this hose connected by hose clamps had blown apart due to the high gas pressure coming directly from a cylinder,” says David Whitfield of Morrinsville Plumbing & Gas Services, who sent in this photo. “Fortunately he isolated the gas safely.”
Unsanitary & rough
“Currently upgrading my own ensuite bathroom,” says Gary Selfe of Aspen Plumbing. “My wife always said there was a musty smell— lifted the shower tray and found this plumbing. This was done by an overseas plumber that worked for the spec builder. I have also had a lot to sort out in the main bathroom. At least I know it is now all correct.”
Rollercoaster run
A tight spot
“The owner tells me the last plumber only replaced the headworks of the cold water expansion valve. It’s obvious why,” says Shaun Rosacker of Bell Plumbing.
Smelly bathroom
Heron Plumbing were asked by a customer to look at a recurring smell in the toilet while doing a tap replacement in the kitchen. “Nice tidy job but no trap on the tundish waste,” says Dale Lovell. “All they had to do was drill through the outside wall and would have been fine as there was a garden outside.”
Out of reach
And another one from Dale Lovell at Heron Plumbing. “Amazing what you see when you go and do a site visit at a mate’s house for work that needs to be done,” he says. “Saw this gas instantaneous water heater approx. 6m up on the outside of the next door house. Only way to get to this is to go into the yard of my mate’s place with an extendable ladder and try to stand on the roof to service. Wasn’t too much thinking going on here.”
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