Hall of Shame - Plumbing Zone

**Nathan** · 06-12-2008, 12:30 PM

Lets see some photos of really bad work that you've found.

thekctermite · 06-12-2008, 04:14 PM

Certainly not the worst I've seen, but it gets an F for workmanship.

The picture is bad quality black and white, but the 6" heat run was smashed in half by the plumber to facilitate installation of the union and the valve.

I turned it down based on workmanship. Sad thing is that the builder had the HVAC guy move his duct.

thekctermite · 06-12-2008, 04:23 PM

Here's a dandy example of what not to do with CSST gasline in a kitchen. This was a final inspection on a full kitchen in a basement, and they had no intent of furring around the line.

Also note the electrical receptacle right above the gas stove burner.

GrumpyPlumber · 06-13-2008, 01:10 PM

This was a Jacuzzi drain, done by a "flipper" who had no clue what he'd gotten himself into.
The house was condemned and I did the job for the bank that owned it.

GrumpyPlumber · 06-13-2008, 01:13 PM

Same job, a lav was connected to the drum trap set on it's side.
The top right portion of the double san tee is the Jacuzzi drain.

thekctermite · 06-13-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyPlumber

Same job, a lav was connected to the drum trap set on it's side.
The top right portion of the double san tee is the Jacuzzi drain.

Sometimes you gotta give someone points for trying, just out of sympathy.

GrumpyPlumber · 06-14-2008, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by thekctermite

Sometimes you gotta give someone points for trying, just out of sympathy.

Unfortunately he got no points.
Just lost a house as he depleted his money on fools errands.

WestCoastPlumber · 06-17-2008, 05:37 PM

I have one... A trenchless job I went to, 3 months old, first, the video of the crimp on the inside, then the pictures of it after I dug it out, 2 main creases, funny thing, if they dug 4 more feet, they would have had a straight pull.

http://www.revver.com/video/927112/s...ne-inspection/

these are the pictures:

smellslike$tome · 06-17-2008, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrumpyPlumber

Same job, a lav was connected to the drum trap set on it's side.
The top right portion of the double san tee is the Jacuzzi drain.

I didn't know you could still even buy a drum trap let alone that they made them out of pvc. Big no no for the IPC.

smellslike$tome · 06-18-2008, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by WestCoastPlumber

I have one... A trenchless job I went to, 3 months old, first, the video of the crimp on the inside, then the pictures of it after I dug it out, 2 main creases, funny thing, if they dug 4 more feet, they would have had a straight pull.

http://www.revver.com/video/927112/s...ne-inspection/

these are the pictures:

Very interesting! I became quite enamored of trenchless technology a while back. The more I thought about it the more scenarios I came up with in which it might not work so well. I'll add offsets to the list!

06-12-2008, 12:30 PM	#1
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