- “Why was it possible?” - Experts in the field of installation and repair of plumbing can grieve. When they see the photos. Such pictures are not always clear for an ordinary layman, and they will say "What's wrong with that? ". This selection with comments is dedicated to ordinary people who come across plumbing only if they wash their hands, and rinse the water in their own, or not their closet.
1) We begin with a story about what some locksmiths use way of screwing in self-tapping screws into a plastic pipe, thereby making holes through which water is removed, which interferes with welding. Usually the locksmith is left with such a self-tapping screw in the pipe, which in the future may lead to a leak.
2) Use materials at hand. Sometimes the locksmiths may run out of pipeline parts. And the entrance goes savvy. In this case, the installers have run out of stock of 20-diameter couplings. Therefore, a 25 mm pipe was used. it was cut and sealed. BUT, why couldn't this piece be made longer!!! There is a possibility that the pipe will vomit at the most inopportune moment, for example, at night, at four in the morning.
3) "Water will flow along a curved pipe" This is what many locksmiths say when they weld pipes, while violating the alignment of the parts. A common mistake. Especially when you work alone, in a hard-to-reach place. Or the joint is still hot and the plumbers are releasing the parts from their hands. Thus, deformation occurs and a curved joint and a narrowing of the flow section of the pipes are obtained. The author of this epic is also not a saint and sometimes makes such a mistake, I dare to admit that such a situation is quite rare. I try to fix it whenever possible.
4) "I need to change the siphon." Once the landlord said, pointing to a bathtub covered with tiles on all sides. With one technological hole. But on the wrong side!!! On the side of the drain, a tightly sealed wall. There is no access to the siphon. What the tiler thought when he erected this wall, only God knows. You have to be so confident as a jack of all trades that everything is assembled hermetically.
5) I am my own plumber. Apparently the owner said and installed metering devices using his own technology. There is a clear error at this point. Water meters must be rigidly mounted at the pipeline inlet in the apartment. There should not be any hoses in front of the meters. Severe violation. Somehow accepted by the city water supply controllers. In fact, the landlord can unscrew the hoses and directly, past the meters, connect to the water supply. Without breaking the seals of the inspectors.
All photos from the personal archive.
- If the article goes well to the readers, then I will continue about the "jambs" in plumbing. There are still enough photos.
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- From SW. Timofey Mikhailov.