Never ending renovation, any recourse?

[johnny2007]

I wonder why when they built the house they used all of those bricks.
Did they have money to throw away?
They could've left holes in brickwork and save money and labour.
Spendaholic?

 

[AMCLS1]

Please sack this guy. Don’t pay him the £4,000.

 

[Crohnsboy101]

I'm working on it. I'm getting him to fix the major issues then I will bring up why I will be cutting his pay short.

Most recently he lied through his teeth directly to a leak detection expert and told him all the CH pipes/plumbing are brand new while I was not there, even though he previously admitted to me that some are not. I later called him on it being an old pipe as it's the exact same pipe when we bought the house and he spoutted some nonsense about something he covered the pipe in.

 

[Crohnsboy101]

Hard to tell, but does the copper look like new piping I have general?

 

[johnny2007]

Doesn't look new to me.
I haven't seen those grey fittings for years.
They look like the old wavin hep2o.

 

[Notch7]

Hard to tell, but does the copper look like new piping I have general?

I dont quite understand why its not all done in plastic -if you are going to use push fit, why bother using some copper

Im only guessing not being a plumber, there may be a good reason -its just that all refurb / extensions Ive seen have been all plastic in the floors and walls

 

[Lower]

Those pipes aren't new and if they're central heating pipes they should be insulated.

 

[Lower]

It's icynene spray foam and fully breathable. It was not done by this same builder but a well rated insulation company who gave a guarantee and assured me its fully breathable even over the ventilation bricks. So I was not particularly worried. It was dry as a bone under there but admittedly we're just coming out of summer..

If they've foamed over the underfloor air bricks, you're going to have problems in the future.

 

[Crohnsboy101]

I dont quite understand why its not all done in plastic -if you are going to use push fit, why bother using some copper

Im only guessing not being a plumber, there may be a good reason -its just that all refurb / extensions Ive seen have been all plastic in the floors and walls

I very much doubt he has a reason. I did not realise he was doing the pipework - he is not a plumber either he's just a general builder. Thanks for your input @Lower and @johnny2007 - pretty much confirms it is all old pipework. The leak detection engineer confirmed where the leak is using a gas detection kit last Friday, and now all of a sudden there is no leak. I have reason to suspect he filled the affected pipe with leak sealant in secret to avoid having to replace the pipework, he was acting suspicious and checking the pressure for no good reason. Bled the valve after he left and the water was mild-moderately cloudy..

Also just realised today that he installed the extractor fan without a vent in the back, so instead of pulling air into the vent its blowing the steam down and seasoning just goes everywhere.

And round and round we go.

 

[johnny2007]

Also just realised today that he installed the extractor fan without a vent in the back, so instead of pulling air into the vent its blowing the steam down and seasoning just goes everywhere.

He did WHAT???

 

[Crohnsboy101]

Need some advice if possible...
Does this piping need replacing?
The builder is saying it's not leaking so can be left alone
Looks really poor condition to me..

 

[robinbanks]

Looks really poor condition to me..

What makes you say this?

 

[Crohnsboy101]

I read that green means corrosion

 

[robinbanks]

At the bottom, where the copper elbow is? That's just the solder that forms the seal

Copper does oxidise green, but that pipe is a long way off that stage, and the oxide protects the copper underneath which is what makes it so enduring.

 

[Crohnsboy101]

It's sort of like that along the length of the pipe though as well, not just at the soldering ends