As a builder myself, I would definitely say you got ripped off, and you should not have paid them till they sorted it out. Sorry, you got a cowboy builder
Could be a fluke problem that has happened. If I did the work and it happened, I'd at least look into it for him and find the issue. Just so I know it wasn't me
The melts have mixed up the hot and cold pipes for the shower and hand basin. The basin is a simple fix, just swap the tap tails over and get a set of tap spanners to tighten the tap. You need access to the hot and cold pipes for the shower if there under the bath you should be able to swap it round.
+1 if the toilet is filling the cistern with hot, the whole bathroom is plummed backwards and pipes can be swapped over easier, outside the bathroom where it isn't tiled over. The problem might also be a shower valve fed by high pressure, mains cold and gravity hot. This does all sorts of weirdness, hot and cold feeds both need to be the same pressure ie both gravity or both mains. This also applies to some mixer taps.
As a builder who does this work bathrooms etc. If there was hot water before then it is something they have done and not the boiler If the flow has got slower then a pump maybe needs to be added to the hot water flow. But the basic knowledge is you install a shower you install the plumbing to which is the hot and cold I’d be calling them back as that is the biggest cowboy going
I think the hot and cold pipes have been put to the wrong side. IE hot to cold side and cold pipe to the hot side. That would explain the extreme boiling or freezing like there’s no happy medium. If the feed is in the loft you can swap over up there for the shower and the sink you should be able to swap pretty easily 👍🏻 good luck!
My Mrs was like this.. didn’t watch whole video and hope you sorted; but if not there’s a valve under neath where hot and cold mix.. you set how much hot and cold you want.. hot can be all way open and cold closed etc.. Did hers and set to perfect temp for perfect bath everytime 💪🏻😂
The tap is simple, the just connected pipes wrong way round. Isolate disconnect, swap, put back simple. Tighten tap onto sink properly Plumbers problem The shower, could be a cheap thermostatic valve, I had one fitted that was shite, not the plumber fault when it didn’t work, hot goes one side and cold the other, valve should regulate the heat flow. Check the twist handles have been put on in the correct way Plumber should have been happy to sort out and definitely investigate the shower
Shower hot / cold is the fuse needs changed for a higher one or the live cable that’s wired to the mains isn’t good enough and you’ll need a stronger cable to bring more watts in so it will stay at temp
Gas engineer needed they could have crossed pipework but sounds like the plate heat exchanger as someone said. I am an engineer the builder can't really touch the boiler !!
Only thing I would say I have no idea the state of the job they did and probs awful by the look of it, but HW and Central Heating is a plumbers job. If something was working when they got there but now it isn’t, that’s immediately gonna be them unpaid, but if ur expecting a bathroom fitted and for your hot water to be sorted out in the same job unless you’ve specified that that isn’t normal at all.
"I've got the cash, you'll have to get it yourself from the bank." "What?" "Well, you didn't specify I had to hand it to you. I was under the understanding you'd fetch it yourself." *close door*
Plate to plate heat exchager is most probably scaled up or the domestic hot water temperture sensor. That's if all the hot taps are running tepid to hot. A Heating engineer is definitely needed pal.
Turn the dial on the boiler it should have a hot water and heating dial are if you have a y system your hot water temperature gauge will be on the cylinder
They have clearly mixed up the pipes on the sink and the shower they should be fixing that because that’s there mistake same with the lose sink tap and the radiator probably needs bleeding to get all the trapped air out of it so the water can rise all the way up it
That is so wrong. When you are a builder and you do the bathroom you renew the plumbing and fit it all. Only problem is if you have a combi boiler it runs at pressure so make sure there is not a water tank because the cold is then gravity fed and not enough pressure. Disconnect it and have a continuous feed. If you have a standard boiler and cylinder, fit a pump. If you do not equal the pressure the cold shall get pushed back by the hot. Modern systems are pressure regulated. That’s what’s happening. The plaster is due to too much water spray and over polishing. Not good for the painter. Before doing anymore ask me first 😂😂
Can't tell from the little info if it's their fault or not. Personally, i would discuss with customer as soon as issues like that are discovered. If you paid 6k for the work and the fixtures, probably on the cheap end anyways...
If they have mixed the pipes up for the shower. I am assuming they have used the bath pipework. The shower thermostatic bar should still controll the hot and cold but clockwise would be cold instead of the hot being clockwise. If it is either boiling hot or freezing cold turn the control on the shower bar to a required temperature. You are all being blagged for content ????.
@stevengrimshaw1981 you wrote thermostatic, which must have cold right. But if you mean a normal valve you are right, it'll just be the wrong way round. Unless the hot is gravity fed and the cold mains as when the valve flow is half the cold pressure will push the hot back up the pipe, unless there is a non return valve, then there will be no hot.
I had a non return fitting fail in a thermostat shower cold pressure was feefing into the the hot mains reducing hot water temp , water was leaving boiler red hot but was leaving taps medium
They just didn’t do the work properly and got paid still. Make sure they’re working well while they’re doing the work, make sure it is clear before hand what quality of work is expected as an output for the pay as well.
They are taking the pee If you had it to start with then it’s down to them to get it back on. By the looks of what you showed in a previous post you need to up the pressure on the boiler to about 2 bar there should be a filling loop and a isolation tap connected to the loop to up the pressure. I’m not a plumber but I do know this pressure you posted would result in no hot water. I hope this helps.
Sounds like the muppets have mixed over the hot and cold feeds to sink tap and shower unit. Get them back. They should be fixing it and the loose items
🤮🤮 as a plasterer of 18yrs qualified, the state of that coving is absolutely shocking, makes me sick the amount of tryers are about is mental its scabby as hell that sorry bud i hope you get a better one in future
100% mugged off, I’ve worked in that industry myself and if you had running hot water before they started they should’ve checked everything before they left
Yeh I wouldn’t of paid that final instalment till everything was complete to a standard I was happy with, no completion of good work, no money. Simples. They’ve made a mess of that, plastering looks awful, can’t even fasten fixings properly or silicone the shower door lol. Madness! Proper cowboy
Got mugged off all easy fixed a decent trades person would of done it correct, shower valve will have to be probably changed with one with the hot cold inlets on other sides as there is different inlets for hot on certain valves learnt from experience myself, think is easy just swap the tails over on the tap, but you shouldn't have to do that as they fucked it up so should stand over it but just seen he wont
Fitting a bathroom has nothing to do with the boiler. A plumber can fit a bathroom, a gas engineer looks at the boiler. How the hell are you doing this without this knowledge.
£6,000 for a £250 bodge job, sad how these clowns get paid to do easy work… other comments are so right. For the right finish and service perhaps 6 but £1.99 for that work
Sorry mate but they have stitched you up like a kipper. If it was working before they started and now its not then they have caused the issue. Sounds like theyve got the hot and cold round the wrong way or something.
As a builder myself, I would definitely say you got ripped off, and you should not have paid them till they sorted it out. Sorry, you got a cowboy builder
What has to do the boiler with the bathroom installation?
@@MIT1-o6ohe literally says “there was hat water before you came”
Thus, it’s on them.
@@ClubsOGnope. This is not the case. Water doesn’t just change when you fit a shower and a tap. Former plumber here
Could be a fluke problem that has happened. If I did the work and it happened, I'd at least look into it for him and find the issue. Just so I know it wasn't me
State of that plastering
Mugged right off 😂😂
The melts have mixed up the hot and cold pipes for the shower and hand basin. The basin is a simple fix, just swap the tap tails over and get a set of tap spanners to tighten the tap. You need access to the hot and cold pipes for the shower if there under the bath you should be able to swap it round.
+1 if the toilet is filling the cistern with hot, the whole bathroom is plummed backwards and pipes can be swapped over easier, outside the bathroom where it isn't tiled over. The problem might also be a shower valve fed by high pressure, mains cold and gravity hot. This does all sorts of weirdness, hot and cold feeds both need to be the same pressure ie both gravity or both mains. This also applies to some mixer taps.
More importantly don't pay a penny till the job is done Ethan 😂😂
I messaged this guy and offered to do the work for him at a decent price for quality work. Never got back to me and this is what he got instead!
No you didn’t.
@sammy6100 You know that do you? What a Melt!
A good builder would never leave a house worse than when they arrived 😂
Hot water absolutely is the responsibility of someone who fitted a bathroom they have to test it all works
Totally agree
Garantee he's mixed pipes up and or air locked the system amd hasn't a clue
Of its an issue in a whole.other part of the house thats causing it its out of the price jurisdiction
Scamming builder like a scamming car raffler sounds right 😂
Eh? U alrite ? Merry crimbooo?
😂😂😂😂
Cowboy builders do cowboy constructions
Shower, the pipes will be on wrong way hot to the cold and cold to the hot. had same issue ended sorting myself. Sink just needs tightening
Underneath
Agreed
We had the same issue, shower was plumbed wrong way
As a builder who does this work bathrooms etc.
If there was hot water before then it is something they have done and not the boiler
If the flow has got slower then a pump maybe needs to be added to the hot water flow.
But the basic knowledge is you install a shower you install the plumbing to which is the hot and cold I’d be calling them back as that is the biggest cowboy going
Bro got the cowboys in 😂😂😂
I think the hot and cold pipes have been put to the wrong side. IE hot to cold side and cold pipe to the hot side. That would explain the extreme boiling or freezing like there’s no happy medium. If the feed is in the loft you can swap over up there for the shower and the sink you should be able to swap pretty easily 👍🏻 good luck!
Mess!!! Absolutely shocking!
My Mrs was like this.. didn’t watch whole video and hope you sorted; but if not there’s a valve under neath where hot and cold mix.. you set how much hot and cold you want.. hot can be all way open and cold closed etc..
Did hers and set to perfect temp for perfect bath everytime 💪🏻😂
The tap is simple, the just connected pipes wrong way round. Isolate disconnect, swap, put back simple. Tighten tap onto sink properly
Plumbers problem
The shower, could be a cheap thermostatic valve, I had one fitted that was shite, not the plumber fault when it didn’t work, hot goes one side and cold the other, valve should regulate the heat flow. Check the twist handles have been put on in the correct way
Plumber should have been happy to sort out and definitely investigate the shower
Just report them to Trading Standards. You can also claim breach of contract.
So you've had success with trading standards yourself then?
@@mc1703well what do you think they are there for?
Bet there was no contract signed at all.
trading standards wont do anything
Why did you even pay him when he hasn't even fixed the problem no wonder cow boys get away with stuff
Like fitting a tyre andthe garage saying “oh we don’t put air in. The price is just fitting the tyre”
Shocking response to a mistake he has made.
Shower hot / cold is the fuse needs changed for a higher one or the live cable that’s wired to the mains isn’t good enough and you’ll need a stronger cable to bring more watts in so it will stay at temp
It's not an electric shower
Hopefully someone on here can help with a kitchen fitter for you, seems like they were cowboys fitting your bathroom, hope you get it sorted 🤞
Hot and cold piped up the wrong way around
It's piped the wrong way around, reverse the pipes going to the shower, definitely gonna be speed fit so dead easy to change
It’s the responsibility of whoever did it mate. If they did it, then it’s their responsibility.
Gas engineer needed they could have crossed pipework but sounds like the plate heat exchanger as someone said. I am an engineer the builder can't really touch the boiler !!
Your filling loop needs to be opened to bring your pressure up in the boiler to the correct level and then closed again
Check the boiler pressure it should read one on the combi you can do that yourself
Only thing I would say I have no idea the state of the job they did and probs awful by the look of it, but HW and Central Heating is a plumbers job. If something was working when they got there but now it isn’t, that’s immediately gonna be them unpaid, but if ur expecting a bathroom fitted and for your hot water to be sorted out in the same job unless you’ve specified that that isn’t normal at all.
Bro got taken for a proper full on sausage 😂 them builders are ruthless
Try adjusting the mixer tap and lower the temp at the boiler same with shower
"I've got the cash, you'll have to get it yourself from the bank."
"What?"
"Well, you didn't specify I had to hand it to you. I was under the understanding you'd fetch it yourself."
*close door*
Plate to plate heat exchager is most probably scaled up or the domestic hot water temperture sensor. That's if all the hot taps are running tepid to hot. A Heating engineer is definitely needed pal.
😂
I’m from Swansea and have the tools you need to sort out the taps and the shower will just need the mixer adjusted
Try to contact him another way, chances are he'll miss your comment!
Turn the dial on the boiler it should have a hot water and heating dial are if you have a y system your hot water temperature gauge will be on the cylinder
check the thermostat on your boiler
Caved m…. What a melt!
They have clearly mixed up the pipes on the sink and the shower they should be fixing that because that’s there mistake same with the lose sink tap and the radiator probably needs bleeding to get all the trapped air out of it so the water can rise all the way up it
That is so wrong. When you are a builder and you do the bathroom you renew the plumbing and fit it all.
Only problem is if you have a combi boiler it runs at pressure so make sure there is not a water tank because the cold is then gravity fed and not enough pressure.
Disconnect it and have a continuous feed. If you have a standard boiler and cylinder, fit a pump. If you do not equal the pressure the cold shall get pushed back by the hot. Modern systems are pressure regulated. That’s what’s happening.
The plaster is due to too much water spray and over polishing. Not good for the painter. Before doing anymore ask me first 😂😂
Can't tell from the little info if it's their fault or not. Personally, i would discuss with customer as soon as issues like that are discovered.
If you paid 6k for the work and the fixtures, probably on the cheap end anyways...
If they have mixed the pipes up for the shower. I am assuming they have used the bath pipework. The shower thermostatic bar should still controll the hot and cold but clockwise would be cold instead of the hot being clockwise. If it is either boiling hot or freezing cold turn the control on the shower bar to a required temperature. You are all being blagged for content ????.
Thermostatic mixers don't work if plumbed backwards, normal valves do. You CAN turn the valve upside down😂😂
@davidf2118 The shower bar will only have a full turn tap cartridge inside so it will still work regardless.
@stevengrimshaw1981 you wrote thermostatic, which must have cold right. But if you mean a normal valve you are right, it'll just be the wrong way round. Unless the hot is gravity fed and the cold mains as when the valve flow is half the cold pressure will push the hot back up the pipe, unless there is a non return valve, then there will be no hot.
I had a non return fitting fail in a thermostat shower cold pressure was feefing into the the hot mains reducing hot water temp , water was leaving boiler red hot but was leaving taps medium
Wow! Just wow!! 😂😂
Who did that plastering 😮wow
Combi boiler issue or as others have suggested they got the feeds mixed up when installing the thermostatic shower 😂
Yeee harrrr, springs to mind 😮
Its completely up to them to get the hot and colds right 😂 they are the somewhat plumbers
Bro, withhold the money!! That's bull!! Get that plank back out. What bathroom does not come with hot water!? 😂😂😂
The fact that they want cash is suspicious enough
What an odd comment
usually its the complete opposite
They just didn’t do the work properly and got paid still. Make sure they’re working well while they’re doing the work, make sure it is clear before hand what quality of work is expected as an output for the pay as well.
They didn’t fancy wiping the coving down with a sponge after plastering 😂
They are taking the pee If you had it to start with then it’s down to them to get it back on. By the looks of what you showed in a previous post you need to up the pressure on the boiler to about 2 bar there should be a filling loop and a isolation tap connected to the loop to up the pressure. I’m not a plumber but I do know this pressure you posted would result in no hot water. I hope this helps.
1.5 but he wouldn't get any hot water.
Instal a prv to the shower feed on the cold stops the cold bypassing the hot should resolve your shower issue
He wouldn't have got a penny till all jobs were complete
That plastering is horrific, can fix that fir you ethan 🙂
Looks like he was skimming with his eyes closed
Sounds like the muppets have mixed over the hot and cold feeds to sink tap and shower unit. Get them back. They should be fixing it and the loose items
Always use tradesmen and women from customers that have used them word of mouth is definitely the best.
🤮🤮 as a plasterer of 18yrs qualified, the state of that coving is absolutely shocking, makes me sick the amount of tryers are about is mental its scabby as hell that sorry bud i hope you get a better one in future
What’s company called cold water refits
That's the one
Let's hope the builder didn't do the electrics 😂
100% mugged off, I’ve worked in that industry myself and if you had running hot water before they started they should’ve checked everything before they left
Boiler needs pressure
Asking a bathroom fitter for plumber contacts . He should pretty much be a plumber if he’s fitting you a bathroom
The hot and the cold on the bar shower are the wrong way round and it don’t work as it’s a thermostatic cartridge
Getting a builder to do a bathroom is a fail from the start. This is the reason why there are bathroom fitters and general builders.
Shocking that I wouldn't show my face in town if I left a job like that bud
I’m a builder specialising in home renos and that work is dog shit mate. Call them back 100%
If you have an issue with hot water in the house fitting a new bathroom won’t change that.
The plaster on that coving 😅wtf
Yeh I wouldn’t of paid that final instalment till everything was complete to a standard I was happy with, no completion of good work, no money. Simples. They’ve made a mess of that, plastering looks awful, can’t even fasten fixings properly or silicone the shower door lol. Madness! Proper cowboy
Roy Rogers and the gang riding through town again?
Mug, never pay if they've done a bad job 😂
Pay cheap pay twice bro. Stop trying to find the cheapest "builder" to do your plumbing and plastering 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Absolutely the hot water is included.. the job is incomplete otherwise
Hot and cold wrong way around on thermostatic shower bar 🤬
Probably hot and cold on the shower the wrong way
The mug got mugged
That's not a thing - you could hear the spurs on his boots as he is walking down the driveway.....
Yes it is. I wouldn't of paid until it was done. 😂
Plumber sorts your hot water not a fitter 😂😂😂
Got mugged off all easy fixed a decent trades person would of done it correct, shower valve will have to be probably changed with one with the hot cold inlets on other sides as there is different inlets for hot on certain valves learnt from experience myself, think is easy just swap the tails over on the tap, but you shouldn't have to do that as they fucked it up so should stand over it but just seen he wont
Plumber isn't complying to building regs approved document G. Why an earth did you pay them 🤦♂️
Fitting a bathroom has nothing to do with the boiler. A plumber can fit a bathroom, a gas engineer looks at the boiler. How the hell are you doing this without this knowledge.
Wouldn’t have paid shit until sorted out,
You've been done mate.
That's a joke, mate. You've been mugged off. Taking the piss out of a nice guy.
Would've told em to piss off
£6,000 for a £250 bodge job, sad how these clowns get paid to do easy work… other comments are so right. For the right finish and service perhaps 6 but £1.99 for that work
You got done over man
That plastering is fucking shocking mate
What goes around comes around… when you rip people off don’t be shocked when it happens to you.
Don’t pay until sorted simple
Sorry mate but they have stitched you up like a kipper. If it was working before they started and now its not then they have caused the issue. Sounds like theyve got the hot and cold round the wrong way or something.
Back hand Cash job get cash work 😅
Should retain money until complete and snag free.
This guy definetly posted this to trigger viewers for comments. Basic, don't pay if not finished.
Mate you shouldn't of paid them a penny the plastering is shocking aswell
What goes around comes around...scamming your raffle entrants comes to mind
Do they work for city coucil in week. if there looking for work they will fit inn 😂🎉
Yeah buddy they have an obligation to leave services working as they where before they leave so hot water running