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many thanks for reading my post. I recently had my gas central heating and bathroom fitted. all seemed to be well until the bath started to creak. the contractor advised that it was normal for a acrylic bath to creak unfortunately it got worse and i phoned the bath manufacturer who advised that the bath had not been installed correctly. the plumber came out and agreed to take off the tiled bath panel. Whilst taking it off he cracked the arcylic bath. after getting over that we then incidently discovered water under the bath. I seems that they didnt seal the bath and the water is pouring in from the side of the bath. In addition i thought that they were suppossed to build a wooden frame around the bath which it sits in. this wasnt done and now their purposing that they will take all the silicone seal off. fill the bath with water and then re-seal it.
with regards to the creakking in the bath they have rectified this by tightening the leg which the bath sits on. it seems to have done the trick. they also plan to now place a removable panel which will be tiled and then fixed with 4 screws.
i would accept what they have said but I am really worried as on saturday one of the push fittings came off the main inlet pipe coming from the mains water and going to the central heating boiler. As a result 2 of the flats below me were flooded. they have agreed to get their own company insurance to sort out the damage to the properties below. they have admitted the fault claiming that the push fitting was fitted to an old stainless steel pipe and it should only be used on hep pipping on copper. I asked them to hard pipe it and replace the push fittings but they have refused claming that the push fittings are just as good. I am not sure if i believe them but i can't afford to get another plumber in to do it.
I would be grateful for any advice as to what I should do and what they have said sounds correct. I live on a top floor flat and feel dreadful that my flat flooded theirs. i would be grateful for any help and would like to thank everyone in advance.
issac
many thanks for reading my post. I recently had my gas central heating and bathroom fitted. all seemed to be well until the bath started to creak. the contractor advised that it was normal for a acrylic bath to creak unfortunately it got worse and i phoned the bath manufacturer who advised that the bath had not been installed correctly. the plumber came out and agreed to take off the tiled bath panel. Whilst taking it off he cracked the arcylic bath. after getting over that we then incidently discovered water under the bath. I seems that they didnt seal the bath and the water is pouring in from the side of the bath. In addition i thought that they were suppossed to build a wooden frame around the bath which it sits in. this wasnt done and now their purposing that they will take all the silicone seal off. fill the bath with water and then re-seal it.
with regards to the creakking in the bath they have rectified this by tightening the leg which the bath sits on. it seems to have done the trick. they also plan to now place a removable panel which will be tiled and then fixed with 4 screws.
i would accept what they have said but I am really worried as on saturday one of the push fittings came off the main inlet pipe coming from the mains water and going to the central heating boiler. As a result 2 of the flats below me were flooded. they have agreed to get their own company insurance to sort out the damage to the properties below. they have admitted the fault claiming that the push fitting was fitted to an old stainless steel pipe and it should only be used on hep pipping on copper. I asked them to hard pipe it and replace the push fittings but they have refused claming that the push fittings are just as good. I am not sure if i believe them but i can't afford to get another plumber in to do it.
I would be grateful for any advice as to what I should do and what they have said sounds correct. I live on a top floor flat and feel dreadful that my flat flooded theirs. i would be grateful for any help and would like to thank everyone in advance.
issac
