My first central heating job

[slocm3105]

My first ever central heating job. Simple combi replacement. Timeclock and receiver wired in for wireless stat. Happy days.

 

[RWJ]

Nice... The trunking looks alot better than flex every where... Plumber stylee

 

[liam b]

wheres your cross bonds? eaga will fail it without!

 

[slocm3105]

Why do I need cross bonds?

 

[liam b]

eaga spec

 

[slocm3105]

Was never told that by my employer. Loving their organisational skills lol.

 

[liam b]

these grant work companies are far from organised, there just little companies that land a big contract, need alot of employees in a short time and never build up like they should, believe me ive worked/subbied for most of them, they all like to say how big they are and what there turnover is but when it comes down to it, there shoddy. the work they produce is good overall its just the business side most of them are bad at.
but when i first started doing them years ago i was put on snagging so i was driving about sorting other peoples fail which taught me what the inspectors like to see and what they dont. and never think 'thats the regs so itll be ok' because sometimes there spec is to the regs and more, all TT systems need to have a 10mm earth to gas and water, even though the regs let you get away with 6mm. and was your bath rad bonded? if not that will fail unless you write 'bath rad <0.05 ohms' on the cert.

its plumbers ticking boxes at the end of the day

 

[slocm3105]

Omg. They were talking bout sending me out to sort the fails cause I'm the most knowledgable. They never said anything to me about an eaga spec before though :/

 

[Amp David]

His cross bonds are the connection plate LOL!

 

[robsparky1975]

Cross bond without fail,otherwise they will only send you back,install looks tidy enough,the eaga inspectors are not qualified sparks,so as long as everything is all in place they will tick the boxes and pass the job.make sure 3amp fuses are used as if u forget they always send back to change.

 

[nick611]

cross bond on a boiler. why do so many of these inspectors work on 10 year old regs. they should get back on tools, if they were ever on them in the first place. muppets

 

[robsparky1975]

if i had shares with tenby id be minted,average 8 earth clamps per job.

 

[slocm3105]

It is ridiculous though. I was never told this and since my first one, I have done probably 30+ more installs, none cross bonded at boiler. Well cheased off.