Diary
Monday 14th October 2024 I don't know what happened the Summer, I will have to look at the photos on my phone. But here is the current state of the…
Steps to rectify works, 4th Feb 2024
The contract started February 2021 Plumbing: Kitchen taps:As left after building works: > waste not connected under the sink (so water flows onto the ground);> hot supply to kitchen tap…
Let’s take a look at the boiler and onward plumbing
Well, the three radiators that Seamus plumbed in, the small one in the hall remains totally cold after a professional boiler installation. The 1600 x 300 one in the livingroom…
The kitchen, three years on…
The kitchen was second hand so understandable that it was not ideal to fit. One of the worktop plinths stopped between and not on a cabinet side panel, so that…
Hot water, three years later…
This week (ending 19 April 2024), I plumbed in the sink in the new bathroom. Up to now, I had been trying to get the water to flow to the…
Electrical work, three years later…
This week (ending 19 April 2024), the electrician has come back to finish the work and certification, following the boiler installer who came back to do the boiler pipework properly…
Roofing work, 3 years later…
I went on the roof with the Velux kits yesterday to finally understand what had been installed, what was missing, and how to fix it from the kit I purchased…
Emails sent to Clearson Holdings Limited and Seamus Hampson/cc to TomLoomes.ie in relation the pipework left by them after the building work was abandoned
Clearly the emails below show my struggles with the plumbing and other matters after the builders above left the job incomplete, with no apology or compensation paid. The current plumbing…
The Plumbing Challenge – the contracted work abandoned by Clearson and Seamus Hampson
The plumbing was not finished and it's difficult to work out. The contract specified first and second fix plumbing. But unterminated pipes were left abandoned all over the place. I…
The “wee list”
I was asked for a "wee list" of what remained to be done at the house. First and foremost, electrical completion and certification. Then the plumbing - cold water, hot…
