Plumbing Help - The pipe mess

[mics_triton]

Hi Guys

Can anybody help with question .... I have included a photo of the pipes in our new house ... the water come in and one goes to a outside tap and the other pipe supply's the water upstairs . The water pressure is poor . Can I remove that thing in the middle of the picture ( I think it's a water hammer ????? ) ..... is this required on the COLD water ???

Cheers

Mic

[ozwinner]

This is why only licenced plumbers should do the plumbing.

The valve is a pressure relief valve that should go into a hot water service.

The one on the left looks like a one way valve.

I cant stop looking at the plumbing, Im mesmerised....

Al :eek:

[DanP]

I wonder if that could have been made any more complicated :confused:

[ozwinner]

I have set it as my desk top wallpaper.

Al :eek:

[Shedhand]

A new house?? I'd ask for refund.

[ozwinner]

The pipe that dissaperes down behind the white painted pipe should be the dump from the hotwater service, when the HWS gets too hot it should release water into it..

The open nipple that points towards the ground is the blow off valve.
God only knows why its set up like it is??

Al

[Auld Bassoon]

Hi Guys

Can anybody help with question .... I have included a photo of the pipes in our new house ... the water come in and one goes to a outside tap and the other pipe supply's the water upstairs . The water pressure is poor . Can I remove that thing in the middle of the picture ( I think it's a water hammer ????? ) ..... is this required on the COLD water ???

Cheers

Mic

Mate, I'm not even a plumber's apprentice, but that lot looks like a dog's breakfast - after the dog has processed it :eek:

[Auld Bassoon]

I have set it as my desk top wallpaper.

Al :eek:

Is that a form of self flagellation mate :eek:

[mics_triton]

sorry guys.... it's a house built in the 1980's . It our new house in Rockhampton . The water pressure is great at the front of the house ... and poor at the back of the house and up stairs . I believe it's due to the bobsleigh track styled plumbing

cheers
Mic

[ozwinner]

Where does the pipe going behind the painted pipe go??

Al :confused:

[mics_triton]

Where does the pipe going behind the painted pipe go??


Answer : It goes to the outside tap .... for the yard .

cheers
mic

[ozwinner]

Is the white 1/2" pipe the supply into the house?

Al :confused:

[mics_triton]

The waterpipe which is half painted white (coming down the wall), then burnt on the bottom is the supply in to this whole mess

Thanks for all your help

Mic

[ozwinner]

First up, Im not a plumber.
But Ive spent 35 years in the building trade as a brickie, so Im not qualified as a plumber.
But then either was the guy who did your mess.

If it is all cold get rid of the whole lot.
There is no need for the presseure release valve unless it is on the HWS.

You need 2 "T's" to get it all working.
That stop tap, it only stops it from going upstairs, it wont stop it from going into the other pipe.

The one way valve may be needed by the water authority, but they are usualy incorperated into the water meter.

Have fun..

Al

[JDarvall]

I'm no plumber either...or a bricky ? but I reakon (big guess)...

that, that little twist of pipes may not be responsible for the poor pressure,... I mean, it looks ugly and catches the eye, but ultimately it should work fine shouldn't it ?

Is the water pressure poor to both the outside and upstairs taps ? Cause then the problem may origionate from further upstream, I'd say....from where you say 'water in' .

If I was in your shoes, I'd make a few experiments.....First thing I'd do is, turn the mains off (in the backyard is it ? It is at my place) then take a shifter to that tap shown in the picture......remove it, and screw on a common brass one that has a spout. (5-10 bucks at corner hardwares)...then after turning back on the mains, open your new tap, with a bucket under the spout, and check out how fast that water comes out.......

if the pressures slow, like upstairs, or outside, then the problems probably not in that tangled mess of pipes.

if the pressures fast, then good, you've found the problem... it is that tangled mess of pipes. I'd just cut it all out and just setup a single T only, that takes it upstairs and outside. And be gone with all those pressure release things.......THATs what I'd do anyway Goodluck with it ay.