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Females should invest in a Shewee - brilliant invention (I've used mine for hiking Killi and Everest Base Camp) and I'd avoid portaloos at all times. Luckily our neighbours let us use their loo so we never had to use the site one ?

We have a large mirror that weighs about 9kg which we want to fix onto a wall which is plasterboard. In our last house we had it on a plasterboard wall and I know we used plugs that were metal and our walls were so thin you could have literally put your hand through it. Just been rummaging through some out bits and bobs and found these. Do you think they will be sufficient?

These our our doors and as yet I haven't walked into them but I have the sliding doors because I have to keep going outside to get a phone signal/internet - BT line doesn't get installed til 5 January.....

Yes, and the other toilets are working ok and another one is literally the other side of the wall. The smell is really odd I don't think it's sewage perhaps stagnant water?

I know, don't get me started! I did message him and he said to clear it and it should be working but to contact Alto as they did the commission and set up and it's their issue and its all part of the package. We currently have our ensuite not working as the toilet isn't taking tissue or solids and there is a bad smell (we noticed this on the first night and it took 4 flushes).... It's the only toilet he supplied the cistern for as it's in the Roper Rhodes unit we supplied. Other two toilets are fine.

We have mains and I'm pretty sure an invented hot water tank too so I'm not going to worry about it. Thanks @ProDave

I've just ok'd the error for now and it's gone off. I presume this is sufficient for now. When we get our solar pv immersion up and running I presume this won't be an issue then as temps will frequently get high enough...

Tested this today, you're right @ProDave I'm going to pay part of the bill but less £400 meaning we still owe the £600 plus the £400 I'm going to take off the current bill. I think the £1000 should be enough for him to return to address the snags.

Is this something I should be worried about? Checked the manual and this is the explanation. Is it to do with the legionnaire setting? Our solar isn't connected yet with the immersion PV diverter but the heat pump was commissioned so presume this should be working?

Yes definitely, we did express concern with it as did our builder as there are plug sockets/electrics in there and the plumber just shrugged his shoulders and said it's as good as it gets.

He's not been out favourite tradesman to be honest and actually generally comes recommended. But then that's because it's so difficult to get decent plumbers here and he probably is the best of a bad bunch, which in essence is what our builder said to us recently, it doesn't actually mean he is any good! The plus is that all our tradesmen do live within 5 miles of one another/us and in some respects this has worked well as they know each other and have worked well to coordinate and deal with things like solar, ASHP etc and if there are any issues I know where they all live and as we are a small area any issues will become known very quickly and reputation is valuable so I'm hoping once we have sorted any snags things will be fine. I maintain through this build tradesman have had an attitude of 'they are two women what can we get away with' which I know is something which was mentioned on a thread by @LSB

All incredibly helpful I can basically outline the issues and send him the video too. Much appreciated.

I'll have look tomorrow and report back. I can then put this into my email to him. I guess if he is that confident in his work he will let me get Quooker out, if he isn't he will reinstall it. As yet I've not paid the £4500 bill.

No we aren't. @ProDave yes I think the install is shambolic which I've said in not so many words before but he has seemed reluctant to rectify it where if I go done the lines of 'if you're confident it isn't an issue with your install but an problem with the equipment then I'll get Quooker our but if they say it's your installation and we have to pay them then I'll be deducting it off the £600 we owe you'. @joe90 is correct our bill is £5100 but he has deducted £600 until the snagging is done.

We have had a final invoice from the plumber of around £4500 which is the final invoice for the ASHP commissioning/final fitting and all plumbing. He has held off including a final £600 in light of a snagging list which I mentioned and will return the first week in January. So far we have: Quooker tap - the hose doesn't pull out and pressure is poor for filtered water. I think both is down to the fitting. Do we add this to our snagging? If he says this is the equipment then it's under warranty so we could get Quooker our but if they come out and find it's not the equipment and it's the crap installation (likely) they will charge £150 so I could give the plumber the choice but if Quooker then charge I'll bill the plumber. Ensuite toilet - isn't taking away tissue and ahem, other bodily solids. Probably needs adjusting cistern/levels. Ensuite damaged cabinet and wonky fitting - will insist the fitting is done again and get a quote from Magic Man to repair. Shower flipper hasn't been fitted properly. Couple of issues I just want to check with ASHP but more questions as oppose to snags. Do you think it's wise to pay the bill as it is and then hold back the final £600 as he suggests until we are content.

So an update. The plumber came after I messaged him asking about him testing it as it was off and explained when I turned it on it was dripping although I wasn't sure where from. He tightened up the parts where the copper is, reset the dishwasher and success it's working. Re the Quooker, I haven't tackled the crap installation and am a bit unsure how to other than to say it's a crap installation because he is going to say it works! But to answer some questions. Yes our kitchen units have a plinth and when I took it off you could see pipes. There is a lot of pipes from the Quooker and Cube I actually can't remember. I don't recall it being there but can't say for sure as it was ex display but I can't see the showroom having it like that.

Thanks @ProDave is that for sure it's a faulty hose/washer? If it is then of course it's not the plumber it's down to us and I accept that. I can't find the specific leak but when I turned the blue handle this is the area which was wet, if you zoom in you can see water. Disclaimer - I'm not a plumber.

Turned it on and water dripping. Not sure you can see water from this pic... Turned it back off. Time to email the plumber.

Well that throws out the that the plumber tested it all before he left then which he apparently did! So should I just turn it on?

Eh? What's off? Do you mean the dishwasher water supply is off? Is this this thing? If the water is off for the dishwasher then that probably accounts for the error code! We can't get the integrated dishwasher out. We aren't strong enough and in the absence of a man we will be washing dishes ourselves! I've never owned a dishwasher before and was looking forward to not washing dishes..... ?

I need to be explicit to him and outline all the issues and give him a chance to fix them or say we will get an independent appraisal of his work. I wanted to take the filter out and check it's not blocked but I don't know what I'm looking for. Is that in one of the pictures I posted??? We can't lift the integrated dishwasher out ourselves so I'm hoping it is something that is visible in the cupboard.

He hasn't yet invoiced us for our work but I think that may be a wise decision before we mess with anything or indeed pay any bills. Rachel

Can anyone advise what I should do to rectify the dishwasher error, if anything or should I just email the plumber and insist in the new year he comes back and does it

I'd taken the Cube out which would normally be on left hand side but to me there is still plenty of room.

Yep, we are too. He's saying it worked (the dishwasher) and I think making excuses basically saying it's not his problem and blaming the equipment. Do I have grounds to not pay a bill based on this? I can't say well Buildhub thinks your work is shoddy as do we and the installation isn't neat.... His whole unit isn't big enough if he had installed it correctly and made the installation neat to me it wouldn't be an issue.