After All That, The Water STILL Isn't Hot
Submitted By: Kris D
Favorite Comment: Fixer KnightStryke says, “I’m fairly certain plumbing is not supposed to look like Cthulu entering the mortal plane…”
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Maybe water isn’t hot but at least the wires are wet.
I’m fairly certain plumbing is not supposed to look like Cthulu entering the mortal plane…
Like my neighbor always says:
“If ya’ cain’t do it rite, do it really wrong!”
Another KBR job in Iraq… at least with a lot of duct tape!
@KnightStryke
thank you, I now have cereal spattered all over my monitor… I think some may have went up my nose…
It lacks of duct tape on the main reservoir, that’s the cause.
i was looking to buy a multifamily house last summer and saw shit like this all the time.
the music goes in here, it goes around and around and around and around and around……., and comes out ….where?
If it was not for a few slight details I would swear this was my neighbors house. She is going to clean my house in trade for me fixing it.
wow! Could anybody please tell me, what it is? A heating? A hot water supply system?
Here in Germany I never saw something like that…
I think this person is trying to save money and not wast water. The idea is that the pipe are now insulated so the heat won’t escape as fast so to get hot water you don’t have to run all the water out of the pipe.
No, you are NOT supposed to see something like this.. I think KnightStryke’s comment is spot-on. This is straight from a plane of existence we are not meant to know.
Eco efficiency the duct-tape way!
Paint it plaid, buy a kilt and you can play it in the next parade.
@dono “Paint it plaid, buy a kilt and you can play it in the next parade.”
this is why you are King
This is the kind of scenery one might find in a bad dream. Also, does anyone see a pressure relief valve on that thing?
Mythbusters made one go up like a rocket.
@Dono- You had better be a writer for SNL, etc. or else you are wasting a LOT of talent here on TIFI.
I would NOT want to be in the same house as that monstrosity. It’s either going to explode or electrocute someone.
It Cannot Be Unseen
Och laddie, ye best be callin’ it “tartan” and not “plaid”…
It’s not the home-made pipe lagging job that’s bothering me as much as the obscure angles and weird shapes the pipes are bent into. Surely, despite whoever did the aftermarket insulation job, a qualified pllumber would have installed the unit and pipes – but did it that way on purpose?
@Stephen
That’s not neccesarily an “or” situation.
it is not a hot water tank—they r running shine
(@Fixit Stephen said “You had better be a writer for SNL, etc. or else you are wasting a LOT of talent here on TIFI.”
Stephen, If Dono were a writer for SNL it would be a hell of a lot funnier than it is now.)
The handy man’s secret weapon strikes again. Red Green is so proud.
Duct Tape Forever!
when in doubt, use more duct tape
I’m beginning to think this is what happened when they installed a new hot water heater this spring. I’m now paying $50 more per month in electricity, and we get hot water out of the cold water tap for about 5 seconds in all four units! I can’t wait for my son to graduate high school so I can get the heck outta Dodge…
Yes, the pipes are horrible and should be replaced (surprisingly quick and easy) but the part that makes it really ugly is how the curved pipes forced them to use fiberglass wrap rather than pre-formed foam insulation.
HA!
Looks like 18 th century fire extinguisher.
@KnightStryke
One of the most awesome comments ever, I think.
This would be fun counting how many problems you could find. I believe the reason the copper takes so many shapes is because its likely refrigeration tubing. If that thing were to blow, like Stephen suggest, it would probably pack the punch of about 3 sticks of dynamite. If that is a multi family… someone needs to go to jail.
Hahahaha!!
My thought: scary!
@gspusi
Have you not? In our former flat the boiler room looked like Mad-Max-meets-The Timemachine (by H.-G.-Wells), right in the middle of neat and fastidious southern Germany. We needed to switch off the water to replace a broken faucet, but we could not get to the tap, it was so cluttered with tubes and hoses and duct tape and power cords… We put in a new faucet with me holding a bucket and my husband working with rubber gloves in a jet of 60 °C hot water.
This looks like one of those hot water heaters Myth Busters described would go KABOOM! Exploding water heaters make for great rockets!
yeah, this looks like one of my jobs…so what seems to be the problem???
@KnightStryke
Your comment really framed this!!!
Things like this, in these uncertain times, should be seen as opportunities. How much would a plumber charge to do a “Basic, decent job” fixing this? I’m sure a company would have fixed rates but an independent one could probably make it look nice at a sane price even charging enough to make it worth his while.
The Three Stooges plumbing agency awaits your call! Here is a fine example of our handy work.
I don’t know who that water heater’s stylist is, but those dreads look amazing!