Hi all
Following on from my Serendipity post, as repairs were being done to my in-floor piping, the plumber capped off hot and cold water feeds with isolating valves. As we had been turning water on and off, this seemed a sensible temporary measure. But then he started to offer pipe up to these valves as though he intended to leave these in place. I must have looked visibly shocked when questioning him about this, because he offered to remove them and use only solder fittings. All the piping (and these valves had I not been there) were to be concreted into the floor! Has anyone seen compression valves concreted in like this before (albeit covered with Denso tape) - any comments? The plumber claimed that it was acceptable, except on gas.
In hindsight, I'm well glad that I insisted on removal of these, as they were reduced bore and therefore a *very* inaccessible place where pipe blockage would be more likely to occur.
Phil