Bad Plumbing Job?

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Cleichter

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Had some reno work done on the kitchen and bath, and suspect some things were not done right. The second guy who came in said he would have to redo it--didn't meet code, but I'm not sure why. Can anyone give me their thoughts?
Here's a photo of the kitchen plumbing, and bathroom plumbing. I know the bathroom plumbing shot is pretty bad...

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I suggest that you wipe down the kitchen pipes and fittings with a damp cloth and re-take that photo. It kinda looks like you have an odd mix of copper and galvanized.
 

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I suggest that you wipe down the kitchen pipes and fittings with a damp cloth and re-take that photo. It kinda looks like you have an odd mix of copper and galvanized.
It is a mix--the original pipes are probably from when the building was built in the 1920s--the copper pipe is new from what the guy did.
 

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Is this copper, galvanized elbow, and back to copper? Freaky.
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Some plumbers think ANY JOB they did not do is improper, so what is his problem with yours, specifically?
I think it's not following code--pipes not attached to structure, no separate shut-off for shower, main shut-offs not adjacent to riser. Second main shut-off (left of toilet) has red handle but is the cold. Toilet supply was supposed to be 8 inches to left of flange.

In the kitchen I think pipes also are not attached, and the wrong fitting was used between the new copper and old pipe. I think also there was something about new supply being reduced and not being able to supply enough for sink, DW, and W/D.

New guy is licensed master...old guy was unlicensed.
 

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Forget about the red handle. It would have been better if the shutoff valves were quarter-turn ball valves for longest reliable operation, but those you have should last more than 20 years without maintenance.

At least some of your other stuff seems to have merit to me. I am not a plumber.

No new kitchen picture without the dust covering?
 

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qute; no separate shut-off for shower, main shut-offs not adjacent to riser. Second main shut-off (left of toilet) has red handle but is the cold. Toilet supply was supposed to be 8 inches to left of flange.

NONE of those are "code issues". If there were a code issue it might be that those two valves appear to be "globe valves" rather than gate valves, (I would not even have put them there where they have to "stick out" of the wall), but even that is not a "requirement' other than for the main valve to the building and the water heater.
 
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