Gillianne
New Member
ARIZONA A bathroom remodel guy in moving a toilet and a tub cut through 5 loops of radiant floor heating. I'm attaching pictures of what this same guy did to repair the pipes: steel crimps and elbows wrapped in different kinds of plastic buried in sand under a thin concrete slab. This after I had a specialist come for a consultation who expressly said not to use crimps but compression fittings instead, those designed for under or over concrete. My guy agreed to this when I relayed the info to him (he had wanted to use crimps), telling me he would fix it for a lot less; now he is telling me the crimp system is perfectly good and legitimate radiant pipe repair work plus he wrapped the joints and nothing will leak or corrode or break, the crimps are guaranteed for life. He said the sharp elbow turns are not a problem because the psi through the pipes will be very low and only a water hammer could bust through, which would not happen in a system like that. He challenged me to show this to any plumber. One issue is that he defied the information I relayed without discussing with me further. The other is whether he is correct. Help! Is this truly acceptable or do I have all this dug up and redone properly? Also would this be to code in Arizona? THANK YOU.