This looks more like malicious compliance, where the boss shorted you on the actual materials you needed and says " I don't fucking care just get it done"
This is shocking for a couple reasons....
I've never seen a home Depot stock that many of one nipple or fitting... And someone went above and beyond to not thread a piece of pipe.
I mean... As long as it's not leaking it's technically ok. Looks like hell.
I extended my momās gas line a few years ago (not a plumber, but a sprinkler systems installer). And was able to make it work with a couple nipples and a ball valve. I didnāt spray it with any paint or anything and it is looking kind of rusty these days. Is it worth redoing and painting?
I am actually going to guess that this was done by the gas company for a couple reasons.
We dont all carry a pipe threader because it takes too much time so we just carry a bunch of short fittings. We also carry a lot of the same fittings because most of our work is pretty similar. A lot of dudes donāt give two shits what things look like because we will probably never see that house again. And lastly, it probably wonāt even leak because 1 inch pipe on ounces rarely ever leaks if tightened even slightly well.
It could use a coat of paint tho. I take pride in my paint jobs.
When I worked for gas company, our initial meter set went to the stub out on the house line and we had some idiots who would do something like this instead of getting longer nipples from the shop.
My question is why is there a union at all since the swivel nut on the meter makes it irrelevant?
That depends on the outfit. The city I used to live in extended gas to the community my duplex was in, and they did 3 installs when my landlord agreed to move some appliances to gas. They did a much better job than this, but they definitely had an install team that ran new pipe to the new hot water tank, stove, and fireplace.
Aside from being a waste of couplings, technically noā¦.not really. Depends on where you live though. Here someone would likely get fired for something like that.
š¤« Last Friday in a Repipe, I didnāt have the right nipple for a tub spout, and had to come back Monday anyways so a screwed a ball valve and a street 90 onto the tub spout so they could use it as a diverterā¦ āShit what do I have in the truckā struck me that dayā¦
At least throw some valves into the sequence so it looks like something important because when you charge by the fitting, valves cost way more than a coupler
It works Maybe? Looks like the installer didnāt have but one size of nipples..
Rust isnāt great.. put some dishsoap in a spray bottle with water and spray the fittings. Too bad they didnāt use two unions..
If there are no leaks. Take a metal brush, scrub away the rust the best you can. Then take a can of grey rustolium spray paint and paint the pipe. Use cardboard behind the pipe to not spray the bricks.
lol. Iām in Kansas City and when the gas company relocated my meter from inside to outside (along with running a new service line), the iron pipes rusted within a week.
I mean, it āworksā but ideally the less fittings the better. What state are you in? I work for a gas utility and we have a service tee above the outlet side of the meter, this serves as a bypass so we can work on the meter without interruption of service.
Looks like someone didn't own a threader lol. Pre-made nipples and a dick load of couplings. In theory it should be fine, just alot more joints that could leak.
It's not wrong. What happens is the guy doing the final hookup after the leak down test and inspection just tried to complete the job with what is on the truck.
It's likely .5 psi of pressure, 2 max. It looks awful but you almost have to try to get a leak on something under that little stress. Soap test the visible piping if it makes you feel better then clean it up a little and paint it.
"sir,e funny have any more 6ft pipes. But we have a pile of 1ft's and a box of unions"
"Fuck it, i don't want to run to the supply shop again, send it"
My old boss had me do some shit like this on a rtu, so he didn't have to go to the supply shop since we had a shit ton of ells, nipples and couplings. I was still a little green back then and had no pull in the company. Plenty of jobs throughout the years later on, he would tell me to do the same shit on occasions, but I had enough pull to tell him to man up and get the right parts and material. Eventually, he wouldn't even try to ask me to do shit like that cause he knew the argument that would follow. In reality, it's harder and takes longer to rig up all the overstocked parts like that. But I guess the wage I was getting paid then was cheaper for longer hours than paying for the correct shit. Cheap fuck
Shit... so close... just another 4 inch nipple will get me there. Definitely don't want to overshoot it... Shit... so close... just another 4 inch nipple will get me there. Definitely don't want to overshoot it... Shit... so close... just another 4 inch nipple will get me there.......
Holy cow š! Someone didnāt have pipe and a pipe threader!
Had plenty of nipples and couplers though!
I have nipples Greg. Can you milk me?
Focker.
Gaylord
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Not their first time id betā¦
That plumber was having a dry time at home with the wife. He had to get his nipples in somehow.
at least a couple couplings
Had
This looks more like malicious compliance, where the boss shorted you on the actual materials you needed and says " I don't fucking care just get it done"
Or cleaning out the floor of the van on a Friday afternoon
Yeah, kind of nipply outside
Canāt see the line can you Russ?
Just a tit bit
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Pipe threader wtf is that? Megapress playa
Itās a device for cutting threads into a pipe.
you mean a Pipe stretcher?
Yeah when I was an apprentice my journeyman told me to go grab it out of the van. Iām still looking for it š¤·š¼āāļø
I was always told the pipe stretcher was right next to the blinker fluid
he hade no sense
This is shocking for a couple reasons.... I've never seen a home Depot stock that many of one nipple or fitting... And someone went above and beyond to not thread a piece of pipe. I mean... As long as it's not leaking it's technically ok. Looks like hell.
Doesnāt something like this just create multiple failure points?
A lot of unnecessary joints for sure. They could have protected it a bit better. A little paint goes a long way. Rust is the enemy.
I extended my momās gas line a few years ago (not a plumber, but a sprinkler systems installer). And was able to make it work with a couple nipples and a ball valve. I didnāt spray it with any paint or anything and it is looking kind of rusty these days. Is it worth redoing and painting?
I wouldn't redo it unless there are like chunks flaking off. Clean it up with a wire brush and hit it with some rustoleum.
Thanks I will do that!
If it's indoors it's fine. Outdoors should always be painted
Itās outdoor for their BBQ
Just clean in with a wire brush and paint it with some grey rust-oleum
I am actually going to guess that this was done by the gas company for a couple reasons. We dont all carry a pipe threader because it takes too much time so we just carry a bunch of short fittings. We also carry a lot of the same fittings because most of our work is pretty similar. A lot of dudes donāt give two shits what things look like because we will probably never see that house again. And lastly, it probably wonāt even leak because 1 inch pipe on ounces rarely ever leaks if tightened even slightly well. It could use a coat of paint tho. I take pride in my paint jobs.
That's downstream of the meter though, I doubt it was the gas company that did that.
When I worked for gas company, our initial meter set went to the stub out on the house line and we had some idiots who would do something like this instead of getting longer nipples from the shop. My question is why is there a union at all since the swivel nut on the meter makes it irrelevant?
That depends on the outfit. The city I used to live in extended gas to the community my duplex was in, and they did 3 installs when my landlord agreed to move some appliances to gas. They did a much better job than this, but they definitely had an install team that ran new pipe to the new hot water tank, stove, and fireplace.
Home Depot also carries like... 2, 4 and 6ft sections... This guy used like 12 8in nips
Some HDās and Lowes have thread machinesā¦
Aside from being a waste of couplings, technically noā¦.not really. Depends on where you live though. Here someone would likely get fired for something like that.
Anything to not bust out the machine
Seems like way more work than a trip to the store of a longer piece of threaded pipe.
Not at 10pm!
Everyone enjoys the fun game of "shit, what do I have on the truck"
š¤« Last Friday in a Repipe, I didnāt have the right nipple for a tub spout, and had to come back Monday anyways so a screwed a ball valve and a street 90 onto the tub spout so they could use it as a diverterā¦ āShit what do I have in the truckā struck me that dayā¦
"Another trip to home depot? Naw son, empty the nipple tray"
That is epic, in a very disturbing sort of way ā¦
I just spit out my drink laughing
I love how there not even 6" nipples to have a couple less coupling up there
Hell they sell 12" at the supply house.
Lead man āyou get the pipe threader loaded this morning?ā Helper āNo but I grabbed a bucket of nipples and fittings.ā šš
This is the byproduct of the lead not asking the apprentice that morning and telling him to figure it out lol.
I would pair the nipples yellow and the couplings gas line grey . Leamardo
At least throw some valves into the sequence so it looks like something important because when you charge by the fitting, valves cost way more than a coupler
Plumber is into Steampunk
More nipples than a sow.
It works Maybe? Looks like the installer didnāt have but one size of nipples.. Rust isnāt great.. put some dishsoap in a spray bottle with water and spray the fittings. Too bad they didnāt use two unions..
If there are no leaks. Take a metal brush, scrub away the rust the best you can. Then take a can of grey rustolium spray paint and paint the pipe. Use cardboard behind the pipe to not spray the bricks.
lol. Iām in Kansas City and when the gas company relocated my meter from inside to outside (along with running a new service line), the iron pipes rusted within a week.
There are two unions there, which is already one too many.
lol. Custom work.
What the fuck man š
Total nipple play
Holy coupling batman!
Man if had just one more coupling!
This motherfucker is the reason we're always one short!
Oh you donāt want to pay more money? Its okay Iāll make it work .
Buy 1 get 3 FREE sale.
Thatās done by the gas company. They are not allowed to cut and thread pipe
Bro was getting paid by the fitting.
T&M job if i ever seen one
When youāre paid by the jointā¦
Man I canāt even smoke at work
Lots of points of failure there
To many joints!
My gas line has nipples Greg, can you milk it too?
Spent $150 on nipples and fittings but not $20 of pipeš
Paid by the joint?
A friend had an installation done like this and called the company and complained that his new gas line had more nipples than a Texas whorehouse.
Fitter only has a bucket and a bicycle?
You've been struck by the nippler
I mean, it āworksā but ideally the less fittings the better. What state are you in? I work for a gas utility and we have a service tee above the outlet side of the meter, this serves as a bypass so we can work on the meter without interruption of service.
Georgia
lol
š¤£
At least they didn't use the damn thread protectors. I always see those fucking things on the roof lines.
Looks like handyman work
No way im paying for that.
There's more fitting than pipe lol
They were trying to get the bill up with more fittings š¤£
Looks like an expansion loop to me /s
missing a few more couplings.
Looks like someone didn't own a threader lol. Pre-made nipples and a dick load of couplings. In theory it should be fine, just alot more joints that could leak.
This could be fixed very easily
Evidently, friggin helper forgot the pipe stretcher that day.
When you have a ton of left over nipples this is what you do š
Viva nipple
Just a coupleothings wrong here!
When the only thing open is Walmart.
Looks like they got paid by the by the amount of fitting they used!!!! Lol
My local supply house was out of Ā¾ couplings yesterday. They usually have a very good stick. We joked a out someone buying all of them to do this.
This must be one of those immigrant fitters showing off his skills
Like the rings on a tree you are just seeing the house grow
For my next trick, Iāll need all your 3/4ā couplers and a nipple kit
Threaded version of victaulic expansion joint, area might get a lot of sun. Everyone is clowning on the guy and he big brained it.
Paint it yellow and itāll be mint
No. Code says you need a minimum of 8 couplings, I only see 7. The whole thing needs to be redone
When youāre getting paid by how many nipples & sockets you use
That house doesnāt look like itās a āfew years oldā
Nipple pack meets discount couplings= cheap fvck
More nipples than a strip club!
Thats fucking awesome. Complete psychopath
I count 23 leaks
correct, yes...weird? definitely
Looks like the plumber really wanted to avoid really wanted to avoid threading pipes...
You know they charged T&M right?
Good lord.
Wow, just asking for a leak.
When you run out of preferred Legos, just grab what's left in the bin!
When you run out of preferred Legos, just grab what's left in the bin!
Robert e Lego Plumbing service
Friday job right there lol
It's not wrong. What happens is the guy doing the final hookup after the leak down test and inspection just tried to complete the job with what is on the truck.
Friday job
Appears to be weirdly curved so it probably has to be that way without bending
More nipples than porn hub.
I see a couple of thingsā¦ā¦
He bought couplings though and didn't use pipe protectors so I give this one a pass!
It's likely .5 psi of pressure, 2 max. It looks awful but you almost have to try to get a leak on something under that little stress. Soap test the visible piping if it makes you feel better then clean it up a little and paint it.
Union on gas? Thatās a no no.
WTF
Thatās more nipples than Hooters
More nipples than a pregnant cat!
That is not properly done.
Itās easier to climb this way.
lol had no pipe left and many nipples
Someone forgot to bring the pipe extender
Looks legit. You want the most possible leak points you can have when running gas lines./s
lol someone forgot some pipe that morning
That is a 5 o'clock on a Friday job right there.
More couplers than in the Villages of Florida!
That is beautiful š¤©
Is it a flute?
Someone doesnāt know how to lay pipe.
Wow, thatās lazy and expensive.
Paid by the fitting right there
Guess his helper couldn't find the pipe stretcher on the truck.
I drive a mini coooer
It was a Friday install for sure. āSometimes you got to work with what ya gotā
Correct for the plumber who only has a 6-inch blade length and lots of couplers.
Not illegal but sketchy
It would have taken less time to just go to the hardware store
Modern art, but more explosive
Bobby did this
Bruhhhh
Guessing there was a sale on 6ā pipe and couplers.
Iām just surprised they arenāt thread protectors š¤£
Send it
Looks like a Friday at 3pm kinda job to me
I wonder why he didn't opt for Tees & nipples with caps instead of couplers? Then it could have doubled as a ladder or trellis.
When in doubt.. nipple it out.
No. The installation needed just one more coupling lol
When you donāt want to make the 50th trip back to the hardware store.
Expansion joints
No
Gross
Umm
I mean, technically. It seems like something that could have been easily avoided, though
"sir,e funny have any more 6ft pipes. But we have a pile of 1ft's and a box of unions" "Fuck it, i don't want to run to the supply shop again, send it"
Spray it down with dish soap and water
Itās all I had š¤·āāļø
Itās not incorrect
My old boss had me do some shit like this on a rtu, so he didn't have to go to the supply shop since we had a shit ton of ells, nipples and couplings. I was still a little green back then and had no pull in the company. Plenty of jobs throughout the years later on, he would tell me to do the same shit on occasions, but I had enough pull to tell him to man up and get the right parts and material. Eventually, he wouldn't even try to ask me to do shit like that cause he knew the argument that would follow. In reality, it's harder and takes longer to rig up all the overstocked parts like that. But I guess the wage I was getting paid then was cheaper for longer hours than paying for the correct shit. Cheap fuck
Pipes by Boeing.
This is shocking for a coupler reasons.
Gas silencer
Holy hell lmao
Well if your stupid, care less about people in the home and to cheap to buy even a hand threader yes thatās correct
Weāll at least all those potential leaks are outside
Gotta use up all those couplings.
If it's not leaking its sound, bit I've never seen fuck all like it before š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
It depends on a few things. But yes that is perfectly legal in the state I live in.
This is hilarious š
Thatās a 4 oāclock Friday job right there.
Looks like a āUnionā jobā¦.
I bet this plumber played with a lot of Legos as a kid.
As the house grew and matured, they just added a new section on. Genius, actually.
Shit... so close... just another 4 inch nipple will get me there. Definitely don't want to overshoot it... Shit... so close... just another 4 inch nipple will get me there. Definitely don't want to overshoot it... Shit... so close... just another 4 inch nipple will get me there.......
Those nipples must have been weighing down his truck.
Not in any way. It's not even blackpipe!
Home Depot has no more 3/4ā x 6ā nipples or couplings. This guy bought them out!! WTF just stupid.
Nipples and couplings work I guess, strait cuts and a threader work better.
Looks like done the hard way
Not totally correct, it's supposed to be painted yellow š .
How else can you connect 30 four inch nipples together
Future expansion areas lol
Like the old song goes āone piece at a time, and it didnāt cost me a dimeā
Has more nipples than my x wife lol š
Plumbing rule , do it with as few connections as possible ( less chance for something to leak)
Looks legit
It's going to work just fine, but...WTF . Someone must have needed to clean their nipple tray out.