Does bad luck come in threes?

[TIESTO]

Hi all , i was woken up at 7 am this morning by my wife shouting "Quick, get up , we've got a leak downstairs".
I run downstairs and the kitchen floor is swimming with water, so i close the mains stop cock and drain down by opening the other ground floor taps.

After calming down and finally putting on a pair of boxer shorts :oops: i discovered the cause of our indoor paddling pool.
The picture below is of a John Guest speedfit isolating valve, the push fit variety.
If you look closely you can see the fitting has somehow come apart at one of its joints exposing the black "o" ring seal.:eek
This fitting has been in use since the new kitchen was installed 5 years ago, the plumbing was done by myself (Heating engineer).
I have never, in twenty years of plumbing seen one of these push fit fittings fail in this way before, sure they pull off if you don't insert the pipe end fully, but this is a catastrophic failure.!

My question is what should i do next.?
Inform my insurers that all the chipboard base unit carcases are satturated and need replacing, telling them that they should sue the manufacturer of the plumbing fitting.
Or should i just wait till Monday and see what John Guest(manufacturer) say?

Need some advice please :icon14:

[macker]

Not having much luck just lately are you mate ! I imagine the manufacture will probably tell you that the installer was at fault or otherwise deny any responsibility. They may even ask for the fitting to be returned for examination which will undoubtedly take ages ..........

I would definately contact them, but in the meantime contact the insurers too mate .........

[jakeuk]

end feed for me every time m8 & or compression at valves or hard to get at places..never liked the look of all that plastic gear:bash

hope this is the end of your woes though:icon14:

[TIESTO]

Just received a phone call from the manufacturers to say they will send out a technician to look at the defective fitting and also the damage it caused.

Chip board carcassing and water don't mix:eek

[ImCal]

Just been remoddling a bathroom for my mum...knocked walls down moved the waste pipes and installed the bathroom suite, just finished tiling today...ive used those plastic speedfit`s for a change, now im beginning to think i should have gone with reg copper etc, now will she be phoning me when i`m living in Turkey....bit far to travel me reckons...

Best of luck with it m8, i know chipboard carcusses dont mix, b&q crappy kitchen doors dont like water as well, got to change one of mine again..