Not the first time I've seen this, but definitely had the biggest knock on effect. A 1/2" female iron connector used instead of a tap connector on this toilet cistern. It must have been fitted to the fill valve inlet, *then* piped up, and finally boxed in and had the rest of the bathroom built around it. Fill valve broke, and no chance of getting to that pipework or fitting, so I ended up pulling half of the customers bathroom apart to be able to get to the pipework to replace the dodgy fitting, before rebuilding the boxwork. What would have been a half-hour job ended up taking half a day.
Apparently fitted 12 years ago by a "professional builder" according to the customer -- well he may be a pro builder, but he's deffo no plumber.
Oh, and not a single pipe clip to be seen anywhere in the house.
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