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sure you had two mates to come along to help but we have all been there and to anyone who say's otherwise.
bull sh!te
We all have, we have all been hanging on the end of the phone talking to someone for one reason or another or getting a friend or two out!
trying to clear an airlock which just wont go
fault find a wiring centre filled with choc blocks that dave from the pub wired
work out what pipes what in a gravity conversion done by BG
what you're even bloody looking at! (My first time working on a thermal store)
agreeing to repair a worcester heatslave with no access
Cutting the wrong pipe
the 11 at night call saying please please please!!
manage screw up the electrics , suddenly the sparks your best mate
That intermittent fault that you can't solve
the first time you touch a boilermate
Being stuck in a loft.
gledhill pulsacoils.....
The blocked + hidden feed pipe.....
The ohh **** moment when you cut that plastic pipe to find its 16mm and not 15mm!!!!
Damaged roofing while doing a vertical flue.
the general" damnit, can you explain this" phonecall
Thats what i can remember from the last year, triple that from what i cant remember!
You're learning as am i still and its a painful process at times!
don't beat yourself up because it didn't go right
smile because at the end of the day one way or another YOU got the job done and sorted!
you've been resourceful and thats business!
Then you've come on here, you'll read this thread and learn something new again about the wetvacs!
iain and danny from this forum are in my favourites in my phone.
i know i can ring them and they will be more than willing to help out and daresay they would come and help out without too much moaning!
As such i'm PMing you my number if you get stuck, never know i might have that snippit of knowledge to help you out.
anyone else happy to do this for rocket?
OH and by the way, today i cut the wrong pipe, instead of the drained mains it was the gravity cold.
new trousers, empty pockets with no caps in.....
sat there for an hour till my workmate got back, of which all the time i was dying for the loo 3ft away!!!
bull sh!te
We all have, we have all been hanging on the end of the phone talking to someone for one reason or another or getting a friend or two out!
trying to clear an airlock which just wont go
fault find a wiring centre filled with choc blocks that dave from the pub wired
work out what pipes what in a gravity conversion done by BG
what you're even bloody looking at! (My first time working on a thermal store)
agreeing to repair a worcester heatslave with no access
Cutting the wrong pipe
the 11 at night call saying please please please!!
manage screw up the electrics , suddenly the sparks your best mate
That intermittent fault that you can't solve
the first time you touch a boilermate
Being stuck in a loft.
gledhill pulsacoils.....
The blocked + hidden feed pipe.....
The ohh **** moment when you cut that plastic pipe to find its 16mm and not 15mm!!!!
Damaged roofing while doing a vertical flue.
the general" damnit, can you explain this" phonecall
Thats what i can remember from the last year, triple that from what i cant remember!
You're learning as am i still and its a painful process at times!
don't beat yourself up because it didn't go right
smile because at the end of the day one way or another YOU got the job done and sorted!
you've been resourceful and thats business!
Then you've come on here, you'll read this thread and learn something new again about the wetvacs!
iain and danny from this forum are in my favourites in my phone.
i know i can ring them and they will be more than willing to help out and daresay they would come and help out without too much moaning!
As such i'm PMing you my number if you get stuck, never know i might have that snippit of knowledge to help you out.
anyone else happy to do this for rocket?
OH and by the way, today i cut the wrong pipe, instead of the drained mains it was the gravity cold.
new trousers, empty pockets with no caps in.....
sat there for an hour till my workmate got back, of which all the time i was dying for the loo 3ft away!!!
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Kyle87
I've had my confidence knocked in boxing when I was sparring a lad no bigger than myself (cue fat jokes).
Mid sparring I ducked down low in a semi squat and shot a perfect straight right into his gut. Punch was solid.......but It was like hitting a brick wall. It did nothing. I'd ended a pikey lad early in a round the week before with the same punch.
Anyway this lad literally ended up punching me out of the ring. My rse went between the ropes and I folded up like a sheet of paper and flew out the ring infront of everyone.
That knocked my confidence......what did my coach say.......KYLE....That will make you a better fighter.
Same here pal. This will make you a better plumber. You know what to expect and how to deal with. .......
Same as I knew what to expect and how to deal with it......(don't fall out the ring and don't punch the guy in his iron abdomen again)
Mid sparring I ducked down low in a semi squat and shot a perfect straight right into his gut. Punch was solid.......but It was like hitting a brick wall. It did nothing. I'd ended a pikey lad early in a round the week before with the same punch.
Anyway this lad literally ended up punching me out of the ring. My rse went between the ropes and I folded up like a sheet of paper and flew out the ring infront of everyone.
That knocked my confidence......what did my coach say.......KYLE....That will make you a better fighter.
Same here pal. This will make you a better plumber. You know what to expect and how to deal with. .......
Same as I knew what to expect and how to deal with it......(don't fall out the ring and don't punch the guy in his iron abdomen again)
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Bunker
Read it all buddy, we've all been there and we'll all go there again. You will never know it all so enjoy the learning: there's even lessons in these posts like wet vacs, bunging off the cylinder or I like to have all taps cracked open when refilling. Hang in there mate, you'll look back and laugh soon enough I promise you.
You never stop learning 'til the day you go in your box !
Chin up and all the best mate.....onwards and upwards.
Chin up and all the best mate.....onwards and upwards.
When I was training I was told by an old boy that the mark of a good plumber is one that floods 1 house......the mark of a bad plumber is one that floods 10 houses!
This is the wetvac you want Rocket...
Numatic WVDB 900 Bowling Green Vacuum - Blowers & Outdoor Vacs - Gardening - Site & Outdoors | Axminster.co.uk
Numatic WVDB 900 Bowling Green Vacuum - Blowers & Outdoor Vacs - Gardening - Site & Outdoors | Axminster.co.uk
Performance Power1300W Wet/Dry Vacuum PP20 Grey/Black 20L, PP20
get that, dont hoover dust or rubble up, only use it for liquids and carry from the bottom too.
great little cheap one to get you started!
get that, dont hoover dust or rubble up, only use it for liquids and carry from the bottom too.
great little cheap one to get you started!
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IDCHAPPY
Shyte happens rocketman , all was fine at the end of the day. No one died, no one got flooded, have a good sleep and remember that tomorrow is a new day 🙂.
my jigsaw is made by them. cost about 10p. thought it would die within a year, it's in it's fourth, going strong.
and airlock wise even it's a faff there's always some way you can link mains cold to a hot pipe if you've got a long hose with some pipe in each end.
Once when we first started out me and my brother were working on a house and it was filled with this rigid brittle black pipe (I think now it was cat c) we only went to fit a bathroom , everytime we touched it it snapped off. We ended up re piping the whole of the house. We didn't really have a clue, we hadn't finished level 2 yet and it nearly put me off for good.On the same job the decorator had put the generator for the lights in the store cupboard that was directly below the bathroom and we both nearly died of Co poisoning too. It wasnt a good start.
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IDCHAPPY
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Toxic Ted
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plumber0808
Next time ask on here when your are on the job. You would have probably got the answer within minutes
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