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REDSAW
do they have a ladder to crawl in and out the chimney?.
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do they have a ladder to crawl in and out the chimney?.
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tamz
Just wings :smile:
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REDSAW
no red bull?.
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smileyplumber
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Barry98
went to this today , got the call last monday. electric keeps tripping when boilers comes on. hmm ok have you had anywork done yes new kitchen sounds more electrical. got call today had new lecki board still hapening i go check pump could smell it soon as i walked in. sparkys had supposed checked all this even quoted for re-wire
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that' a close one. I came across a main board like that the other day, sparkies checkd it and the wire wasn't even tightened, the tenant(junkie) came back and without us even mentioning it started blaming someone else as he was in the jail at the time, aye no bother ya junkball
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kay-jay
found this today!
attended a main water heater with no hot water, removed cover, pilot was lit, asked custard to turn on hot tap, main burner did not ignite but a gas leak did around the gas valve. when tap turned off big gas smell......
boss saying to custard ...oh this ain't good a leak igniting....im'saying sorry to interrupt but for christ sake boss turn off ecv.....
pics show an inoperable ecv due to pipes to kitchen sink taps immediately in front and behind ecv lever,
a quick scramble for a stubby screwdriver and gas valve on appliance was isolated. a repipe of sink was necessary in order to do a TT, custard lucky boiler did not blow off the wall......
attended a main water heater with no hot water, removed cover, pilot was lit, asked custard to turn on hot tap, main burner did not ignite but a gas leak did around the gas valve. when tap turned off big gas smell......
boss saying to custard ...oh this ain't good a leak igniting....im'saying sorry to interrupt but for christ sake boss turn off ecv.....
pics show an inoperable ecv due to pipes to kitchen sink taps immediately in front and behind ecv lever,
a quick scramble for a stubby screwdriver and gas valve on appliance was isolated. a repipe of sink was necessary in order to do a TT, custard lucky boiler did not blow off the wall......
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diamondgas
Nice one kay-jay! The multi point water heaters have always been a fun on to check out the heart rate! lol
Seriously dodgy meter position though, and too often found these days IMO! Kitchen fitters should be repreted to HSE for installs that restrict access IMO 🙂
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tamz
You should have just bent the handle forward. It wasn't catching by much. Saved yourself some hastle. Oh and phoned it in as an AR to the supplier for a rusty anaconda.
something a bit boring, after capping off 4 parts of the gas pipe in this property i, working my way back to the gas meter and testing each time for leaks, i in the end found this on the other side of the gas meter, sods law, looks like its been there 30 year, one side of the joint leaked 3mb in 2 minutes..nightmare but happy to have found it after pulling a the house to bits..
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kay-jay
The pic doesn't really do it justice. There was really no way to move the lever immediately as was required but as some donut had used pushfit on those pipes only took a min to reroute them. Supplier is coming to assess possible relocation of a new meter externally. We then go back to install a combi. Worryingly customer said we were the fourth people to visit since hot water went on blink a week ago. All promised to return but none did. Also none picked up the leak or even asked where meter was..........
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Barry98
that poor wallpaper
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kay-jay
went to the in-laws yesterday. had a quick look at the bathroom job they just had done
nice! he's done a good job tiling the walls tho.........
same property but existing dodgy plumbing from before they moved in....
obviously couldn't decide whether to chase pipes into wall or not so went for half and half...... another quality job lmao,
this was in leeds btw
nice! he's done a good job tiling the walls tho.........
same property but existing dodgy plumbing from before they moved in....
obviously couldn't decide whether to chase pipes into wall or not so went for half and half...... another quality job lmao,
this was in leeds btw
lol rough as a badgers arse !!
why you not do it for the inlaws ?
why you not do it for the inlaws ?
I change my in-laws boiler last year (back boiler to system and flush etc.) my missus old man took two days off work to shadow my every move
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mcniven
Quality, I cant stand that mate, sometimes, when I get frustrated I genuinly feel like smashing folk that hang over me!
sounds horrendous lol, i hate it also, i charged the misses parents for their new boiler 😉
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mcniven
Too right Gerry!
Yes it was two long days but charged my normal rate and they paid happily.
The best of it was is that when I had finished he commented on how easy the job was when he never lifted a finger ! He even got the old girl to make the tea so he didn't miss anything
The best of it was is that when I had finished he commented on how easy the job was when he never lifted a finger ! He even got the old girl to make the tea so he didn't miss anything
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mcniven
Hahaha so he didnt miss anything LOL
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kay-jay
because i live 60 miles away and even charging normal rates its a bit of a stretch. the job was just tiling (which was a decent standard) and swapping a rad for a towel rail. i think he was a tiler and not a plumber..
he slept with a plumber
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kay-jay
i don't know where to start with this one..........lots of pics all from the same property showing some really horrendous plumbing...
quality eh?
and as for the meter....
it had just nipped out for a ***! checked ECV and surprise surprise supply still live.
quality eh?
and as for the meter....
it had just nipped out for a ***! checked ECV and surprise surprise supply still live.
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PlumbBobBob
pity you can't weigh in plastic you'd get a fortune lol. plumbers weren't eastern european (sorry stan) were they?
my guess would be someone plumbed in that heating themselves simply to survive the winter. either someone with barely money for food or perhaps squatters. and in either case i'd congratulate them on a good job given the obvious total lack of training or knowledge. that's surely not a bodge because it was never intended to be passed off as proper work, it's functionality and no more.
if i'm wrong then god help us all.
if i'm wrong then god help us all.
This isn't a hall of shame one cos it looks like the pipe's been stamped on. It was in a pub. It's more of a curiosity because it looks like an optical illusion. The elbow looks tight the wall where the feed came from. The pipe doesn't look distortred or thinned in the middle. So a) where has the extra pipe come from to supply the droop and b) how has it not leaked?
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smileyplumber
This was the result of minus 18 deg winter 2010 and 3 meter external copper pipe run to outside tap the water had froze instantly on contact with the glass fence bin etcand below is the normal kitchen fitters answer to piping up the hob in flexi
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hmmmmmmmmmm ,why can we use the bad words here .........
that is some installation of a pipe work there ....
keep them photos
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tamz
The pulled bend has straightened out when someone stood on it. The deflection is only about an inch of pipe.
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