mate not happy with me what a day

[buckley plumb]

did a combi to combi swap on sat. removed old boiler and put iso on cold mainto boiler so i could put water back on .turned on mains and water gushes from hot pipe soaking my mate - i am on the floor in stiches . realise shower valve is passing so fit non rtn valve( as i have not got another iso) on hot pipe to boiler as temp measure and turn water back on - hey presto all ok mate starts marking holes for boiler jig i go up stairs i hear water running in en suite (basin cold on ) so i turn it off i then hear i scream and shout - the single check valve on the hot had shot the inners out and hit my mate on his neck and he had a wetting again.he says he wants danger money next time he works with me :hammer:

 

[vern]

Sometimes are job is the pits......mates rates even worse lol

 

[Barry98]

you need some new mates

 

[Dotty]

Honestly, you try to do someone a favour!

 

[SimonG]

So that's how you get your mates to stop asking for work to be done. Bit like the always make a lousy cup of tea when asked so you don't have to make it again 🙂

 

[mountainman]

One needs a sense of humour in this trade!

 

[Leo21]

You couldn't make that up. Psml. My sisters got two rentals and contacts me through my dad because she knows I don't answer the phone at the weekends.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Honestly, you try to do someone a favour!

never turn water on until boiler is pipe complete .... and tell your mate to man up , he must not be a plumber if he makes a fuss over some water on him ...wish i could use different terminology

 

[Dotty]

Calling him a fairy is permitted Stan!

 

[Leo21]

Calling him a fairy is permitted Stan!

It wasn't zebdee was it?

 

[Dotty]

Oooooooooo there's a can of worms I didn't mean to open!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

he's never going to live that down

 

[AWheating]

you did it on purpose didnt you? you can tell use 🙂

 

[buckley plumb]

never turn water on until boiler is pipe complete .... and tell your mate to man up , he must not be a plumber if he makes a fuss over some water on him ...wish i could use different terminology

i am glad it happened at least i knew the shower was pasing otherwise i may have spent ages why the new boiler did not get the water up to temp

 

[SimonG]

Always get the cold water back on as soon as. How else you gonna get 20 cups of tea

 

[AWheating]

Always get the cold water back on as soon as. How else you gonna get 20 cups of tea

and the fact that every customer waits for you to turn the water off to ask the question "can i use the toilet?"

no matter how many times you tell them your going to turn the water off in 5 mins they still ask!

 

[vern]

i am glad it happened at least i knew the shower was pasing otherwise i may have spent ages why the new boiler did not get the water up to temp

Lol hope that's not why you were doing the swap in the first place! I know we have both had this issue in the past:wink:

 

[SafeGasInstall]

i am glad it happened at least i knew the shower was pasing otherwise i may have spent ages why the new boiler did not get the water up to temp

what diffrence will it make cos you took combi out and fitted combi in ???? and when you get balanced pressure you would have not had cross over mate ,simples

 

[SafeGasInstall]

and the fact that every customer waits for you to turn the water off to ask the question "can i use the toilet?"

no matter how many times you tell them your going to turn the water off in 5 mins they still ask!

i get them to fill the bath usually on conversion jobs as water goes down the drain any way , combis they just get some water in the bath tub

 

[buckley plumb]

what diffrence will it make cos you took combi out and fitted combi in ???? and when you get balanced pressure you would have not had cross over mate ,simples

it did mate checked before fitting check to shower .had a few do this water through boiler is restricted so draws some from boiler and some from shower cold. had one the other month that caught me out glowworm called out due to 45 degree water and it was the shower passing .