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[hammers4spanner]

had a oops moment yesterday ,

turned up on a job to pipe kitchen sink and notice the chip pie has not fitted the sink top like most do .

ask why he has not fitted it and the cust says that he said its my job .

turns out its on of those heavy ceramic sinks ,

chippie has had a slope shoulders I'm done moment .
anyhows this top has knock outs for the taps

im not happy about this at all tells cust this any issues and its down to you

she agrees
first tap of knock out a ping sinks shattered lol

oops

 

[Irish]

Lol I always drill them out with a diamond drill bit , easy as anything with them!

 

[Leo21]

**** happens.

 

[Paulplumb]

Aww unlucky. Could have been worse. Could have been me :grin:

 

[Kev the gas]

A bit late now but I also always drill them out as well.

 

[Paulplumb]

I have knocked them out but good idea about drilling them. 365 Drills has a page on drilling sinks [DLMURL="http://www.*********.com/pages/sink.htm"]here[/DLMURL]
I sweat when they don't mark the hole with a sticky dot or circle in the back of the porcelain and you have to measure 20 times to make sure you're punching out the right spot :sad:

 

[SimonG]

I dont touch them. If its ceramic and theres no holes in it already, im not touching it.

 

[TFGplumbing]

had a oops moment yesterday ,

turned up on a job to pipe kitchen sink and notice the chip pie has not fitted the sink top like most do .

ask why he has not fitted it and the cust says that he said its my job .

turns out its on of those heavy ceramic sinks ,

chippie has had a slope shoulders I'm done moment .
anyhows this top has knock outs for the taps

im not happy about this at all tells cust this any issues and its down to you

she agrees
first tap of knock out a ping sinks shattered lol

oops

I was helping me old dad with a kitchen he was fitting yesterday, he was lifting the ceramic sink in position with great care and the corner of the eff'n thing broke in his hand for no reason.

He drilled the blank out of it though with no issues; I didn't want to touch the thing.
I was thinking on of those little diamond hole cutters would do a nice job

 

[stratplus]

had a oops moment yesterday ,

turned up on a job to pipe kitchen sink and notice the chip pie has not fitted the sink top like most do .

ask why he has not fitted it and the cust says that he said its my job .

turns out its on of those heavy ceramic sinks ,

chippie has had a slope shoulders I'm done moment .
anyhows this top has knock outs for the taps

im not happy about this at all tells cust this any issues and its down to you

she agrees
first tap of knock out a ping sinks shattered lol

oops

Hahahahaha....brilliant!

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Aww unlucky. Could have been worse. Could have been me :grin:

Nightmare, I'm having confidence issues just reading about it!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

i would think that there was a fault in the casting to just let go after one tap

 

[hammers4spanner]

either way if they call back to refit i will be telling them to pop the hole in

 

[Dotty]

Hindsight being a wonderful thing I think I would've been straight on the phone to Richard a ********* for advice.

I'm sure I've seen him mention this kind of thing before.

 

[dancinplumba]

Nightmare, I'm having confidence issues just reading about it!

Oi Rocket !!!! Less of the negativity 🙂

 

[Rickster123]

Oi Rocket !!!! Less of the negativity 🙂

We're all doooooomed! Doooooomed!

 

[northcarr]

I did one a few yrs ago that smashed builder wanted me to pay the £400 even tough I said I wouldn't be responsible :45:

 

[Mike Jackson]

I've never had a problem knocking them out. i always do it with the sink sat in the hole so it's supported all the way round. It's the way the manufacturers tell you to do it, if it fails it's down to them. I'm not wasting my time faffing around with diamond drills when a quick tap with a hammer will do the trick.

 

[hammers4spanner]

I've never had a problem knocking them out. i always do it with the sink sat in the hole so it's supported all the way round. It's the way the manufacturers tell you to do it, if it fails it's down to them. I'm not wasting my time faffing around with diamond drills when a quick tap with a hammer will do the trick.

would of been nice if had some instructions