Opinion on my recent plumbing work plumber experience please

[RGN007]

bit baffled as you saw the progress and saw pipes sticking out floor so why not ask plumbs to hide pipes even if it was an extra it would have been worth paying , although the plumbs imo should have mentioned that in first instance

I didn't see pipes until after he had completed hanging and sealing the unit.

I don't want it boxing in and paying him extra to tidy his shoddy workmanship is out of the question. Surprised you'd suggest that.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Was he a plumber of note or one of these so called not really a trade bathroom fitters??

 

[Megaflo-Experts]

Sounds like it's down to poor communications. If you had mentioned it at the beginning he would have known what you expected.
Either he didn't allow for moving the pipes or he thought he could get away with it!
Generally, with wall hung units, I would expect the pipes to be hidden away, and personally I would have raised the issue with the customer at the time.

Did your other quote not mention anything about re-routing the pipes?

It could have been worse...with the waste pipe under there as well🙂

 

[hammers4spanner]

sorry never suggested boxing them in but if i was you i would have said not happy with pipes like i said imo he should have moved them bit of laziness methinks

 

[lame plumber]

ask him to do a decent job of it for the agreed price, if not get a quote to have it done by someoen else and withold money and maybe claim for any extra costs

 

[erpkid]

Yes, and not my new plywood and £250 vinyl topping with pipes through them as,well!

I think I am most upset because he verbally attacks me at it being my fault through ME not pointing the pipes out first so he could add it to the bill. My not-a-plumber ex has noted it only would have involved lifting one loose 12inch part board to join nearer wall. Seems odd my engine tuning non reading but technically adept ex can suss solution where the qualified heating plumbing person sees big problem.

I have paid plumber £500 of the £575. I am tempted to refuse the £75 and use it toward remedial work. Would that be unfair do you think, under the circumstances?

A "real" plumber would have looked at the original set up and pointed out the steps to making this a really good job not necessarily outside the stated price. Sorry that you are in this situation but it will take a little more than the withholding to make good.

 

[tamz]

This has nothing to do with communication.
Any half rsed plumber would have known what to do to leave a decent job. It is lazyness and incompetence.
Stuff like this does my nut in.

 

[Subby]

Have to agree with Tamz, the job is rough and the fitter has gone for the quick, easy option. It is obvious that the pipes should not be going directly through the bottom, and even so, these pipes are not straight anyway! People like this give the rest of us a bad name.

 

[IND_Nick]

I agree with the last couple of posts that this is poor workmanship. Regardless of the communication no quality tradesman would leave a job like this and should of made you aware of the situation, that's why you pay to get a 'professional' in.

 

[RGN007]

I was teasing lame plumber...more of an affectionate comment (knowing I spend a lot of time doing work stuff in my own time). I was surprised to see so many plumbers "off duty" on here!

 

[ne1ls0n]

we fit these all the time now and it goes without saying everythings hidden as its wall hung, :iagree: it is just lazyness

 

[Dannypipe]

Totally agree. That is crap work. No arguement there.

 

[lame plumber]

best thing to happen is for him to end up in a& e and nursy to be there with giant enema and large iron supplement injection! otherwise why not tell the world your location and see if a decent plumber will make good for you fm this site.

 

[Dannypipe]

best thing to happen is for him to end up in a& e and nursy to be there with giant enema and large iron supplement injection! Otherwise why not tell the world your location and see if a decent plumber will make good for you fm this site.

lol!!

 

[RGN007]

Thank-you for all your opinions. I was wondering if my expectations were too high and apparently not.

 

[smtplumbing]

I am not taken sides here but I would of moved the pipes or made note of the pipes needing moved, tho it would been a extra charge wraggle wall then plaster over then smooth then paint full underneath VU would ou of been happy to pay extra to get this done as i no some customers would not pay the extra,

I have done a few of these and i use my wraggle machine to do these my plaster smooths and than we paint it and it looks fantastic

 

[TBServices]

I am not taken sides here but I would of moved the pipes or made note of the pipes needing moved, tho it would been a extra charge wraggle wall then plaster over then smooth then paint full underneath VU would ou of been happy to pay extra to get this done as i no some customers would not pay the extra,

I have done a few of these and i use my wraggle machine to do these my plaster smooths and than we paint it and it looks fantastic

What on earth is a wraggle machine?

 

[smtplumbing]

sorry a channel chaser

 

[RGN007]

I didn't get the opportunity to pay extra, though I do think there is an expectation as a customer asking a quote from an experienced plumber that he/she would check as part of surveying the job. Im disappointed in this case he just put unsightly holes through the floor of my new wall hung drawer sink.

I mean, if you know the customer is ordering a wall hung anything, would it not be good practice to check behind the existing pedestal? He said that was my responsibility to know.

If he had said oops I hadn't realised this, I'll meet you part way it isn't something I would have thought he was ripping me off for unless it was silly extra money.

 

[smtplumbing]

only thing i can think of is when he came to quote the job he never thought about the pipework, and the reason it was not done was lazyness and cost he had not factored this is to the cost.

what did the other person quote did they mention the pipework

steven