What we all working on this week ?

king of pipes · Oct 31, 2019

I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop

EvilDrPorkChop · Jan 27, 2023

king of pipes said:
Well smart that one bud looking forward to the finished pictures. Regards kop

Was hoping to be finished Monday, but towel rail is damaged and his mirror over the sink won't land till mid Feb apparently! But will be nearly there.

king of pipes · Jan 27, 2023

Bit of a mixed bag for me over the last couple of weeks I took on a kitchen refit me and a couple of chippies got it nearly done in 7 days decorators are now in , got the heating and hot water upgrade done few more jobs to kitchen and utility first fix , shower doors replaced .
Today's was a insurance Job replacing some pipes in a floor they had a oil leak under the floor and it's made a right old mess so we replaced what we could but the downstairs pipework is all in the screed with little or no protection 🫣🫣.

Scott_D · Jan 28, 2023

Last Plumber said:
Boilers and Water heaters in nursing/care homes for next few week.
With all due respect to these places, I hope i'm not seeing a glimpse into my own future.

I imagine myself old, frustrated and trying to gain access to a plant room.

Hang on.............!

Horrible places to be

SimonG · Jan 30, 2023

****, well maybe it's not the stop tap but the steel incoming main.

SimonG · Jan 30, 2023

SimonG said:
****, well maybe it's not the stop tap but the steel incoming main.

Wasn't the stop tap, they're going to need a new incoming supply. Luckily they have a cellar.

Last Plumber · Feb 1, 2023

scott_d said:
Horrible places to be

They can be. Fortunately these aren't too bad and I'm away from folk mostly.

SimonG · Feb 1, 2023

Bit different today. 3 curtain poles and a shower pole.

cjg · Feb 1, 2023

going dancing now are we?

king of pipes · Feb 4, 2023

Got the kitchen finished off moving on to a fancy bathroom upgrade Monday have a restful weekend chaps . Kop

SimonG · Feb 7, 2023

End of life Camray. Farewell old girl.

SimonG · Feb 7, 2023

And whilst I'm on, is everybody else run ragged with work?

ShaunCorbs · Feb 7, 2023

Yep put a few prices in recently and thought they might get one done all three have come back go ahead

Deleted member 120897 · Feb 7, 2023

SimonG said:
And whilst I'm on, is everybody else run ragged with work?

Nope, paye and social housing 😱

king of pipes · Feb 7, 2023

SimonG said:
End of life Camray. Farewell old girl.

What you replacing it with Simon ?

SimonG · Feb 7, 2023

king of pipes said:
What you replacing it with Simon ?

A nice new slimline firebird combi.

SimonG · Feb 8, 2023

the walls are a nightmare, 1/2 a shift just to get the flue through.

EvilDrPorkChop · Feb 10, 2023

Fit a MegaFlo (Which leaked on the probe pocket from factory) sorry for poor pics, was a really tight squeeze! Bit of servicing, back to finish off that big bathroom on Monday (Mirror, Towel Rail) then start another bathroom Tuesday.

SimonG · Feb 10, 2023

Nearly done, but pub was calling.

Builders in at a later date to sort walls out.

Keefy · Feb 12, 2023

Just been to unblock a WC for a friend of the missus. She's flushed down one of those plastic fresheners that clip over the rim of the pan.

I undo the cold feed round the back, take out the screw from one side of the pan and realise the other one is hidden by tiles/boxing-in. Tell her I'll have to remove the obstruction to get access. After she makes a quick call to someone she says she doesn't want me to do that so I put everything back as it was and charge her £30.

She's still got a blocked WC and it's the only one in the house. She seems to think she can get someone else who can do it without breaking her precious tile which, by the way, she has spares of.

All I needed to do was remove the other fixing screw, pull the pan out and reach in to remove the obstruction. As I was leaving she had a plunger in her hand.

Sunday night favours eh?

Edit: £30 has just landed in my account.

Deleted member 120897 · Feb 12, 2023

Keefy said:
Just been to unblock a WC for a friend of the missus. She's flushed down one of those plastic fresheners that clip over the rim of the pan.

I undo the cold feed round the back, take out the screw from one side of the pan and realise the other one is hidden by tiles/boxing-in. Tell her I'll have to remove the obstruction to get access. After she makes a quick call to someone she says she doesn't want me to do that so I put everything back as it was and charge her £30.

She's still got a blocked WC and it's the only one in the house. She seems to think she can get someone else who can do it without breaking her precious tile which, by the way, she has spares of.

All I needed to do was remove the other fixing screw, pull the pan out and reach in to remove the obstruction. As I was leaving she had a plunger in her hand.

Sunday night favours eh?

Edit: £30 has just landed in my account.

At least you got the £30 though.