Sod photography, I'm becoming a plumber

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£250 to replace 2 washing machine taps. £75 for every half hour or part thereof and £25 parts. He left the house 5 minutes ago with a big smile on his face - I'm not bloody surprised. :razz::razz::razz::razz::razz::razz::boxer:
 
Bradders09 said:
And I bet the tax man doesnt see much of it either!! :bang:
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I can gaurantee that. The conversation went "I don't suppose you take card payments, do you". "Nope". "Cheques?" "Nope". So muggins here has to run out - jump into the car and drive to the bank and back to get the cash.

Gordon Brown won't see a penny of that. :bonk:
 
At least as a photographer you probably don't have to deal with much sewerage :gag:
 
Yep, thieves eh!

I consider plumbers one of the only trades where they get away with murder. A few years ago I wanted a quote for some plumbing work and guess what... I just couldn't get a plain and simple quote. Not a chance would any plumber provide me with a simple quote. Each plumber I called wanted to charge me for just coming out to view the work, and also said they would only do a job on a time and materials basis... so much for the first 30 mins, and so much per additional 30 mins.

Got a mate to help me in the end. Pha!
 
Probalem is there's a lack of plumbers, so it means more and more of the few that are left can charge whatever the hell they like. I got fed up with garages charging me upwards of £50/hr labour and then ripping me off on parts. I bought a big tool kit and the workshop repair and service CD off eBay and haven't looked back. Of course anything huge or safety critical it goes to the garage still, but I'm not paying £50 for a poxy oil change.
 
Tumbleweed. said:
At least as a photographer you probably don't have to deal with much sewerage :gag:
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I don't know about that, photographers have to put up with a lot of ****** as well :gag:

theMusicMan said:
Yep, thieves eh!

I consider plumbers one of the only trades where they get away with murder. A few years ago I wanted a quote for some plumbing work and guess what... I just couldn't get a plain and simple quote. Not a chance would any plumber provide me with a simple quote. Each plumber I called wanted to charge me for just coming out to view the work, and also said they would only do a job on a time and materials basis... so much for the first 30 mins, and so much per additional 30 mins.

Got a mate to help me in the end. Pha!
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Rob_W said:
I just do it meself...

If they can do it so can i...

Although i do maintain multi million pound water treatment plants,
so i suppose that does give me a wee bit of an edge... :p

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The full story is, that we are getting a new washing machine today, which they deliver and fit. One of the conditions of fitting is that the old machine is disconnected first. So being the alpha male that I am, I said to the missus that's easy (first mistake :nono:).

So I pulled the machine out, turned the taps to off and disconnected the hose from the back of the machine. Only to find that the handle on the tap had busted and I am left holding a hose spraying water all over the kitchen :eek:.

Now once you have that hose off there is no way in hell it is going back on with all that water gushing out of it, so after about 30 seconds of trying, I give up and scream for my wife.

When she arrives, I get her to hold the hose over the sink, while I go off in search of the mains tap.

It's jammed solid :help:. I tried for about 10 minutes to close this tap with everything I could find that might work, but it would not budge :shake:.

The only alternative now is to turn off the mains from the street, but I don't have one of those long thingymijigs to stick down the hole. So it was time to bite the bullet and call .... THE EMERGENCEY PLUMBER .... See above for the outcome :bang:.
 
freeze spray is your friend (as long as you can stop the waterflow by kinking the pipes)


i just find that practically every tradesmen i have had to deal with round here is an ********, who either doesnt turn up or does a **** job. so in the end doing it myself becomes an obvious choice (unless its gas, i wont touch gas).


need to find a roofer round here after the last one did a **** job and couldnt mend a leak (saving money on materials by not leaving enough overlap on the membrane, ******!) although i also have a few other jobs to be done on the roof/chimney
 
whitewash said:
freeze spray is your friend (as long as you can stop the waterflow by kinking the pipes)
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Freeze spray is something I will now keep in the house. But it is difficult to get hold of at 9pm. Kinking the pipe :bang::bang::bang: In all the confusion I did not even think of doing that :(.
 
well if you need a plumber in the kent area give me a shout, my dad is one also gas safe registered.

Quotes for work done not time based and i have never known him charge to give a quote.
maybe thats why he is the only plumber that drives a 10year old transit.
 
Caledonia said:
Freeze spray is something I will now keep in the house. But it is difficult to get hold of at 9pm. Kinking the pipe :bang::bang::bang: In all the confusion I did not even think of doing that :(.
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ive got a few cans lying around, it also doubles up as a bloody brilliant way to catch pesky wasps
 
ChrisMClark said:
Probalem is there's a lack of plumbers, so it means more and more of the few that are left can charge whatever the hell they like. I got fed up with garages charging me upwards of £50/hr labour and then ripping me off on parts. I bought a big tool kit and the workshop repair and service CD off eBay and haven't looked back. Of course anything huge or safety critical it goes to the garage still, but I'm not paying £50 for a poxy oil change.
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where have you been going chris the garage my dad owns supplies oil and filter genuine enaerally and 5w30 oil one of the best grades for 35 quid not the cheap junk lol
 
Toothie said:
well if you need a plumber in the kent area give me a shout, my dad is one also gas safe registered.

Quotes for work done not time based and i have never known him charge to give a quote.
maybe thats why he is the only plumber that drives a 10year old transit.
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Hi Toothie - I really do wish your Dad was in my area, I'd call him to arrange some work in a shot.

Does he have any contacts with similar working practices in the South Wales area...?
 
theMusicMan said:
Hi Toothie - I really do wish your Dad was in my area, I'd call him to arrange some work in a shot.

Does he have any contacts with similar working practices in the South Wales area...?
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not that im aware of tbh next time i talk to him i will ask.
 
Tumbleweed. said:
At least as a photographer you probably don't have to deal with much sewerage :gag:
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I have a friend who once told me that he shovelled sh** for a living. I thought he was just using a generic term for a rubbish job
No... He works for Southern Water and actually does shovel the brown stuff for a living!


Steve.
 
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