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moony
Changed bath the other day, crack in bath - store sent me to change it - when i got there - took panel off and waste was too high going into boxing, therefore waste running back to trap...
told customer before i went any further, she didnt really know what i was on about - i just explained that the waste was running back into the trap so water would be sitting in lenght of pipe about 1.5 metres long, probably get blocked but dont blame me, get previous plumber to put it right (would of meant removal of 2 square metres of tiling, basin and toilet 🙁 )
she phoned other plumber while i was there he said hed be straight round, come bouncing up the stairs - he was a big lad, but at 19 stone myself i wasnt that arsd, confrontational with me in front of customer, saying i was questioning his workmanship, and how would i solve the problem, i just said not much you can do now pal, except remove the back boxed wall, he turned to customer - and said see! big problem have to remove all that boxing, i just laughed, he was the one who installed the boxing! he then turned to her and said dont worry about it the water will flush the pipework out from the bath, i just laughed again.
i then explained that i would refit the bath but the waste would be his problem... and that i was only explaining to cover myself as in 6 months time if its blocked it will be who last installed it and i wasnt getting the blame...
i dont normally question other lads work, but come on its simple plumbing to have pipework running away from traps at least.
told customer before i went any further, she didnt really know what i was on about - i just explained that the waste was running back into the trap so water would be sitting in lenght of pipe about 1.5 metres long, probably get blocked but dont blame me, get previous plumber to put it right (would of meant removal of 2 square metres of tiling, basin and toilet 🙁 )
she phoned other plumber while i was there he said hed be straight round, come bouncing up the stairs - he was a big lad, but at 19 stone myself i wasnt that arsd, confrontational with me in front of customer, saying i was questioning his workmanship, and how would i solve the problem, i just said not much you can do now pal, except remove the back boxed wall, he turned to customer - and said see! big problem have to remove all that boxing, i just laughed, he was the one who installed the boxing! he then turned to her and said dont worry about it the water will flush the pipework out from the bath, i just laughed again.
i then explained that i would refit the bath but the waste would be his problem... and that i was only explaining to cover myself as in 6 months time if its blocked it will be who last installed it and i wasnt getting the blame...
i dont normally question other lads work, but come on its simple plumbing to have pipework running away from traps at least.
