Cheap plumbers from EU countries

[abvi]

I've had basin fitted from an Egyptian plumber from Italy. He was cheap. He fixed the basin to the wall with putty like material (no bolt/nut into the wall). He fitted isolating valves (with compression joints) on plastic pipes without the insertion white hardening cylinders at the end. He never used ptft tape on any thread. He said white cylindrical hardeners and ptft taps are not necessary. Has he got a point?

 

[Best]

Well I enjoyed your post anyway.
Thanks

 

[Harvest Fields]

Looks ok from my house.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

there needed for a reason the inserts

Also guess the ped was off the old one

 

[Harvest Fields]

there needed for a reason the inserts

Also guess the ped was off the old one

He will find out at 0300 hours when the wife says she can hear water running.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

He will find out at 0300 hours when the wife says she can hear water running.

basin would be on the floor by then

 

[Best]

Looks ok from my house.

Tap is not square from basin.
Otherwise a careful install.
The gap between the pedestal and basin is for storing your face cloths.

 

[townfanjon]

Did they really build the pyramids ?

 

[Scott_D]

How much did this cost?

 

[Stu-B]

 

[gmartine]

Is it leaking?

No...then jobs a good'un.

 

[Last Plumber]

Christ tonight! Would you look at that!

This a wind up? Got to be?

 

[Scott_D]

I like the packer between basin and pedal stool

 

[Riley]

Nice

 

[Last Plumber]

I like the upsy downy overflow in the corner. At least he used a dust sheet to cover the cat!

 

[snowhead]

The Egyptians managed to build the Pyramids, yet this one couldn't fit a sink for Toffee.

Some people have different interpretations of words and phrases.
To most,
Can you fit me a new sink, means complete the job so it's neat, tidy and doesn't require any additional trades to follow on.

To some, it's taken literally, eg. that sink's been fitted.

 

[Riley]

I know this is obviously a wind up but it does entertain how some people will leave things like this thinking it’s perfectly acceptable

 

[Harvest Fields]

I know this is obviously a wind up but it does entertain how some people will leave things like this thinking it’s perfectly acceptable

Might just be what they can afford at the time.

 

[Last Plumber]

You lot think this is real then?
I could have thrown it from the foot of the stairs and made it land better!

 

[Harvest Fields]

You lot think this is real then?
I could have thrown it from the foot of the stairs and made it land better!

I never presume in this trade mate.

 

[Stigster]

I never presume in this trade mate.

Reminds me a little of Poe's Law Poe's law - Wikipedia

 

[Last Plumber]

Reminds me a little of Poe's Law Poe's law - Wikipedia

I had thought this initially a joke. However, I now ponder and find myself in mental turmoil as to the feelings of the original poster. Maybe due to the lack of a deliberate indication of jest in the original post, this is - God forbid - a real installation. Should this be the case I offer my sympathy to said poster. I do find it difficult to believe that any individual could produce such workmanship and expect a customer to be satisfied with it but as pointed out by @Harvest Fields, that belief could well be misplaced.
Looking back I think I took the 'He was cheap' comment to mean, you get what you pay for, thus indicating that the customer is seeing the installation in the same light as we do.
Perhaps @abvi could enlighten us? Is it the completed article or is it a temporary job whilst the the bathroom is done?

 

[Scott_D]

I had thought this initially a joke. However, I now ponder and find myself in mental turmoil as to the feelings of the original poster. Maybe due to the lack of a deliberate indication of jest in the original post, this is - God forbid - a real installation. Should this be the case I offer my sympathy to said poster. I do find it difficult to believe that any individual could produce such workmanship and expect a customer to be satisfied with it but as pointed out by @Harvest Fields, that belief could well be misplaced.
Looking back I think I took the 'He was cheap' comment to mean, you get what you pay for, thus indicating that the customer is seeing the installation in the same light as we do.
Perhaps @abvi could enlighten us? Is it the completed article or is it a temporary job whilst the the bathroom is done?

When the customer supply’s the materials and wants a cheap job?

 

[snowhead]

You lot think this is real then?

Up to about 10 or 15 years ago, yes I would have assumed it was a joke.
Nowadays it's impossible to tell one way or the other.

 

[king of pipes]

FM he certainly didn't build the pyramids did he Town that's a flood waiting to happen for sure, incompetent is the word strip it all out and start again before your home is flooded . Kop