Diy sos

[quality]

Did anyone notice the Ideal independant and crap soldering and cheap rads on bbc1 tonight at 8
my missus said I am sad ! I don't know why cause I have a good few Ideal independants. I just hate cheap rads and crap soldering

 

[PlumbBobBob]

i liked the bit where they had a leak coming through the ceiling and they blamed the plumbers until it was discovered someone had gone through a pipe with a nail.

 

[tweakyboy]

I thought the same, all the flux left over the pipework making it go all green. No tape around the pipework nail clipped to the walls, I suppose you can pick holes in everyones work.

Fair play to the guys who done it, sure I would do the same if given the opportunity.

 

[tweakyboy]

i liked the bit where they had a leak coming through the ceiling and they blamed the plumbers until it was discovered someone had gone through a pipe with a nail.

That old trick, bet they were upstairs whispering 'PUT A NAIL IN THE PIPE'

 

[quality]

Yeh good on the guys for the effort

 

[SimonG]

Just watched that and the two things that came to mind was the pipes clipped to the block walls and not taped and the poor soldering.

 

[tweakyboy]

Just watched that and the two things that came to mind was the pipes clipped to the block walls and not taped and the poor soldering.

Great minds and all that!

 

[SimonG]

It's a curse. Can't go anywhere without checking out pipework, fittings etc.

 

[Dannypipe]

I hate it when I sweat an ugly joint. I think some plumber will come to this in 30 years, and say what a loser, he couldn't even solder neatly!!

I look at pipework/flues all the time. I can't help it. Flues are perticuarlly bad. I say it out loud whenever I see something not right. My wife just goes 'hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'.

 

[AWheating]

I live near by and was going to join in at first but i had 6 months off just before hand due to operation and i could not afford the time off the work i had (still in debt from the layoff now 6 12months later ). I think most of the materials came from local travis perkins, so i would guess the plumbers had no say in what went in?? i was supprised that the pipework was not taped up for protection. i guess the answer is how much do you put in yourself to the job?? i know a roll of tape is not much but if your giving up 9-10 days work/labour i dont think you would want to be using all your own materials off the van?

 

[AWheating]

I hate it when I sweat an ugly joint. I think some plumber will come to this in 30 years, and say what a loser, he couldn't even solder neatly!!

I look at pipework/flues all the time. I can't help it. Flues are perticuarlly bad. I say it out loud whenever I see something not right. My wife just goes 'hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'.

Cant go into a bathroom/public bog without pulling faults on the plumbing i need to get a life. LOL