HALL of SHAME PHOTo`s

[SafeGasInstall]

Yes, better not say anything controversial. Even in jest. You might get your ticket taken off you or something similarly severe. This is serious!! Gas is serious you know! It's not to be laughed at.

How do you know ?

 

[TomLane]

How do you know ?

Just something I heard somebody say once!

 

[Plum Bob 66]

Had a phone call from a customer today asking me if I could come round and price up fitting her bathroom, I proceeded to ask for a few details when she bust into tears explaining that a friend of a friend had started the bathroom and halfway through had done a runner. That's not so bad I thought but then she tells me she had paid them up front.......Oh dear not good. The scenario, husband jailed for unspeakable actions with her children and she's vulnerable . Absolute pair of unscrupulous bar stewards fleeced her for the best part of £800 she had saved to have the work done. I went round t o have a look and this what she was left with



Snake connecting the toilet up
Rise to the soil pipe, glued in with silicone !
Toilet not flush to the wall, wooden battens used. Would have been a doddle to instal correctly.
Floor spacers used on the tiles see gaps!!!!
Tiles mis aligned all over.
Basin not attached to the wall, wastes not connected
Bath not connected waste or feed pipes

A complete sack of carp , which has left this poor lady high and dry!

I asked her how she was bathing her three kids, downstairs in the kitchen sink she says !!!!!

 

[Plum Bob 66]

Just to add, how do these people sleep at night ?

 

[chris watkins]

Just to add, how do these people sleep at night ?

Yes Plun Bob 66 it is all very sad but you can only blame the Public / Government cos no one seems to be interested in a licensing scheme for plumbers, like most other countries have which would stop all this shoddy work in a trice.

 

[TomLane]

Yes Plun Bob 66 it is all very sad but you can only blame the Public / Government cos no one seems to be interested in a licensing scheme for plumbers, like most other countries have which would stop all this shoddy work in a trice.

That wouldn't stop the "friend of a friend" types that claim to be able to do these jobs despite not actually being a plumber etc. Ultimately down to customer to be more savvy & not be blinded by the fact they think friends & family won't rip them off.

 

[Plum Bob 66]

Yes Tom, Wouk have to agree but there are some very obviously gullible people out there that are vulnerable and easily taken in, this being a case in point. Without being rude, this customer wasn't the sharpest tool in the box sadly. An easy target!

 

[TomLane]

Yes Tom, Wouk have to agree but there are some very obviously gullible people out there that are vulnerable and easily taken in, this being a case in point. Without being rude, this customer wasn't the sharpest tool in the box sadly. An easy target!

There are indeed these types out there that are easily taken in. Frustrating when as a reputable tradesman you walk in to these situations & see the aftermath.

 

[Plum Bob 66]

There are indeed these types out there that are easily taken in. Frustrating when as a reputable tradesman you walk in to these situations & see the aftermath.

The unfortunate knock being the "tarred with the same brush syndrome"

The shoddy work of the few tends to make us guilty by association in some if the publics eyes.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

i dont trust the customers as 95% they say , it aint true !

 

[Plum Bob 66]

i dont trust the customers as 95% they say , it aint true !

Agrees this job can make you cynical by I think this was one of your 5%

 

[Leo21]

Yes Tom, Wouk have to agree but there are some very obviously gullible people out there that are vulnerable and easily taken in, this being a case in point. Without being rude, this customer wasn't the sharpest tool in the box sadly. An easy target!

People like this will get done time and time again, it's not right and never will be. But it'll keep on happening.

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

 

[SafeGasInstall]

it makes sense now martin

 

[WaterTight]

 

[SafeGasInstall]

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that must be image from Europe

 

[TBServices]

that must be image from Europe

Always wondered why we didnt use those tap style wall iso's here tbh.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Always wondered why we didnt use those tap style wall iso's here tbh.

I have seen them used in Austria and GErmany

 

[TomLane]

I have seen them used in Austria and GErmany

Grohe tap instructions show these iso's in use. Also seen them in Europe when I've been over there.

 

[TBServices]

I have seen them used in Austria and GErmany

I've seen them pretty much everywhere I've ever been.

 

[Whyme]

Yes, better not say anything controversial. Even in jest. You might get your ticket taken off you or something similarly severe. This is serious!! Gas is serious you know! It's not to be laughed at.

I'll risk my ticket ...thats great..Bouncy meters, pushfit, if their was a flexi tap con' i'd be well chuffed..

 

[Whyme]

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is that cylinder on its side in a domestic house.??

 

[Keefy]

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What planet is that from?

 

[Kyle87]

What planet is that from?

A Russian prison!!

 

[Whyme]

What planet is that from?

Wish i could get away with that.." erm your tilings lovely but i forgot to put my crazy green pipes in the wall, no dont worry it'll look fine". " i need paying first though."