Hello Electrician looking to become a plumber

[lthelec]

Hello,

I am a qualified electrician with 4 year apprenticiship NVQ L3, city & guilds been in the industry for 11 years. I have been self employed since 2007 my company is MCS registered as I carry out Solar PV installs.

I am looking at going back to college to train as a plumber as I want to be able to install heating systems and carry out general domestic plumbing jobs aswell. I have all the tools for the trade and fancy merging the two.

Forum looks like it will be a fountain of knowledge.

Cheers Leigh

 

[lame plumber]

jack of all trades master of none comes to mind, remember you cant go leaving all your sparky rubbish everywhere when your plumbing, got to be tidy to be a plumber. Oh welcome to the site

 

[dancinplumba]

welcome along

 

[Howsie]

Welcome.

College is probably your best bet.

 

[Dotty]

Welcome to the madhouse

 

[Blake]

Welcome and best of luck to you pal. As said, college is probably your best bet.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

welcome to the forums

 

[SimonG]

Welcome along

 

[TomLane]

Welcome :wink:

 

[vern]

remember you cant go leaving all your sparky rubbish everywhere when your plumbing, got to be tidy to be a plumber.

LMAO LP every sparks I have ever known, never tidies up, or has a dust pan and brush or Henry in their tools!

 

[TBServices]

LMAO LP every sparks I have ever known, never tidies up, or has a dust pan and brush or Henry in their tools!

Used to get so sick of cleaning up wire clipping when I was employed. Did my nut. I wouldn't bother mate, you couldn't handle the graft

 

[lthelec]

I was a bit worried about down grading my skill level.

And you plumbers don't leave any rubbish as you are to busy weighing it in.

 

[Howsie]

Lol and you do recycle your wire then?

 

[lthelec]

Don't get much chance as by time it hits the floor some one carrying a bag full of pipe pops out of no where grabs it and vanishes.

No seriously I have started to collect it and strip it. Its storing it that does my head in.

 

[Howsie]

Believe it or not, I'm the same with copper.

 

[nicro3]

Welcome, wish you well.

 

[deltay]

I'm training both in electrics and plumbing & guess what, the electrics tutor moans about plumbers being messy and the plumbing tutor says the same about the sparks. I suppose this rivalry has gone on for years and probably will for years to come. Don't let em get to you, you're doing the right thing. Once you've got yourself through the customers door and done the first job (whether it's plumbing or electrical) Having both qualifications means you've got an opportunity for more work from the customer.(assuming you don't cock up the first visit!)
Welcome. You'll find this, and the electricians forum run by the same guys, a great source of advice,.............. and laughs

 

[Howsie]

Nobodys getting at hime. He's welcome to step up to become a plumber. We get all the girls... except for Zeb

 

[lthelec]

Its only abit of banter.

 

[lame plumber]

As tescos say" every little bit helps" especially when collecting copper dont miss any offcuts! First thing you need to learn as a plumber is that you can no longer spend your day sat on a milk crate to wire in 2nd fixes, its knees only fm now on:bigcry:

 

[lthelec]

Milk crate?

I sit on these bad boys for doing downlights.

 

[Howsie]

Well the wetvac's a start

 

[leethegasman]

That's some nice big Lego welcome

 

[lthelec]

Well the wetvac's a start

Can I use it to drain down a boiler?

 

[Howsie]

No. You can use it to pick up the little bits of wire you leave everywhere!