my apprentice, adam

[migoplumber]

we were sent to replace some leaking 2" pipes in a plantroom, system needed draining, it took 2 hours to drain off properly. drained down, fixed problems, filled up, starting to get late in afternoon.
as usual i had disturbed a different joint that decided to lose water at a good rate of notts, another drain down required.
Young Adam who dosn't enjoy a late finish, decides the quickest way is to open the 2" header return! i decided to go with the flow and enjoy the show. i discreetly place myself on the otherside of the room, whilst geeing him on.
when the joint broke, it was like a fountain, 2" pipe with about 2000 litres behind it at 1bar, quite a sight. spewing all over the ceiling wetting everything in its path, including young padi wan.

he did impress me tho.

it popped, his face dropped (and got wet) he jumped back a metre, stared for a second. contemplated, then ragged his jumper off and tried to staunch the flow with said jumper.

it was hilarious to watch, but you might of had to be there!!
most apprentices i know would of just run a mile.

adam is gonna be a good one.

good luck mate
shaun
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[Jason.S]

Very cruel shaun, but entirely necessary

 

[Winston]

You barstewards Do you supply personal protective equipment such as flippers and snorkel

 

[Plouasne]

Good on the Lad, for trying good practice for later on in life, I remember one job, I has, it was 1st Jan (when it was a working day) the job was to replace a "live" lead soil stack with a cast iron one

Being a youngster, back then, I had spent the best part of the night in Trafalgar Square celebrating, and did not feel like work that day, I staggered into work about an hour late, only to be told that there was an urgent job the other side of London to do, a pump change, nothing too bad I thought

After a couple of hours travelling by public transport (before plumbers had vans to ride around in), through ever heaver snow, I arrived at the job
Nothing too bad a sump pump change in a nice warm boiler room

A 3' deep sump, about 4' x 4' with a 4" drain, running half full of ice cold water, 2" galvanised iron pipe, now the fun and games begins, every connection was under water, and the unions were rusted up, I tried every way of getting to the unions, was sweating my cobs off because the boilers were going flat out, in the end I said nothing for it, the boiler man said what do you mean ??, this I said stripping off to kacks and boiler suit, then getting into the pit, was it bl00dy cold, my nuts recoiled so fast that I thought that I had Mumps, but it was the only way to get some leverage on the unions to undo them to get the pump out

 

[Winston]

I think I am glad I havent been a apprentice mind you working like that guess you do genuinely learn loads and loads, not like me fumbling around trying to get it all working.

 

[migoplumber]

i know we all had good times as young apprentices, my boss was a total git to me, but i enjoyed it all the same, think that me it worse. still loved it. its made me the man i am today ( wife says that should be "woman i am " dont even have too ask her )

shaun

 

[flat pack]

one of my apprentices some years ago saw one of my new shops came in and thank me for all the help the time he was with me.
cannot get better than that