Too charge or not to charge.

[Phil]

You can make your own O`rings, used to do it often on low pressure stuff.

How???

 

[rpm]

How???

Just out the door Phil, I`ll reply later around 9pm

 

[Ray Stafford]

Just out the door Phil, I`ll reply later around 9pm

I already have people on the way.

This is our industries equivalent of the car that runs on water being suppressed by big Oil.

How are merchants going to make a living if we can't sell you bulk packs of useless O rings?

I'm afraid rpm is going to have to meet with an unfortunate accident on the way home.

Shame, he was a nice chap. I quite liked him. Still, its just business, nothing personal.

 

[REDSAW]

dont know what you lot mess about with!.

just give 2 prices, one for repair attempt and one for new tap fitting exc tap.

if they go for the repair just charge them the £95 and that will be the last you hear so must have worked ok and if not you loose nothing £
win win

i have a box of those 'o' rings- they dont fit either. lol. theres imperial and metric btw!

 

[Phil]

I already have people on the way.

This is our industries equivalent of the car that runs on water being suppressed by big Oil.

How are merchants going to make a living if we can't sell you bulk packs of useless O rings?

I'm afraid rpm is going to have to meet with an unfortunate accident on the way home.

Shame, he was a nice chap. I quite liked him. Still, its just business, nothing personal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DckrYRSsUA

ha ha ha yes....

 

[Best]

No need to have RPM involved in a tragic accident!
I will spill the beans on how you make O rings, - they are cut and glued together, believe it or not!

 

[rpm]

I'm afraid rpm is going to have to meet with an unfortunate accident on the way home.

Shame, he was a nice chap. I quite liked him. Still, its just business, nothing personal.

Sorry Ray I made it home in one piece. lol

 

[rpm]

No need to have RPM involved in a tragic accident!
I will spill the beans on how you make O rings, - they are cut and glued together, believe it or not!

There`s always one waiting to pi$$ on your bonfire eh? lol

But Best is correct, it is as easy as that providing you know a) the liquid concerned, b) the i/d, c) the o/d and d) width of the seat plus you need a keen eye and a steady hand.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Sorry Ray I made it home in one piece. lol

Well, someone is posting on your account. Doesn't mean its the same person...

 

[rpm]

Well, someone is posting on your account. Doesn't mean its the same person...

Just hope you didn`t shell out too much of your easy earned cash tonight my friend.

 

[hammers4spanner]

I get quite a lot of calls about taps always say get a new set less hassle and most go with that.

Cant understand why bother repairing them , kinda like saying can you repair my starting motor ,,,,wouldn't happen in most cases.

 

[plumben]

I get quite a lot of calls about taps always say get a new set less hassle and most go with that.

Cant understand why bother repairing them , kinda like saying can you repair my starting motor ,,,,wouldn't happen in most cases.

I agree with this as most taps now are cheap and not really designed to be serviced, and all the old ones that can be serviced are too corroded to get apart without damage

 

[Leo21]

As above, the days of repairing taps are over. Which reminds me, I must throw out my re seating tool.
I always tell people that I can't guarantee repairs, only new taps.

 

[tomplumb83]

There is a shop in Leicester which sells nothing but starter motors!
Ancient looking shop full of motors with a couple of Indian chaps doing the repairs
They wanted twice as much as I could get a new one for on the net. The new one has lasted over a year so far....

 

[Millsy 82]

Well I went back and it was an absolute pig.

There was a plastic nut underneath connected to a brass nut and where the tap had been leaking for so long it had rusted on and seized so I couldn't get any thing on it to try and move it.

I had to take a drill to it so took me 2 hours to do it and charged for 1 only and said to him that I deducted the 1st hour off as my repair didn't work.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Pretty fair mate ,

What was your first hour charge £80.00 lol

 

[Millsy 82]

Haha I wish. People look at me like I've got 3 heads when I charge £40.00 for the first hour.

 

[Phil]

I'm putting my foot down here, repairing taps is very profitable for me, the labour charges are nearly the same for swapping a kitchen tap or repairing it. I carry a huge Makita 452 case full for spare cartridges and headgears.
The more we chuck out newish taps the more the manufacturers will make them even nastier thinking well if plumbers aren't going to try and repair them we'll reduce out quality even more.