What we all working on this week ?

[king of pipes]

I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop

 

[SimonG]

Excellent work!

Cheers, it's taken a toll. Wont be doing many more like that.

 

[king of pipes]

Well, it's done.

Before and after.

Really tidy job Simon how much that lot bet it wasn't cheap if I had to guess 10 k ish ? well done bud after the mosaic job before this one you deserve a well earned break mate have a good Christmas bud . Regards Kop

 

[SimonG]

Really tidy job Simon how much that lot bet it wasn't cheap if I had to guess 10 k ish ? well done bud after the mosaic job before this one you deserve a well earned break mate have a good Christmas bud . Regards Kop

Just under 5k from me, customer supplied all the gear bar pipe, fittings, self leveller, adhesive and grout.
Plenty of assistance before hand to make sure the tray former and tanking was what I wanted. The wash stand, mirror and towel holder were all custom made, shower screens 10mm kudox, vitra basin and grohe shower, taps and wc.
First smart box shower I've fitted, very impressed.
Wall tiles were porcelain, drilling was a pain, floor tiles ceramic. All expensive and really good quality.
Warm up underfloor heating. Electrician was in for a day and half. New spots, wall lights moved, new shaver socket, under floor, electric towel rail and wifi control for underfloor.
So I would think your 10k is not far from the mark.

Nice to work with top end materials for a really good customer.

I'm out this morning to fix a toilet. Then tomorrow to strip out a shower enclosure and prime, tile monday, grout and finish Tuesday then that's it. Phone off and 10 days off.

Only blot is that overnight the wifes uncle passed away. Heart failure, but he had a positive covid test a couple of weeks ago and although he wasnt affected by it it will go down as the cause of death.

 

[king of pipes]

Just under 5k from me, customer supplied all the gear bar pipe, fittings, self leveller, adhesive and grout.
Plenty of assistance before hand to make sure the tray former and tanking was what I wanted. The wash stand, mirror and towel holder were all custom made, shower screens 10mm kudox, vitra basin and grohe shower, taps and wc.
First smart box shower I've fitted, very impressed.
Wall tiles were porcelain, drilling was a pain, floor tiles ceramic. All expensive and really good quality.
Warm up underfloor heating. Electrician was in for a day and half. New spots, wall lights moved, new shaver socket, under floor, electric towel rail and wifi control for underfloor.
So I would think your 10k is not far from the mark.

Nice to work with top end materials for a really good customer.

I'm out this morning to fix a toilet. Then tomorrow to strip out a shower enclosure and prime, tile monday, grout and finish Tuesday then that's it. Phone off and 10 days off.

Only blot is that overnight the wifes uncle passed away. Heart failure, but he had a positive covid test a couple of weeks ago and although he wasnt affected by it it will go down as the cause of death.

A well deserve rest Simon have a merry Christmas mate, condolences for your loss this virus is a right barsteward it has got a right hold again, kop

 

[SimonG]

Customer sent me photos off the 'dressed' wetroom.

 

[Aquarius]

That looks spot on Simon, well done mate.

 

[SimonG]

That looks spot on Simon, well done mate.

Cheers, I'm going to have to invest in a decent camera. Customers pics put mine to shame.

 

[king of pipes]

Customer sent me photos off the 'dressed' wetroom.

Very nice Simon

 

[Harvest Fields]

Nice mate. All looks good

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Plenty of assistance before hand to make sure the tray former and tanking was what I wanted

Which tray former did you use Simon?

 

[SimonG]

Which tray former did you use Simon?

Now then Jim, I dont know, it was all unpacked, checked and ready to go. To me it was just a standard cement covered foam hobby.

 

[SimonG]

Phone call this morning. Leak under sink, on the outside tap pipework I did in July, you've flooded my kitchen. Right o, I can come tonight.
Then text at lunchtime, you'll be able to change a radiator valve.
Text back, no to rad valve, you did turn off the outside tap isolation under the sink and open the outside tap?
Text from them, yes I opened the outside tap last night.

Turns up, mains isolated at stop tap, compression connector blown off the double check valve, garden tap end, isolation valve wide open.

Isolates outside tap, turns mains back on and fit a new olive, sorted.

Oh can you look at the leaking toilet?

The water meets me halfway up the stairs. The plastic through bolt connecting cistern and pan is laid on the floor with no head on it.

Flushed toilet and isolated toilet.

Poof, total darkness, hard wired smoke alarm going off.

Back down stairs to see the water pithing out the smoke alarm, co alarm and light fitting.

Found some tubs in kitchen, told them I'll be back in morning to fix toilet.

The joys.

 

[Scott_D]

Phone call this morning. Leak under sink, on the outside tap pipework I did in July, you've flooded my kitchen. Right o, I can come tonight.
Then text at lunchtime, you'll be able to change a radiator valve.
Text back, no to rad valve, you did turn off the outside tap isolation under the sink and open the outside tap?
Text from them, yes I opened the outside tap last night.

Turns up, mains isolated at stop tap, compression connector blown off the double check valve, garden tap end, isolation valve wide open.

Isolates outside tap, turns mains back on and fit a new olive, sorted.

Oh can you look at the leaking toilet?

The water meets me halfway up the stairs. The plastic through bolt connecting cistern and pan is laid on the floor with no head on it.

Flushed toilet and isolated toilet.

Poof, total darkness, hard wired smoke alarm going off.

Back down stairs to see the water pithing out the smoke alarm, co alarm and light fitting.

Found some tubs in kitchen, told them I'll be back in morning to fix toilet.

The joys.

Sounds like the type of customer you dont want

 

[king of pipes]

Its always the plumbers fault 😠

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Been on with this today - cold supply and waste for 2 autoclaves in a dentist surgery.

 

[SimonG]

Sounds like the type of customer you dont want

They've only been in the house 6 months. Been sold a lemon. Done a load of work in the house next door who passed on my number ☹

 

[Scott_D]

They've only been in the house 6 months. Been sold a lemon. Done a load of work in the house next door who passed on my number ☹

Its the 'while you are here' that annoys me

 

[Aquarius]

Its the 'while you are here' that annoys me

Get that a lot with our customers, sometimes tell me irrelevant s***e, like the front door doesn’t close properly, or the fence is falling down - I’m like (in my head) am I @rsed, I’m here to fix your heating/hot water issue.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Get that a lot with our customers, sometimes tell me irrelevant s***e, like the front door doesn’t close properly, or the fence is falling down - I’m like (in my head) am I @rsed, I’m here to fix your heating/hot water issue.

or my tap doesn’t work / drips after you serviced the boiler

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Hmmm think that’s why the pump isn’t running since the last engy changed the pump last week

 

[Scott_D]

Replaced some leaking stop taps today

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Anyone else hate kitchen fitters 2.6 mbar drop over two mins they used to have a hob until it was changed 4-5 years ago ish

boiler has been serviced every year and the gas pipe to the boiler has been repaired due to a leak 😩 guess he didn’t test

was only there to sort the condense (had to move the gas pipe as it was kicking the condense out of square to the trap so was leaking) baxi solo so you know there not the best of traps for waste

 

[Scott_D]

Was it not capped off properly?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Was it not capped off properly?

don’t have a clue as I couldn’t find the end, opened a few holes behind the built in oven nothing had to cap the drop in the ceiling space

what suprised me is that the whole install was done in steel guess they were tired of the joiners going through it, the house is approx 20 years old

 

[SimonG]

Another one completed.