trouble with the drains

aussteve · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:16 pm Post Subject: trouble with the drains

A mate of mine bought a cheap repossessed house.

It had a downstairs bathroom which smelled of damp due to lack of ventilation but after 12 months the damp and smell were getting worse and the toilet was not working. We pulled up the carpet which proved to be rotten, and the floor boards had the consistency of balsa wood!

Removing the floor boards left him us speechless! The previous owner had moved the toilet, and the waste pipe which required 3 x 90 degree bends which we presumed he did not have as he laid the plastic pipe on the dirt below the floorboards and then lumped concrete wherever a bend was required!

Astoundingly this worked for a while but the joins wept and started leaking and filled the floor void with raw sewage! Even more astounding was that the smell was not as bad as it could have been,once the floor was lifted!

Needless to say a competent plumber was called who sorted the drains out and my mate had a happy time cleaning the floor void before replacing the entire floor and all that.

Stoday · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:37 pm Post Subject:

What a terrible tale. I could hardly believe it.

Until I saw which country it was in...

aussteve · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:20 am Post Subject: re terrible tale

Stoday wrote:

What a terrible tale. I could hardly believe it.

Until I saw which country it was in...

Bad luck old chum this was in good old blighty! I am from the home country dont you know wot wot!
Sadly the land of sunshine and kangaroos is not exempt from such bodgery and I have seen terrible things done by so called professionals so my tales will also include Australia if anyone is interested.
Austeve

pberry · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:39 pm Post Subject:

The word "carpet" should never be in the same sentence as the word "bathroom", let alone the same room.

There's your problem.

SUNRAY · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:17 pm Post Subject:

pberry wrote:

The word "carpet" should never be in the same sentence as the word "bathroom", let alone the same room.

There's your problem.

WHY?

seco services · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:51 pm Post Subject:

no one in their right mind fits a carpet in a bathroom.

SUNRAY · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:38 pm Post Subject:

seco services wrote:

no one in their right mind fits a carpet in a bathroom.

WHY?

seco services · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:55 pm Post Subject:

1, unhygeinic 2, outdated.

i can't name one customers house with carpet in their bathroom
that i have had to work in and i can say the carpet don't stink.

SUNRAY · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:25 pm Post Subject:

seco services wrote:

1, unhygeinic 2, outdated.

i can't name one customers house with carpet in their bathroom
that i have had to work in and i can say the carpet don't stink.

Personally I have never lived in a house without a carpet in the bathroom.
And I know of many others in the same position.

Some of us have learnt to p**s in the toilet, not on the floor....

steve22 · Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:27 pm Post Subject:

i am selling less carpets for bathrooms and more vinyls but the are people who like comfort under their feet