Recent content by zanwan

lol so you dont usually wear gloves? Theres work i will do, and work i will not touch, and removing blocked poo is something i shall not do!

lol :lol: look you wouldnt understand! Your an electrician (guessing by your name) and electrics is generally much cleaner work then plumbing!

Went to a job a few months back which had similar issue. Boiler seemed fine, no hot taps running but boiler would fire up constantly for hot water. I checked all visible pipework, no leaks, no damp patches etc. 7 Trent had even randomly turned up at the house saying the water usage at the...

:shock: :) And you call yourself a plumber?? Plumber/Heating Engineer/Bathroom fitter/kitchen fitter/Tiler etc. Although soon to be qualified Gas Fitter.....

From working in nice cosy banks/IT offices for over 10 years, i'm not about to work on bogs for pennies.

From my own experiences I have found the BnQ/Screwfix no nonsense trade sealants to be the best. I've used Unibonds expensive range and all of these have gone mouldy after several months. However I have had very few problems with the No Nonsense range which is surprising considering you...

Agile/Tony replied to one of my posts in regards to pricing of a job, and i felt it would be an interesting topic to discuss on its own. Now £135 may seem high to some but you have to consider several points. Firstly the job may be 10 mins, 20 mins etc but no plumber will charge by the...

It depends on the trainee, if the trainee is competant to do the work to a high standard, why would the 50 something RGI guy put his aging body through all that hard work when his trainee can do most of it, and the supervisor will just check it over?

NO GAS CHECK IN 3 YEARS?!!!! Thats illegal. Landlord safety certs must be done for all gas appliances every year. :shock: Is your landlord letting through a proper lettings agency or is he doing in privately, "off the record" so to speak? I'd get on his case immediately, gas appliances not...

I would advice against polyplumb under floors or in any inaccesible place. I prefer to always used soldered copper joints in inaccessible places, far less likely to leak. Polyplumb, if any joints start leaking, you'll have to pull up the flooring/screen to get to it. I'd strongly recommend...

no, thats not normal. Could be a number of issues. The inlet gas pressure to the boiler may be set incorrectly, the burner pressure on boiler may also need to be adjusted. If the boiler is properly comissioned and serviced you shouldnt get these problems. Not likely but you may also have a...

i was referring to electric showers. Didnt bother checking which shower the other poster was having with, just assumed it was electric :)

been very busy, working pretty much 7 days week, long 12 hour days as getting bombarded with work for the past 12 months! On top of this studying for the gas safe qual.

you dont seem too pleased? I suppose you advise customers to buy an expensive new shower, charge them through the roof to fit it, when their previous shower could have been adjusted to give hotter water, tsk tsk! you naughty boy :P

....and? I've done this on a couple of jobs and saved the customer a heap of money as they wanted to change the full showers to more expensive models as they felt showers were not powerful enough to give the heat they wanted. If saving customers money is a crime, please call the police!