2 hours to fix a toilet leak

[yartin]

I said a good plumber.

 

[just pumps]

I said a good plumber.

True however you also firmly stated to the OP that it was a rip off.

 

[yartin]

True however you also firmly stated to the OP that it was a rip off.

Yes it was rip off, if toilet as put on here rusted and old, a good and honest plumber would have told him same labour of 2 hours but either £40+vat (£48) valve or £59 new toilet from B&Q, it ain't rocket science which option the OP would have gone for.

https://www.diy.com/departments/plu...with-standard-close-seat/3663602306306_BQ.prd

 

[just pumps]

And if the bathroom had a coloured suite then what would you do. Im really getting the feeling that you dont work in peoples homes as a plumber but at the end of the day Im willing to agree to disagree on the matter.

 

[ETAF]

just out of interest , was it 2 hours on site including any time travelling to collect the part , if not , then @£80 hour £32 to go and pickup the part and return to site
maybe

Also was it an identical part to the one in screwfix , make etc ?

 

[gas112]

Sorry but you've been ripped off. How much is a new toilet , around £100? It would have been easier to throw old and fit new one, don't use him again. It won't take more than 2 hours to fit new one, a good plumber would do in 1 hour.

£80 + VAT is too high, are you in central London?

so what about the possible new flooring and redecorating or do you think all toilets are the exact same size ?

 

[ianmcd]

Simples, next time you need a plumbing job done get Plimlico out, then tell us that you were ripped off

 

[gas112]

Amount of times i have left the house and said to mrs see you soon its a straight forward job i wont be long . few hours later you get back home everything that should have came apart hasnt and your doing your best not to break something

 

[HERTS P&D]

Simples, next time you need a plumbing job done get Pimlico out, then tell us that you were ripped off

See below:

https://www.pimlicoplumbers.com/rates

Come on Yartin, what do you think?

Andy

 

[just pumps]

Amount of times i have left the house and said to mrs see you soon its a straight forward job i wont be long . few hours later you get back home everything that should have came apart hasnt and your doing your best not to break something

Yep, and the lady is standing there with arms crossed and giving you THAT look!

 

[opps]

Were you there? If it was all straight forward and easy then yes an hour is doable however if every nut, bolt and screw was rusted with cistern stuck to wall and pan stuck to floor in a room slightly wder than the cistern width then I doubt I could do that in one hour.

I don't have a dog in this "fight" but if the nuts and bolts for the cistern were rusted, if you used a box spanner to loosen them, wouldn't the bolt snap? It has been ages since I fitted a close couple toilet but I thought that the donut coupler had bolts with square heads to stop them spinning. BTW, if I am wrong, please do correct me. One of things that I love about this site is that people who know more than me correct me as required.

 

[Nige F]

. One of things that I love about this site is that people who know more than me correct me as required.

And tell will tell you and anyone that only he is right.

 

[opps]

See below:

https://www.pimlicoplumbers.com/rates

Come on Yartin, what do you think?

Andy

There was someone on this forum a couple of months ago that was (from memory) charged about £500 by Pimlico to swap put a hob extractor (that the home owner supplied). The clown even managed to damage the existing cabinets and was seemingly only on site for a handful of hours.

 

[just pumps]

Some do and some dont opps, all sorts out there.

 

[just pumps]

And they will tell you and anyone that only he is right.

Cant teach an old dog new tricks you mean.