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[StumpedCanary]

resite a toilet? Want to move from where it is now to where a bidet used to be but plumber saying something about concrete and sump pipe width...

 

[Agile]

If your plumber says its difficult then one assumes that it is!

Thats one of the problems, customers don't believe the advice their plumbers give them!

I dont see people questioning what they are told by their doctor, dentist, accountant or even the greatest rogues, solicitors!

Tony

 

[AMEdinburgh]

They should be questioning them, Tony! You can't go down the merchants for a new heart if your doctor ruins the one already fitted.


Everyone offering advice should be able to explain the reasoning for their advice in a way the client understands. Stumped Canary should ask his plumber to explain again, what steps would be required to achieve his aim and the difficulty, disruption & expense involved. If it's going to be a large job it might be worth a second opinion/quote as there are often alternative solutions.

 

[ChrisR]

Too right, ask another!

Tony is on a very high horse so is near god, omniscient for anything to do with plumbing.

Unfortunately a lot of ordinary blokes like me who call themselves plumbers when it suits, are quite thick.

 

[Agile]

I usually only do plumbing for myself and a few very close friends.

I have to confess that I did fit some new bath taps for a lady nearby a few weeks ago.

That was worthwhile because the job went well and her boiler gas valve failed a few days later so she called me to repair that for her.

I dont think that you could call Chris "yer average plumber" !

Tony

 

[StumpedCanary]

Well, well lads, thank you for your conversation - this is the thing, 2 other plumbers (1 who did a bad job and the other who cancelled on me after agreeing the work/price etc) did not foresee a difficulty. Now the guy who came last week has been in the business for 32 yrs and so have a tendency to lean toward him, but wonder if his age is making him lean toward it being more difficult than a younger man would find it (he was wheezing heavily after a short walk).
I suppose my question ought to have been "how difficult is it to widen a bidet outflow pipe to a toilet pipe size when laid in concrete"... the bathroom is above the walkway of the apartments below so not digging onto someones roof - ideas please!

 

[Agile]

A difficult job is difficult whoever does it.

An experienced person is more likely to be able to identify the problems in advance.

I would never employ anyone who smokes! If he cannot manage his own unhealthy adictions then I could not trust him to manage a job for me!

Tony

 

[Paul Barker]

it is more likely that the old hand will get it right but not a certainty.

People don't realise the skills we are using every moment on the job.

The young trainee even when the wisdom is spelled out to them writen in blood in front of their face chiselled into their skull goes his own way with all the vigor of his youth and the job has to be started again in the end by one with sense.