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Post by endfeed on Mar 6, 2021 18:56:14 GMT
Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted.ran a sani flow pump down in a basement, had to hide exposed pipes. Used plastic window board for boxing Inn, easy to cut, and looks nice,can hide cuts with the lip of the window board,easy to clean and no painting when finished,I'm well happy with outcome 
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Post by tomplum on Mar 6, 2021 19:34:29 GMT
nice work there endfeed,, |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 6, 2021 19:54:07 GMT
nice work there endfeed,, cheers tom! how's retirement treating you? Was it hard coming off the tools? |
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Post by tomplum on Mar 6, 2021 20:08:34 GMT
no mate, the hard bit is saying no to everyone who calls up for work needing doing, You can't begin to understand why, its hard to say, " sorry I'm retired " , so then they say " do you know anyone who can help, I'm desperate ", so the next stage is, " what do you need doing" and your already getting sucked in, Even today I went out changing some sink taps, I thought. 'piece of piss, guess what ? I struggled my bollocks off, it was a bastard, I came away saying to my self, " right that fucking it, never again and I realy realy realy mean it now, " and I've been saying that since 2017,  |
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Post by pb on Mar 6, 2021 20:23:55 GMT
Nice job endfeed |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 6, 2021 20:25:09 GMT
Its addictive tom, I nipped today to do basin taps on a stainless steel basin, freeby (family) said to missis won't be long, the bloody shanks were longer on the new taps,so had to piss about altering pipework🙄🙄🙄.
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Post by tomplum on Mar 6, 2021 21:34:02 GMT
Its always the case when you say, I'll not be long, you've just given yourself the, kiss of death,  |
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Post by DIYDafty on Mar 6, 2021 21:41:31 GMT
Anyone want to pop round and change a couple of bedrooms to bathroom? It'll not take long....  Edit: I got a better one: "Could you just move the toilet a few feet on to the other wall?" |
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Post by tomplum on Mar 6, 2021 22:02:49 GMT
well the better one would be a defo,, sorry mate no chance because its out the , ' in and out in half an hour' bracket, its the easy jobs that get you, Today was a kitchen sink tap, I'd never seen it but, I had a vision in my head, she sent me a picture, i could see the iso valves and flexi pipes and i thought, yea, I'll be in and out in half an hour and its just half a mile away, So I arrived 11 am as arranged, quick chit chat then , on it I went, valves siezed, the tap was on the dividing board twix the sink and washing machine, I had to get the washing machine out and it was fitted before the cushioned floor and there was no headroom, the nighmare was opening up and getting worse by the second, That is when you either walk out or, dig deep, I'm not one for walking out so then you have to dig deep into your resolve and think, this is not football, this is plumbing and there is only one winner and, that is me,, and yes I won, the tap eventually got changed, then you get that feeling again of, don't mess with the best, cos you'll get fucked like the rest, and that is why, its hard to say no,..  |
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Post by tomplum on Mar 7, 2021 10:30:50 GMT
Just noticed how the lockdown is effecting people, this thread tiled, Boxing Inn, Endfeed is now effected by pub closures,,  |
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Post by woodbine66 on Mar 7, 2021 11:18:57 GMT
this thread tiled, Boxing Inn, Endfeed is now effected by pub closures,, 
Yes, spotted that and thought it unfair to be reminding us pub-goers of what we can't have. 
Reading the stories above confirms what I always say about plumbing - "every job's a bastard." Well, nearly always. The ones that go like a dream are thin on the ground. Usually turning up to a house with a crusty old vented system that hasn't been looked at for 20 years. Everything you touch is either seized or leaks, and the water is like sump oil.
Why do we keep doing it?
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 7, 2021 14:04:32 GMT
Looks good EF
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Post by crowsfoot on Mar 7, 2021 16:26:59 GMT
I reckon it'll be a good idea for me to give away my tools next year when I retire. I think it's the only way it'll stop me doing an Horace!
Horace was a plumber who retired when I was in my mid-twenties. He was a real nice bloke who knew a lot of rich gentlemen but couldn't say no to them and he died in the bathroom of one of them after just a year of retirement!
NB. Nice job ef, did you have to timber frame it first?
Looks very clean and tidy
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Post by endfeed on Mar 7, 2021 16:45:17 GMT
Yes mate, 2x1 Batton inside nothing fancy 👍👍👍 the front panel screws off to access pipes👍
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Post by woodbine66 on Mar 7, 2021 16:50:53 GMT
who knew a lot of rich gentlemen but couldn't say no to them
I hear Olive's sister is like that.
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