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Post by pb on Mar 17, 2021 19:56:55 GMT
Am I the only one who hates working on them or installing them ? I hate it when you go to change a plug waste for someone - it's a tight pedestal and been tiled into the floor so you can't even twist it for extra room  |
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Post by cylinderfella on Mar 17, 2021 20:28:06 GMT
One of the worst inventions! Always tight up against a wall on one side. You feel like getting a lump hammer at the pedestal, then the job would be 15 minutes but no, oh no, changing the waste means getting on your back and squeezing your head around the pedastal.
I could go on.....
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Post by tomplum on Mar 17, 2021 20:29:03 GMT
yep, I feel your pain,,,  |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 17, 2021 22:16:33 GMT
Am I the only one who hates working on them or installing them ? I hate it when you go to change a plug waste for someone - it's a tight pedestal and been tiled into the floor so you can't even twist it for extra room  Totally agree p.b, had a few myself recently, purchased this box spanner, been a help when working in situ..  |
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Post by wetfinger on Mar 17, 2021 22:29:43 GMT
I had it last night on a job an ooh while you are here, ensuite basin pop up needs swapping for a clicker, as she walks me through the bedroom i'm thinking please be a vanity, please be a vanity. No! two triple whammys, pedestal, tiled in, siliconed to wall no screws, lip locking pedestal to basin, copper pipes in way of waste, no service valves gravity hot water, dodgy looking gate valve in airing cupboard and no loft ladder I said right that's me! its 7:30pm and its my tea time.
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Post by pb on Mar 17, 2021 23:12:05 GMT
Am I the only one who hates working on them or installing them ? I hate it when you go to change a plug waste for someone - it's a tight pedestal and been tiled into the floor so you can't even twist it for extra room Totally agree p.b, had a few myself recently, purchased this box spanner, been a help when working in situ.. View AttachmentI have one endfeed, haven't had a nut it fits yet  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 18, 2021 6:52:47 GMT
One of the worst inventions! Always tight up against a wall on one side. You feel like getting a lump hammer at the pedestal, then the job would be 15 minutes but no, oh no, changing the waste means getting on your back and squeezing your head around the pedastal. I could go on..... Yes & if it’s next to the toilet when you’re down there the whiff of stale piss from the 1980’s carpet slowly knocks you out. |
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Post by dickpuller on Mar 18, 2021 7:26:11 GMT
My 6” Footies help a lot. But if it looks too difficult I just say, ‘I’ll not be able to remove the old one without damaging the Basin’.
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Post by woodbine66 on Mar 18, 2021 12:44:41 GMT
One of the worst inventions! Always tight up against a wall on one side. You feel like getting a lump hammer at the pedestal, then the job would be 15 minutes but no, oh no, changing the waste means getting on your back and squeezing your head around the pedastal. I could go on..... Yes & if it’s next to the toilet when you’re down there the whiff of stale piss from the 1980’s carpet slowly knocks you out.
Went to a leaking toilet cistern in an HMO last year. Turned out it was cracked and needed replacement. I passed on the job because the bog was squeezed between wall one side and bath the other. Only way to do the job was to kneel on the heavily piss stained carpet and be rubbing my elbows on the equally piss stained wall and bath panel either side. Can still smell it.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 18, 2021 14:35:02 GMT
Yes & if it’s next to the toilet when you’re down there the whiff of stale piss from the 1980’s carpet slowly knocks you out.
Went to a leaking toilet cistern in an HMO last year. Turned out it was cracked and needed replacement. I passed on the job because the bog was squeezed between wall one side and bath the other. Only way to do the job was to kneel on the heavily piss stained carpet and be rubbing my elbows on the equally piss stained wall and bath panel either side. Can still smell it.
Nasty business |
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Post by DIYDafty on Mar 18, 2021 15:47:42 GMT
Yes & if it’s next to the toilet when you’re down there the whiff of stale piss from the 1980’s carpet slowly knocks you out.
Went to a leaking toilet cistern in an HMO last year. Turned out it was cracked and needed replacement. I passed on the job because the bog was squeezed between wall one side and bath the other. Only way to do the job was to kneel on the heavily piss stained carpet and be rubbing my elbows on the equally piss stained wall and bath panel either side. Can still smell it.
Just out of interest how do you explain that to the landlord ? I mean surely you can't just say "...I can't do it....?". Maybe mention a health&safety issue? But then he'll think you're a pen pusher and won't invite you back. Good job I'm not a plumber and if I was I'd probably only do gassafe certificates....  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 18, 2021 15:58:11 GMT
Went to a leaking toilet cistern in an HMO last year. Turned out it was cracked and needed replacement. I passed on the job because the bog was squeezed between wall one side and bath the other. Only way to do the job was to kneel on the heavily piss stained carpet and be rubbing my elbows on the equally piss stained wall and bath panel either side. Can still smell it.
Just out of interest how do you explain that to the landlord ? I mean surely you can't just say "...I can't do it....?". Maybe mention a health&safety issue? But then he'll think you're a pen pusher and won't invite you back. Good job I'm not a plumber and if I was I'd probably only do gassafe certificates.... Explain what? That’s the positive of self employment. Pick & choose jobs. Screw what the LL wants or thinks. He doesn’t call the shots. |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 18, 2021 17:10:18 GMT
Totally agree p.b, had a few myself recently, purchased this box spanner, been a help when working in situ.. View AttachmentI have one endfeed, haven't had a nut it fits yet give it a good filing,then stick your nob down it,if that doesn't stretch it,I'll pop around and sort it😁 |
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Post by woodbine66 on Mar 18, 2021 17:55:18 GMT
Went to a leaking toilet cistern in an HMO last year. Turned out it was cracked and needed replacement. I passed on the job because the bog was squeezed between wall one side and bath the other. Only way to do the job was to kneel on the heavily piss stained carpet and be rubbing my elbows on the equally piss stained wall and bath panel either side. Can still smell it.
Just out of interest how do you explain that to the landlord ? I mean surely you can't just say "...I can't do it....?". Maybe mention a health&safety issue? But then he'll think you're a pen pusher and won't invite you back. Good job I'm not a plumber and if I was I'd probably only do gassafe certificates....
The landlord's usual plumber wasn't available for a week as he was away. As it was only a slight leak, I just said I couldn't fit it in for a couple of weeks as too busy. Said it would be quicker to wait for landlord's normal plumber to return. And quickly left.
Wasn't as if I was losing a customer as he had a regular plumber.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 18, 2021 18:39:37 GMT
Just out of interest how do you explain that to the landlord ? I mean surely you can't just say "...I can't do it....?". Maybe mention a health&safety issue? But then he'll think you're a pen pusher and won't invite you back. Good job I'm not a plumber and if I was I'd probably only do gassafe certificates....
The landlord's usual plumber wasn't available for a week as he was away. As it was only a slight leak, I just said I couldn't fit it in for a couple of weeks as too busy. Said it would be quicker to wait for landlord's normal plumber to return. And quickly left.
Wasn't as if I was losing a customer as he had a regular plumber.
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