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Macabre
Hi All. Though I'd pop by and say hello. I've been looking for a plumbing specific forum to provide me with any future help, advice and friendly banter.
I am currently doing a part time evening C&G 7202 level 1 Plumbing course at my local college. This was instigated by my difficulty in obtaining a plumber to replace a leaky ball cock valve in my ancient Fortic hot water tank. I managed to get one in the end (a former work colleague incidentally who had retrained). However I felt this was something I could have done myself and all the plumbers I had contacted were just not interested in taking on this type of job.
So I decided to embark on my very own plumbing journey of discovery and enlightenment.
I was initially very apprehensive because of my age and gender (female fast approaching 40), but the group on my course are fantastic. As I expected I'm the only female, but I've never felt out of place or uncomfortable and I'm thoroughly enjoying myself. I plan on returning next September to do the level 2 course.
What to do in the future I'm unsure of. Initially I just want to be able to do all my basic plumbing (so far I've replaced my shower, some tap washers, unblocked my drains and replaced my downpipe and hopper). I want to at some point replace my bathroom and kitchen.
A future possibility is to actually re-train as a plumber, but will see how this works out. By the time I have spent two years in college on the C&G course I will have paid off my mortgage and hopefully rustled together a bit of savings, so will be a bit more financially free to give up my day job (pays well but boring) and perhaps find someone to employ me whilst I do my NVQ(s). Basically I'm leaving my options open.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings, hope to catch people about the site.
I am currently doing a part time evening C&G 7202 level 1 Plumbing course at my local college. This was instigated by my difficulty in obtaining a plumber to replace a leaky ball cock valve in my ancient Fortic hot water tank. I managed to get one in the end (a former work colleague incidentally who had retrained). However I felt this was something I could have done myself and all the plumbers I had contacted were just not interested in taking on this type of job.
So I decided to embark on my very own plumbing journey of discovery and enlightenment.
I was initially very apprehensive because of my age and gender (female fast approaching 40), but the group on my course are fantastic. As I expected I'm the only female, but I've never felt out of place or uncomfortable and I'm thoroughly enjoying myself. I plan on returning next September to do the level 2 course.
What to do in the future I'm unsure of. Initially I just want to be able to do all my basic plumbing (so far I've replaced my shower, some tap washers, unblocked my drains and replaced my downpipe and hopper). I want to at some point replace my bathroom and kitchen.
A future possibility is to actually re-train as a plumber, but will see how this works out. By the time I have spent two years in college on the C&G course I will have paid off my mortgage and hopefully rustled together a bit of savings, so will be a bit more financially free to give up my day job (pays well but boring) and perhaps find someone to employ me whilst I do my NVQ(s). Basically I'm leaving my options open.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings, hope to catch people about the site.
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