Jobs You Won't Do Or You're Considering Not Doing Anymore

[WaterTight]

Leaking pan connector on existing installed toilet.

Did one today. It's the most perfect combination of fiddly, frustrating and filthy.

I made good money from it. But I feel like I need ten showers and some therapy.

 

[stevetheplumber]

i dont do sani flows ive got a hundred percent record of getting the lid of and not being able to get it back on so dont bother now

 

[WaterTight]

If I could lay my hands on the guys who installed this then I'd get plenty of work just following him around and rectifying!

Sounds painful.

 

[Koogatubac]

i have no problem changing pan connectors (thick bleach down first )

DO NOT DO - unblocking toilets or anything to do with blocked 4" pipework

hate lofts and rockwall -hate it

hate staying home and having no work

Great tip here! Normally get all hands on dirty dirty haha

 

[jackyp1234]

i work for a firm and i always get sent out to sanifloes, blocked drains everything dirty, dont mind it at all lol was abit grossed out the first time i took a sani flo lid off and found a old bloody tampon in the blades but ow well lol

 

[johnnyplumb]

your not a real plumber till you've cleared a blocked waste pipe on a mortuary slab.

always sorts the men from the boys :wink:

 

[Phil]

your not a real plumber till you've cleared a blocked waste pipe on a mortuary slab.

always sorts the men from the boys :wink:

Ha Luxury....I once changed a bathroom suite where the old fella had died in the bath a laid there undiscovered a fortnight.

 

[dontknowitall]

I'm quite happy getting my hands filthy but would like to know:

a) Why do I have an itchy nose/mouth/face as soon as I start?
b) Why do I have a hunger attack before I can wash?

BUT

I won't touch saniflos or drains (from wc's) anymore. It's the smell. Even someone doing a no.2 makes me wretch. I'd be pathetic as a night nurse in a hospital ward.

 

[Rickster123]

How can you be a plumber and not do poo?

Im not a plumber I'm a heating engineer! :greedy:

 

[Rickster123]

Ha Luxury....I once changed a bathroom suite where the old fella had died in the bath a laid there undiscovered a fortnight.[

I think I just threw up a little bit!

 

[Millsy 82]

Im not a plumber I'm a heating engineer! :greedy:

Thats what I keep saying, I dont go anywhere near poo leave that to the people who dont mind it.

 

[jase158]

I know what you mean, but what if you go to an old loo, rusty screws to floor, tiled around base, & perhaps even the soil pipe angle wrong - so a bit of a botch. Maybe also customer has little money & you have little time. Quick remedy just to use sealant.

yeah but as a last resort

 

[billybob150811]

rice and veg decompose with attitude makes a blockage fun if you get it on your clothes

 

[tamz]

your not a real plumber till you've cleared a blocked waste pipe on a mortuary slab.

always sorts the men from the boys :wink:

Never did that one but if the money was right..........:lol:

 

[Mickyplumb]

Anything to do with bloody Gledhill.

3 times now I've gone out to 3 separate calls over the last five years, all PCB failures. Ordered new PCB's, fitted them and they've gone straight away. One turned out to be a spiked pump, the other a spiked 3 port and the final one was a problem with a dry pocket sensor. Terrible things if you ask me. Also, seen 2 go up in flames following on from overheated relays. Terrible things.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Anything to do with bloody Gledhill.

3 times now I've gone out to 3 separate calls over the last five years, all PCB failures. Ordered new PCB's, fitted them and they've gone straight away. One turned out to be a spiked pump, the other a spiked 3 port and the final one was a problem with a dry pocket sensor. Terrible things if you ask me. Also, seen 2 go up in flames following on from overheated relays. Terrible things.

what are you on about ???

 

[Mickyplumb]

what are you on about ???

Elaborate ? Do you want to see photos of the 2 that went up in flames? One on an estate in Enfield, nearly killed a Mum and 3 year old son, like I said, terrible things.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

sorry Mickplumb , I thought Gledhill is brand that makes open vent direct/indirect cylinders

 

[Mickyplumb]

sorry Mickplumb , I thought Gledhill is brand that makes open vent direct/indirect cylinders

Sorry SGI, I think they do them too but they do these all in one type thermal stores, amongst other things. I'm obviously speaking from experience but following on from the two fires, what got me was their attitude afterwards. On one of these, I was called in just after the fire brigade was called to make it safe as after they put the fire out, they couldn't work out what was going on. After this incident, we were called to check out the immersion relays on all the remaining Gledhills in the building, about 24 in all. I was shocked to see that 50% of them had relays, that in my opinion were going to go the same way. After talking to Gledhill on numerous occasions regarding this incident, they just shrugged their shoulders and never even sent a rep down to investigate. What shocked me though more that anything is that the management company notified the HSE. You know what, they said that because it wasn't gas related then they weren't interested and couldn't assist. They advised we called the local authority, we did but they weren't interested either. The fire service were mad as hell at this situation from top to bottom, all this went on for over the course on 2 months. So, as I say, I probably say they are terrible things because they frighten the life out of me.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

thanks god i do not do this all in one thermal stores .Sound like you really have gone through lots of aggravation and stress !

Lesson learned for me from this thread , Thanks Mickyplumb !!!

 

[Mickyplumb]

thanks god i do not do this all in one thermal stores .Sound like you really have gone through lots of aggravation and stress !

Lesson learned for me from this thread , Thanks Mickyplumb !!!

Thanks SGI. As I say, these are based on my experiences but I bet there's 50 other guys on this forum who say they are best things ever !

Cheers SGI !

 

[pobsdad]

Gledhill specialised in thermal stores,but somehow managed to turn a simple cylinder into over complicated rocket science!Seen loads of Electromate relays melt and burn,and as for the Boilermate,what a piece of junk!Still keep fixing em,though.
I refuse point blank to do anything above 10th floor without an apprentice if the lift is out!Went to reseal a bath on the 8th last week on my todd,got up the stairs and realised I'd left my Bedec formers in the van.Made it back up and half way through removing the old silicone,I bust my snap off stanley blade.Guess where my new ones were?In the sodding van.I honestly thought I was going to die!I've had 2 minor heart attacks,and nearly had a third that day.

 

[gasmanrob]

burnt relays sounds like the boilermate 2000 to me found many of them in that state but only the ones running electric only the ones connected to a boiler (usually a suprima):nonod: dont seem to suffer the same problem. also find with the 2000 that due to the amount of insulation they are wrapped in they sweat and rot! have removed so many of these now (around 20 or so) due to this fault and belive me they are not light!!

...And then there is the boilermate 3 dont get me started on these little nasties!!

Having said that if they werent terrible i wouldnt have had all that work and and might have found myself changing a pan connector...

 

[Mickyplumb]

burnt relays sounds like the boilermate 2000 to me found many of them in that state but only the ones running electric only the ones connected to a boiler (usually a suprima):nonod: dont seem to suffer the same problem. also find with the 2000 that due to the amount of insulation they are wrapped in they sweat and rot! have removed so many of these now (around 20 or so) due to this fault and belive me they are not light!!

...And then there is the boilermate 3 dont get me started on these little nasties!!

Having said that if they werent terrible i wouldnt have had all that work and and might have found myself changing a pan connector...

Yep, thinking back they were the 2000's. Take the front cover off and the relays are sitting there staring you in the face.