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Made the mistake of working for a complete bellend and agreeing to first fix a house for him. He is a groundworker who has never built a house before..
So on the first fix, he'd bought the soil pipe for the bathroom up inside the bathroom instead of outside for the toilet to run directly into. No big issue you might think eh? Well this bellend has brought it up from the concrete screed not in the corner but in the middle of the bloody wall..
I explained his options were to dig up the screed and remove it or box the whole bloody wall in to get a toilet and cistern to sit back against it. The waste pipe for the basin on the wall next to it has to go in above the WC branch as there is no room to bring it in below...
No drains outside of course, not even for the condensate pipe for the external oil boiler..
Now today, a phone call. Not one actually, but 3 in the middle of a quote appointment. Finally apologise and get the phone out, expecting it to be a really important call from one of my staff. Most people get the hint after 2 times and leave a message. Not him.
Him - 'Keiran, you've forgotten to run pipes in the kitchen..'
Me - 'Oh really? What pipes are they then?'
Him - 'Radiator pipes'
Me - 'Well when we left they were there. Steve and I ran them both ourselves.'
I go off to double check with Steve and sure enough he also remembers clipping them to the wall platem running them down the breeze block wall in 10mm plastic microbore and hammering in the nail clips.
Me - 'I suspect one of your workers has unclipped them and tucked them back up in the loft for some reason.'
This idiot wants to supply his own boiler for the second fix (he is a groundworker remember not a plumber). I've tried to explain if he wants me to second fix I supply the boiler or he gets another plumber in.
How do I politely tell him to f*** off please? The guy is an effing bellend.
So on the first fix, he'd bought the soil pipe for the bathroom up inside the bathroom instead of outside for the toilet to run directly into. No big issue you might think eh? Well this bellend has brought it up from the concrete screed not in the corner but in the middle of the bloody wall..
I explained his options were to dig up the screed and remove it or box the whole bloody wall in to get a toilet and cistern to sit back against it. The waste pipe for the basin on the wall next to it has to go in above the WC branch as there is no room to bring it in below...
No drains outside of course, not even for the condensate pipe for the external oil boiler..
Now today, a phone call. Not one actually, but 3 in the middle of a quote appointment. Finally apologise and get the phone out, expecting it to be a really important call from one of my staff. Most people get the hint after 2 times and leave a message. Not him.
Him - 'Keiran, you've forgotten to run pipes in the kitchen..'
Me - 'Oh really? What pipes are they then?'
Him - 'Radiator pipes'
Me - 'Well when we left they were there. Steve and I ran them both ourselves.'
I go off to double check with Steve and sure enough he also remembers clipping them to the wall platem running them down the breeze block wall in 10mm plastic microbore and hammering in the nail clips.
Me - 'I suspect one of your workers has unclipped them and tucked them back up in the loft for some reason.'
This idiot wants to supply his own boiler for the second fix (he is a groundworker remember not a plumber). I've tried to explain if he wants me to second fix I supply the boiler or he gets another plumber in.
How do I politely tell him to f*** off please? The guy is an effing bellend.
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