****-poor Plumbing Woes
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Not impressed. Just got up to get a drink (it's too bloody hot tonight..) and after taking the opportunity to have a piss, I went to wash my hands. As I stood at the basin it struck me that the mat felt curiously damp underfoot. A quick check and the whole thing is sodden...
I take a look behind the pedestal to see if anything obvious is amiss and spot THE shonkiest plumbing work I've seen in a long time! The waste pipe barely reaches the downpipe from the bottom of the plug and there's been water pouring out of it every time I've used the basin recently. I've only just noticed the problem and I don't know how long it's been doing it for - possibly a couple of days. The carpet and underlay are soaked so I've peeled them back to let them dry as best I can. I've also managed a temporary repair but it's not a long-term solution.
I'm really annoyed that the builders did such a rubbish job when they put it together - it's quite tricky to access as they've tiled round the pipework and boxed sections in. It's not the first s
t bit of plumbing I've found either; last year the kitchen sink overflow got used for the first time when I left it filling. It subsequently pissed water into the cupboard below. I sorted that myself with some sealant - there was none on the join where the waste pipe joined the overflow outlet...!
I'm now tired, grumpy and awake when I need to be up early to go to the FoS. I've half a mind to find out from the house builder who the plumbing was subbed out to, just so's I can ring them up to tell them they suck donkey-cock.
fkers.
I take a look behind the pedestal to see if anything obvious is amiss and spot THE shonkiest plumbing work I've seen in a long time! The waste pipe barely reaches the downpipe from the bottom of the plug and there's been water pouring out of it every time I've used the basin recently. I've only just noticed the problem and I don't know how long it's been doing it for - possibly a couple of days. The carpet and underlay are soaked so I've peeled them back to let them dry as best I can. I've also managed a temporary repair but it's not a long-term solution.
I'm really annoyed that the builders did such a rubbish job when they put it together - it's quite tricky to access as they've tiled round the pipework and boxed sections in. It's not the first s
t bit of plumbing I've found either; last year the kitchen sink overflow got used for the first time when I left it filling. It subsequently pissed water into the cupboard below. I sorted that myself with some sealant - there was none on the join where the waste pipe joined the overflow outlet...!I'm now tired, grumpy and awake when I need to be up early to go to the FoS. I've half a mind to find out from the house builder who the plumbing was subbed out to, just so's I can ring them up to tell them they suck donkey-cock.
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kers.Edited by Funk on Friday 2nd July 02:54
We have two cisterns with push down buttons - one for a full flush and one for a part flush. These have never really worked properly and we have replaced both of their flushy bits in the ten years we have had them - one is now playing up again. I spent a couple of hours on Saturdat taking it all apart and refitting it, which is a game as the cistern has been mounted about three quarters of an inch off centre from the pan. This, in turn, means that the flimsy plastic tubes which push the flushy bits down, and the plastic holder at the top which holds it all in place, are having to work at an angle of about 20 degrees. They don't like this and of course they jam or break.
I could loosen off the pan and move it but we have just had an amtico floor fitted around it, or I could move the cistern but the water supply is buried and immoveable.
Question: Why did the fkucing plumber not do the job to properly in the first place in a virgin and empty room?
Answer: Why should he when he could bodge it up like most tradesmen seem to do.
I could loosen off the pan and move it but we have just had an amtico floor fitted around it, or I could move the cistern but the water supply is buried and immoveable.
Question: Why did the fkucing plumber not do the job to properly in the first place in a virgin and empty room?
Answer: Why should he when he could bodge it up like most tradesmen seem to do.
rlw said:
We have two cisterns with push down buttons - one for a full flush and one for a part flush. These have never really worked properly and we have replaced both of their flushy bits in the ten years we have had them - one is now playing up again. I spent a couple of hours on Saturdat taking it all apart and refitting it, which is a game as the cistern has been mounted about three quarters of an inch off centre from the pan. This, in turn, means that the flimsy plastic tubes which push the flushy bits down, and the plastic holder at the top which holds it all in place, are having to work at an angle of about 20 degrees. They don't like this and of course they jam or break.
I could loosen off the pan and move it but we have just had an amtico floor fitted around it, or I could move the cistern but the water supply is buried and immoveable.
Question: Why did the fkucing plumber not do the job to properly in the first place in a virgin and empty room?
Answer: Why should he when he could bodge it up like most tradesmen seem to do.
cut water pipe. Move cistern. Add flexible connector. Half an hour and about a fiver. You're welcome!I could loosen off the pan and move it but we have just had an amtico floor fitted around it, or I could move the cistern but the water supply is buried and immoveable.
Question: Why did the fkucing plumber not do the job to properly in the first place in a virgin and empty room?
Answer: Why should he when he could bodge it up like most tradesmen seem to do.
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