how to garuntee work

Hello guys, im new to the plumbers forum and i was wondering if any of you chaps could give me some advice on how to garuntee work, some guys will give a 5 year garuntee on their work. how do you back this up? i know that roofers for example have insurance to back up their work. is it a similar case with plumbing? do any of you guys have insurance to back up your work garuntee?

thanks any advice would be appreciated.

I just return (free of charge of course) if they're not happy.

Apart from (when I was new) a radiator falling off a wall (BIG EMBARRASSING OOPS!!! ) and the odd small leak, it's never been an issue.

Just be conscientious and careful first time round and don't tackle anything more than you're comfortable with.

I will only guarantee anything if my parts are used which is three months, I have never had a problem with this

I offer 2 years on all bathroom refurbs. As above if there is a problem just go back and put it right.

so there is no national standard to say you have to guarantee your work for x amount of time then?

Yes read 'Supply of goods and services Act'

It may suprise you!

garauntee for 5 years then tell them to p off when they call you

joking bye the way

In my terms and conditions I point out I will guarantee my workmanship for 12 months, if I've supplied the parts I will go back and replace foc, if they've supplied the parts all bets are off

Mark, if the parts you fit fail do you seek the cost of replacing from the maufacturer?

If any parts I fit fail, I give the manufacturers hell. Actually the only things I have had fail have been four Triton electric showers which all but one failed just after their warranties had run out. Hard luck from Triton, tried to sell me expensive parts. I'm NEVER buying Triton stuff again. Bristan on the other hand sent a replacement part free of charge even though the item was out of warranty. Tops!

Aqualisa and Mira are pretty good at giving the spares out too. I have had new cartridges from both FOC outside of warranties.

Yeah i will give 12 months on my labour and my parts. And yeah i find bristan very good on giving spares free of charge so i tend to fit alot of their taps.

i fitted a new outside tap today when i turned it on to test no water........ so i isolated took it off and checked water supply all was good i then checked the none return valve in the tap and it was sticking a bit so i freed it off. put tap back on and still nothing took it off again and the had put a none return valve in the outlet end of the tap aswell. no water wasever going to pass that tap.