Emergency Plumber. Out of hours.

[moonlight]

I dont think the person who did this should call themselves a Plumber

No wonder the toilet kept running . Nice new valve fitted.

Trading standards now involved.

 

[Best]

The plumber surely didn't charge anything for that bodge?

 

[moonlight]

You wouldn't believe me, he also fitted the cheapest mono block tap possible and charged her £400

 

[turnpin]

Are they gold screws? at that price they should be..regards Turnpin

 

[Best]

He has got a weeks wages from her, for what should have been a couple hours work probably maximum.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Too many rip off merchants out there. I get stuff like this sometimes. It winds me up.

 

[moonlight]

Obviously the cistern was still running, she contacted the emergency plumbing company asking for it to be put right. No joy. Trading standards now involved. Good job I kept the picture will be used as evidence too.

I hate shoddy work. Call themselves Plumbers. Disgusting.

 

[Best]

It would have been a disgustingly high price even if the work had have been professionally done!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

thats the best one ive seen in a long while

 

[Chuck]

The painful thing about this one is that the guy who did it was clearly not stupid. They had a replacement float valve but it was too big to fit in the cistern. Okay, they modified it and even used two screws to make sure the join was strong. But it was jamming because the float was touching the back of the cistern. The spare low (? red, anyway) pressure seating came to the rescue as a sliding spacer keeping the float away from the back. This works because it's been positioned it close to the hinge where the mechanical advantage can overcome the friction.