What we all working on this week ?

[Deleted member 120897]

1st day back after having last week off, got lumbered with a fault “boiler tripping electrics and blowing fuses” after carrying out basic electrical checks, I managed (after an hour or so) to trace the fault to a 240vac thermostat - customer had hung an air freshener and just have punctured the cable slightly

 

[SimonG]

Started the post easter season with a syphon change, rusted cistern nuts real tip. Moved onto taking a customer through last week's changes to heating system and collecting the £2.5k. Finished off with a nice outside tap washer change and a sort out of the under sink waste plumbing. Followed by the whilst you're here can you tell me if I can split my bathroom in two adding an extra toilet and basin.

Nice easy finishing off new water supply to replace old steel feed tomorrow, as long as Northumbrian Water turn up. Looking for a short day.


Thursday cancelled today as they've just booked up to go away for a week from tomorrow. So looking at pulling the three jobs from Friday into Thursday and having another long weekend.

 

[SimonG]

The long weekend is on, Northumbrian Water didn't turn up. So extra busy tomorrow.

Then 3 days off, or as swmbo says, tome to work in the house.

 

[king of pipes]

Well just about done hear just flooring to go down and damaged parts to replace when they arrive . Kop

 

[SimonG]

Welcome to the chit hole. Damp got nothing on this. Both boss's behind wall been leaking, overflow from toilet just on the floor in the void and light doesn't work.
Soon make something of it.

 

[Scott_D]

Ecotec pro 28 replacing a turbomax

 

[king of pipes]

Shower room finished off customer getting his own flooring done , I had to swap the door around which was a pita want that little bit more room to get in and out ?? Regards kop

 

[king of pipes]

Previous bathroom now finished and dressed

 

[SimonG]

Going to have a look at this. I installed it about 6 years ago. Apparently wheelie bin went up in flames at 1.00 this morning.

 

[king of pipes]

Going to have a look at this. I installed it about 6 years ago. Apparently wheelie bin went up in flames at 1.00 this morning.

Oh dear that looks nasty mate hope you get em sorted out.

 

[SimonG]

Thought it might be salvageable, but damage too severe. Insurance job so new boiler. Fire investigator was there when I called in. No accelerants, didn't start from boiler or oil line, possibly a lithium battery in wheelie bin but cause is officially unexplained. Luckily the boiler stopped the propane tanks exploding.

 

[king of pipes]

Thought it might be salvageable, but damage too severe. Insurance job so new boiler. Fire investigator was there when I called in. No accelerants, didn't start from boiler or oil line, possibly a lithium battery in wheelie bin but cause is officially unexplained. Luckily the boiler stopped the propane tanks exploding.

Ooh it could of been a whole lot worse then mate

 

[SimonG]

Ooh it could of been a whole lot worse then mate

Other than the cracked glass in the kitchen window nothing inside and nobody hurt.

 

[SimonG]

Well there's an hour I won't get back.
Asked to have a look at first fixing for a bathroom and en-suite.
No hot, cold, waste or soil pipework upstairs.
Saniflo for ensuite.
Hot and cold to be picked up from by the boiler and ran through pitched single storey roof space, tee off into ensuite and then into bathroom.
En-suite has thermo shower, basin and wc.
Bathroom has bath, electric shower over, basin and wc.
New 4" soil from wc in bathroom drop into roof space, drop through ceiling, run just below ceiling, core through external wall, tee, new stack only 1 story and connect into existing stack 2m away.
Plus waste pipes for above and connection and pipe for saniflow.
Gives me the plan, attached, then tells me he has a price already. £1,350.00. I told him to snap his hand off.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Including materials?

 

[SimonG]

Including materials?

Supposedly.

 

[SimonG]

I've just sent him my price. £2575. Hopefully I won't hear back. Too much work out there to be grafting for nothing.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Second fixing week

 

[SimonG]

Happy Star Wars day.

Today I'm in court trying to get paid. Not looking good when the other side have Sir Peter Smith KC. Ah well fingers crossed.

 

[king of pipes]

Happy Star Wars day.

Today I'm in court trying to get paid. Not looking good when the other side have Sir Peter Smith KC. Ah well fingers crossed.

Best of luck mate hope it goes your way

 

[SimonG]

Cheers.

List 2 cases for 10.00 and mines the second, typical. Turned up in my work gear as well to hopefully move things along
Their rep requested a private meeting with mine to discuss settlement. I said nope.
I've paid for the hearing, there offering less than 50%.

 

[SimonG]

Well it was a win, not the full win but enough to be happy about it. Found in my favour. At one point though I thought I was getting the death penalty, the barrister was a right obstreperous thomas watt.

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Well it was a win, not the full win but enough to be happy about it. Found in my favour. At one point though I thought I was getting the death penalty, the barrister was a right obstreperous thomas watt.

Glad my parents decided against naming me anything starting with the letter T.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Started and Finished this one off this week I hate old hair plastered walls had to re do them with minimal mess

 

[king of pipes]

Happy customer forwarded the finished shower pictures over does look good now dress and flooring down kop

 

[SimonG]

Bathroom refurb, first of a few for same customer. Once this one's done its downstairs for a new ensuite.
Strange 15mm mlcp pipe been used previously, all with brass push fits.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Tectite mlcp

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just finished this off today

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Did you spot anything @ChrisB1982

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Did you spot anything @ChrisB1982

Can’t say I did, I haven’t done unvented since college, so as a guess the hot water draw off valve?

 

[SimonG]

Just finished this off today

Oh dear, mag filter on cold and useless expansion vessel before nrv and that combi valve will be a pig to change.

Insulation in the van

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Oh dear, mag filter on cold and useless expansion vessel before nrv and that combi valve will be a pig to change.

Insulation in the van

Fecking show off

 

[ShaunCorbs]

It got posted on a local site I want to add radiators from my boiler and that picture

 

[SimonG]

Fecking show off

Didn't look properly first time around

 

[king of pipes]

Something you get in a training centre to fault find on ?? Numties