Why Plastic Pipe Is Rubbish...

[cr0ft]

Went to an emergency callout tonight. Water marks on the ground floor ceiling. Drilled a few inspection holes and found this! A mouse had taken a chomp out of the 10mm microbore pipework supplying the basin upstairs. Mains pressure pipe and all! Luckily for the homeowner it was only really opening when the pipe was flexed at all. The result had the mouse gone a bit further through could have been pretty bad!

Yet another reason why we never use the stuff.

 

[townfanjon]

Yep the rodents love it.

 

[AWheating]

I blame the mouse over the plumber tbh.

 

[Keefy]

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Went to an emergency callout tonight. Water marks on the ground floor ceiling. Drilled a few inspection holes and found this! A mouse had taken a chomp out of the 10mm microbore pipework supplying the basin upstairs. Mains pressure pipe and all! Luckily for the homeowner it was only really opening when the pipe was flexed at all. The result had the mouse gone a bit further through could have been pretty bad!

Yet another reason why we never use the stuff.

Did the mouse eat your boots?

 

[Phil]

I was just thinking about the shoes, quite often I find myself working in just my socks which is crazy.
People have such pristine cream carpets ...

 

[Keefy]

I was just thinking about the shoes, quite often I find myself working in just my socks which is crazy.
People have such pristine cream carpets ...

I don't care who you are or whether you've got a white silk carpet, my boots stay on.
Disposable Over-Shoes Pack of 100 | Socks & Overshoes | NoLinkingToThis

 

[REDSAW]

they do it to get a drink as they can smell the water through the pipe!!

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Blimey

 

[jtsplumbing]

Just another poor plumber trying to make ends meet, cant afford to buy shoes yet ! lucky he's not in the south west, cant even afford the socks down here

 

[oz-plumber]

Tell the customer to keep the pipe and put the repairs through insurance.

Don't forget to charge accordingly - and allow for a pair of boots in the final price!!

 

[gassafe]

Was it barrier pipe? Or just plastic, I wobdered if they penetrated through the metal layer!?

 

[dancinplumba]

Barrier is only plastic too

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Was it barrier pipe? Or just plastic, I wobdered if they penetrated through the metal layer!?

Your think of unpor Mlc or how ever you spell it

 

[oz-plumber]

I've seen aluminium barrier type pipe chewed threw by rats / rodents to get to water.
For some reason they know there's water inside the pipe.

The funny thing is, they only chew through the pipe until there is enough moisture for them to drink. They only ever seem to go so far so the pipe weeps water then stop chewing.

 

[REDSAW]

barrier pipe has a butelyne layer to stop water leaching through pipe...or somat like that?

 

[stevetheplumber]

the barrier is to stop oxygen getting into the water which is bad news on heating doesnt make anydifference to services

 

[SimonG]

The mlcp pipe will still get chewed through. The little bleeders will even strip cable.

 

[newcastle phill]

I always leave my boots on.
One less thing to carry when one has to do a runner.

 

[plumben]

Ive seen where rats have made a maze in a solid concrete floor to find the water in the cold main, moved 8 bags full of concrete dust that they dug out,

And either buy a second pair of boots or some shoe covers,

Ive got one pair for mud
One pair for general
And the shoe covers for quotes and cream carpets
And a pair of wellies for when there's a flood

 

[jonnyswamp]

As for the damaged pipe, a pest controller told me yrs ago that the poison they put down makes the rats/mice extremely thirsty and they will chew/gnaw through pretty much any material, be it copper or plastic, to get at water

 

[cr0ft]

Interesting, the homeowners have put down lots of poison and traps recently. Was dodging them in the loft lol.

 

[lame plumber]

Just another poor plumber trying to make ends meet, cant afford to buy shoes yet ! lucky he's not in the south west, cant even afford the socks down here

put you charges up then