Working in china

[Frenchey]

Does any know where I can get any information on Chinese plumbing installations etc. do they use the same size pipe work as here in theU.K.? . Also domestic gas information .

seems a long shot to ask here , but who knows some one may know . I need the info to price up a job!

 

[Barry98]

Fuel costs will be off the grid

 

[iain85]

Getting materials from the supplier will be difficult. Communication barrier would be almost insurmountable. Also the labour rate is about 1 Peking duck a day so can't imagine you will get rich working there. Also they say RoR instead of LoL.

 

[Frenchey]

I wonder if they use metric or us imperial , good excuse to pop down the takeaway for advice
RoR

 

[Killy Bing]

please elaborate why !!
i went and did some work in france, different pipe sizes and such
looked at spains and thats all different
had a butchers while in germany and thats all different bar steal work
i'm going over to bulgeria to do some and hey, thats like voodoo !

moral is it will be different, maybe slightly but you won't be able to understand the instructions or regulations unless you can speak it or have a full time translator !!

another thing is soon as you're not a local prices shoot up.
it's all a recipe to cost you alot or leave a very unhappy customer.

not to mention anything bar tourism is still a closed shop in china !!

 

[Frenchey]

Just setting up a display ..... If the sales go well we will be exporting to china .

 

[TBServices]

Know a bloke who's just bought a house in Spain actually, think he wants a boiler and a swimming pool boiler fitting there - I have no clue where to start lol.

 

[Killy Bing]

Know a bloke who's just bought a house in Spain actually, think he wants a boiler and a swimming pool boiler fitting there - I have no clue where to start lol.

likely to be all lpg from when I researched into it

 

[stevetheplumber]

welded bamboo

 

[Ray Stafford]

Know a bloke who's just bought a house in Spain actually, think he wants a boiler and a swimming pool boiler fitting there - I have no clue where to start lol.

Start in the UK, and take absolutely everything with you. Every last thing.

We had a customer in Spain who used to come to us every 6 - 8 weeks in a pick up, towing a trailer, and stock up. His lad drove it back to Spain while he spends a couple of days with his old mum, and then flies out.

He swears blind it saves him a fortune.

 

[TBServices]

Hmmmmm. May have to go on a recce first

 

[Nostrum]

Hmmmmm. May have to go on a recce first

For 2 weeks in august with your shorts and t shirts?

 

[sheff paul]

Does any know where I can get any information on Chinese plumbing installations etc. do they use the same size pipe work as here in theU.K.? . Also domestic gas information .

seems a long shot to ask here , but who knows some one may know . I need the info to price up a job![/QUOT







most installations outside of the UK,learn towards American standards with country variations to suit local climatic conditions,Bath taps fixed in walls,all pipe work concealed in walls with mini stop valves on the surface,all wc's with s trap's and drainage under floor.If the job hasnt got a massive mark up you could be shooting yourself in the foot,a lot of buisness in south east Asia including China relie's on bribing local officials,building control, permits etc

 

[TBServices]

For 2 weeks in august with your shorts and t shirts?

Ohhhhh yeeeeaaaahhhhh

 

[Irish]

Start in the UK, and take absolutely everything with you. Every last thing.

We had a customer in Spain who used to come to us every 6 - 8 weeks in a pick up, towing a trailer, and stock up. His lad drove it back to Spain while he spends a couple of days with his old mum, and then flies out.

He swears blind it saves him a fortune.

dunno why that is? My girlfriend is from Barcelona and I'm the kinda sad fool who when abroad compares tool prices etc and thought the prices were pretty similar except tiling tools kinda thinking of brining back a rubi tile saw at Christmas