Plumbing

[DimPrawn]

I think it's time for those on the bench to re-consider taking up plumbing.

Have called around for a plumber to fix a toilet with a dodgy flush mechanism. No one is interested. Too busy. Call back in 6 months. Will fix it for a grand.

Can't find any Polish plumbers. All the plumbers in the phone book are English and drive £70K cars.

Boomed!

[SueEllen]

Can't find any Polish plumbers. All the plumbers in the phone book are English and drive £70K cars.

Lots of Polish plumbers don't speak English well enough to run a business.

Therefore they have to use an English speaking plumber to get work.

[Dow Jones]

The old plumbing threads resurfacing

The other day I had to pay a total of £ 150 for an electrician to check and replace some fuses that were blown up. 1st visit £ 100 (45 m) - 2nd visit £ 50 (20 m). Did it straight away though, as it was an emergency.
Everyone in Central London is a local man - no foreigners.
Poles etc seem to work as sub-contractors for larger projects, very few deal with residentials i am being told.

[KathyWoolfe]

I think it's time for those on the bench to re-consider taking up plumbing.

Have called around for a plumber to fix a toilet with a dodgy flush mechanism. No one is interested. Too busy. Call back in 6 months. Will fix it for a grand.

Can't find any Polish plumbers. All the plumbers in the phone book are English and drive £70K cars.

Boomed!

This is my plan B

[threaded]

Dunno, are you all flipping hopeless, can't you fix it yourself? Even if it's your first time and you have to buy all the tools, and end up buying a whole new toilet, it's cheaper.

[Sockpuppet]

I live next to a family of plumbers.

They are not raking in as much cash as you think they are.

So its costs £100 for a 45 min visit. He'll probably spend close to that going to the next job.

[Lockhouse]

Dunno, are you all flipping hopeless, can't you fix it yourself? Even if it's your first time and you have to buy all the tools, and end up buying a whole new toilet, it's cheaper.

No, it's cheaper for me to invoice large and pay someone else to do it.

[DimPrawn]

Dunno, are you all flipping hopeless, can't you fix it yourself? Even if it's your first time and you have to buy all the tools, and end up buying a whole new toilet, it's cheaper.

I am banned from DIY. Always ends up like an old episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em.

[threaded]

No, it's cheaper for me to invoice large and pay someone else to do it.

That's OK I guess. I enjoy spending my free-time doing such stuff. Although, saying that, when I let a house to the battered wives and they kept blocking the waste pipe, the third time with the rods made even me wonder if there might be a reason they were battered, it was that bad.

So when I felt it started to loosen up I let my bro' take over and catch the back blast..

[Turion]

I think it's time for those on the bench to re-consider taking up plumbing.

Have called around for a plumber to fix a toilet with a dodgy flush mechanism. No one is interested. Too busy. Call back in 6 months. Will fix it for a grand.

Can't find any Polish plumbers. All the plumbers in the phone book are English and drive £70K cars.

Boomed!

It's very simple to fit new flushing mechanism to a toilet. Maybe cost £10. Any DIY store will sell what you need together with instructions.

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/h2repairtoilet

I can't see you lasting 6 months. I'd be getting desperate after a day or so.

As a last resort, there's probably a benched contractor who would fix it cheap.