Plumbers are great!!!

[HappyHippyDad]

Today I was in a customers house. I had to take up some chipboard flooring in the bathroom. I set the circular saw so that it will cut to the right depth and not too deep.... I think some of you have already guessed where this is going .... and start cutting.

Now in the five years I have been working as a domestic installer I have never had an accident because I plan, I'm slow because I plan, but that's ok because I don't have accidents.... until today.

Anyway, I start cutting and suddenly water starts spurting up into my face, it's a hot day but I fail to enjoy the cool water covering my head. I panic, there's no way to get to the pipe as the boards are down. I nearly always work alone, but for some reason this time a plumber was working in the house at the same time. He was actually in the bathroom with me at the time! He sprung into action, fitted some pipe to a downstairs radiator to drain it, during which time I'd got the boards up (looking horrified at the lake of water) and stuck my thumb on the tiny hole.

I absolutely sxxx myself!!!

The outcome was a small amount of water coming through the ceiling which dried and that was about it. The client was cool about it and the plumber fixed the pipe refusing any kind of payment. If he hadn't have been there I could have been in a whole heap of trouble and my PL insurance would have had its first outing!

So.... I'm ready for abuse but I stand by my claim, plumbers are great!

 

[Andy78]

King dick is a blast from the past! I recall having them as a kid in my bike repair box!

I used to have a large king dick but don't know where it went. It would look good next to my ding dong.

 

[Andy78]

Just for clarification, my ding dong is cast hacksaw frame

 

[telectrix]

 

[Rpa07]

Or -

 

[Wilko]

Found this right in the middle of a lounge wall in a builders built house of fun! Doing an accessory to accessory RFC extension and had to negotiate the dot and dabs, if it hadn't have snapped my pilot on the hole saw I wouldn't have thought something was amiss and would just have carried on. Strong material I'm glad to say - no harm done thank the Lord. !

On the theme of water works and just so you lot don't think it's all beer and skittles here in TT land, how's this for a close call? I started with my big drill but thought the better of it and proceeded by hand - lucky lucky . I haven't measured Ra yet but I was 'this close' to making it a lot lower

 

[Rpa07]

That looks like an established path that would have needed to be lifted - nice miss!
Now - howz about some bets on that Ra!

 

[Marti]

Good idea - even if having them means you'll never need them

Watching a TED Talk the other day along these lines. The speaker's presentation was that any stressful situation is made worse because we are required to deliver our best decision in our worst frame of mind. Where as a problem anticipated gives us the chance to deal with it; such as Wilko's Kibosh kits in the van.

Thanks for all the advice guys

 

[GlenTavener]

Guilty, cut through one pipe, saw one in the partition needed to drill through, didn't see the second one, cols fed from huge tank in roof. Rushed up there no stop cocks, called out for owner, he was in another wing of house, just had to leave it to find him. Him and wife came onto landing he saying yes stop cocks not in usual place, not in loft at tank but in airing cupboard on landing. Water inches deep under floor pouring down through chandelier below, they having recently gone into bed and breakfast the good lady gave me the dirty towels waiting to be washed. Thick Egyptian cotton really do soak it up! Water now stopped draining away, right he said we need a cup of tea come on lets not panic, he a retired major. So we had a cup of tea I said I could deal with it and did. Ceiling dried out and I completed the minor thing I started to do. At the end they asked how much, I said nothing I couldn't possibly charge and refused to take payment. Next day they put £50 through my letterbox and thanked me for my work. I have always been blessed with meeting some really top people and in return I try to behave as they did when my apprentices got something wrong. No one intends to wreck things but sometimes it just happens.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Best way to access boarded floors. No guarantee against pipes although I've not hit one yet with this tool

What is this wizardry?

 

[ED17]

I've just ordered a couple of kibosh kits to keep in the van. I once asked the spark I was working with to put the floorboards back on the landing. He did, by putting screws in the middle of the board over the pipe runs! Good job it was an empty house.

 

[telectrix]

What is this wizardry?

it cuts a hole with a recessed lip. after diong your bit, you plug the holewith the armeg plug.google armeg board cutter.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

it cuts a hole with a recessed lip. after diong your bit, you plug the holewith the armeg plug.google armeg board cutter.

I barely do any house bashing, the only thing stopping me adding sockets in my house is the flooring. This is a game changer! The Mrs will finally stop moaning at me to add sockets!! She can have sockets galore!

 

[Rpa07]

@ChrisElectrical88 just know that it can't be used in the middle of your laminate floor or even half way across the Axminster - the wife would have something else to moan about then!

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

The laminate flooring for the bedroom is still in the garage... it's been there 2 years...... I told her I couldn't do it till the sockets were done... I told her the sockets couldn't be done till I bought a circular saw and a new sds drill... she said we could afford these.

I always have excuses.

 

[Midwest]

I barely do any house bashing, the only thing stopping me adding sockets in my house is the flooring. This is a game changer! The Mrs will finally stop moaning at me to add sockets!! She can have sockets galore!

They aren't cheap mind. I sometimes just cut a hole, install a batten, and reinstate chipboard circle. (Cheapskate )