I've just signed up to a DIY plumbing taster course!
There, I've said it.
I've gone through 2 customers water heating pipes over the years and the next time (arghh, tempting fate!) I'll fix the damn thing myself!
I'm actually quite looking forward to it
Nearly did the F-Gas myself but the business imploded, you and your guys will find it very useful.
I've just signed up to a drinking taster course!
There, I've said it.
I've gone through 2 bottles of wine a day over the years and the next time (arghh, tempting fate!) I'll drink myself silly !
I'm actually quite looking forward to it
and have just purchased me second Surefire2,and done a rake of pipe work on me own house.
SSI, wish I'd done PADI though as it's more recognised.
Fair play anyway. My parents used to do a bit of diving years ago and had a friend who was a PADI instructor.
Ahhhhh but was the water hot peg?Fair play,fella,no such thing as "fully" qualified
I was lucky to have a mates grandad,start me off,with the plumbing staples...wiping joints,soldering,principles of hydro dynamics,including one i have used loads - gravity systems.
I fitted my first solid fuel back boiler,at fifteen years old
The interesting fact,about plumbers,is that they were required at one time,to do ALL lead work. So lead burning (welding) chimney aprons,valleys,flashing,etc,were all part of the trade.
You sure appreciate the ease of use,of Fischer fixings and modern adhesives,if you have ever done vertical lead sidings,fixed with masonry dovetails,using lead-dots.
I would say the greatest benefit,of learning the ways of a new trade,is knowing if an individual purporting to be a professional in that trade,is on top of his job.
It also means you gain a fresh and deserved respect,for those who are good at their trade.
I have posted this one before,but here it is again...
I was on a job years back,where this "plumber" was installing a complete heating system,in a property being refurbed and extended.
There were pipes running everywhere when we landed,and i extended the hand of friendship,introduced meself,by saying "so,you
must be the plumber?...."
The dude had a proper fit...."I'm not a plumber...mate...I'm a heating engineer...." Real upset...spent the nest week sulking and practising his frosty look...
He started filling the system,and oh dear...it was like the evacuation scene,in Alien...like the wetting jets,on a dry-ski slope...all over the place...
I seen his desperate,futile panicking,and chose the opportunity to deliver this line..."What you need my friend,is a plumber!"
Did you mend it yourself SC?Good on you HHD
I had my first plumbing calamity a couple of weeks ago, put the pilot drill of my hole saw through a heating pipe
Thankfully the place is undergoing major work so it wasn't too much of a disaster. A couple of Hep2O fittings and a short length of pipe later, problem solved.
LOL .The instructor was a female from New Zealand. My parents learned to dive when we were living in Saudi Arabia.Did he also teach English,Welsh and Scots ?
safe as in no fatalities from drowned customers due to bad plumbing, but wide open to a mad axeman for flooding his kitchen.
Sadly,not true. There are plenty of documented investigations,and subsequent convictions,where injuries and fatalities have occurred,as a direct result of bad design,workmanship,or plain fraud.
Damage and modification of other systems,by plumbing activities,leading to explosion (flash overs),catastrophic failure of hot water storage tanks,above sleeping areas,etc.
Not to mention fatalities during work,where poor practice or judgement,by a plumber,has been the reason for injury or death.
In my opinion,a plumber who does not put an adequate vent,or bypasses a troublesome immersion stat cut-out,is providing the identical risks,as a spark who leaves a troublesome circuit,without RCD protection,on a board change.
Both are done regularly,and may not give an issue,for decades... then,one day,there is a blockage or a spillage
Anyone tell me who's wearing them hats?
