Plumbing Bloopers - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Rmarsh · 03-18-2018, 06:35 AM

Nobody is perfect...but come on!
These guys never cease to amaze me.
The holes where the faucets and tub filler are can be filled and repaired by a good fiberglass guy.
Too bad you can't fix stupid.

redlite · 03-18-2018, 08:51 AM

Looks like same plumber on the house we built on sawdy pond. He Put toilet on wrong side of bathroom right in front of door on one bathroom. Never ran water lines to master jacuzzi which wasn't discovered till after bathroom was done and tiled. Had to rip up both tiled floors and redo. And he didn't cap lines that were supposed to be run to jacuzzi tub so when home owner turned water on to water his grass it rained through to first floor destroying ceiling and bamboo floors so we got to redo those too. That's what happens when home owner "knows a really good plumber that's gonna give him a really good deal" that he prefers to use over our guy.
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Rmarsh · 03-20-2018, 05:05 AM

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Looks like same plumber on the house we built on sawdy pond. He Put toilet on wrong side of bathroom right in front of door on one bathroom. Never ran water lines to master jacuzzi which wasn't discovered till after bathroom was done and tiled. Had to rip up both tiled floors and redo. And he didn't cap lines that were supposed to be run to jacuzzi tub so when home owner turned water on to water his grass it rained through to first floor destroying ceiling and bamboo floors so we got to redo those too. That's what happens when home owner "knows a really good plumber that's gonna give him a really good deal" that he prefers to use over our guy.
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Wow...what a huge mess! Could be the same plumber....or maybe a brother from a different mother.

We've had three different plumbing contractors over the last ten years... same piss poor workmanship and results.

The plumber should always be the one to turn on the main for the first time, with help to watch and listen for leaks...or uncapped lines!

Just yesterday a plumber comes to me and asks to borrow a phillips bit, So I say, sure, and he follows me over to my cordless drill case. I go to remove the bit from the driver and he says he would like to borrow the driver too. I say OK and tell him it's brand new. He says "Yeah I got one just like it out in the truck"

Guppy · 03-20-2018, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Rmarsh

Wow...what a huge mess! Could be the same plumber....or maybe a brother from a different mother.

We've had three different plumbing contractors over the last ten years... same piss poor workmanship and results.

The plumber should always be the one to turn on the main for the first time, with help to watch and listen for leaks...or uncapped lines!

Just yesterday a plumber comes to me and asks to borrow a phillips bit, So I say, sure, and he follows me over to my cordless drill case. I go to remove the bit from the driver and he says he would like to borrow the driver too. I say OK and tell him it's brand new. He says "Yeah I got one just like it out in the truck"

Geeees!

Slipknot · 03-20-2018, 10:04 AM

"I got one just like it out in the truck"

I hoped you closed the case and gave him a dope slap

spence · 03-18-2018, 12:34 PM

You can just sponge out the water on the low end. No biggie.

Duke41 · 03-18-2018, 07:37 PM

I am a real estate broker in the Attleboro's recently had new construction sale. During the walk thru i Noticed that the faucet for the Whirlpool bath missed the lip of the tub by 3 inches. How the hell can you install that seeing it will not fit. No pride at all.

nightfighter · 03-19-2018, 08:02 AM

New construction? What do the drawings say? Should have been caught during the rough in........

Rmarsh · 03-23-2018, 04:40 AM

Slip.... couldn't believe it.....when he was done he put the driver back in the case.....but didn't latch it.... and when I picked up the case it opened and the contents went on the floor.

afterhours · 03-25-2018, 06:56 AM

I feel blessed to have a good friend that's a plumber

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Rmarsh · 05-19-2018, 06:02 AM

Ok..now onto the tile setter bloopers.
Customer wanted the verticle accent centered on the shower valve....not centered on the wall! I cant answer why we keep using these guys! No common sense....I dont intervene anymore...and dont get paid to hold people by the hand. Also I refuse to interact with anyone on the job that doesn't speak English.....maybe that's why I'm talking to myself all the time.

spence · 05-19-2018, 07:56 AM

That's fugly. Also shouldn't the edge strip on the right be offset?
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Guppy · 05-19-2018, 10:41 AM

Yah, but they got it vertical at least

Good eye 👁 spence

beamie · 05-19-2018, 01:30 PM

That seems more like the plummers fault to me than the tiler.
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Rmarsh · 05-19-2018, 02:05 PM

Not really...The plumber installed his valve and shower head "first" during the rough and centered it within the curb..inside the glass enclosure ....it made no sense at all for tile setter to do what he did...none. I have a lot of years in the trade (45) so it is obvious to me when someone screws up.
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beamie · 05-19-2018, 03:08 PM

I was thinking the fixture would have been centered from the outside of wall to corner.
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Rmarsh · 05-23-2018, 06:09 AM

Two wrongs do not make a right. You have to think about what you're doing. Don't just blindly go about your work when something is this obvious. Plumbers drain, valve, and showerhead all centered on shower base (inside curb). I didn't like the verticle accent idea to begin with but I could not look at that #^&#^&#^&#^&ed up job every day.

spence · 05-23-2018, 06:22 AM

How does this stuff not get corrected and they just plow forward? I would have never accepted that work.
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Rmarsh · 05-23-2018, 06:35 AM

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How does this stuff not get corrected and they just plow forward? I would have never accepted that work.
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I guess it's up to the customer to accept or not....I would not.
These tile setters are very young and inexperienced......and they don't speak english.....I refuse to guide, interact, explain, or hold by the hand any workman who doesn't speak the english language.
I don't run the company....If I did things would be very different.

Guppy · 05-23-2018, 02:05 PM

I think speed was the deciding factor here, ya start with a full tile against the trim pcs (no cutting) then you cut a bunch of half’s (one cut give ya two pcs), put in the full sheet accent (no cutting) , start with full and half again, cut your way to the wall....

Go have lunch and a couple beers 🍺

Rmarsh · 05-24-2018, 05:36 AM

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I think speed was the deciding factor here, ya start with a full tile against the trim pcs (no cutting) then you cut a bunch of half’s (one cut give ya two pcs), put in the full sheet accent (no cutting) , start with full and half again, cut your way to the wall....

Go have lunch and a couple beers 🍺

Going to retire in a few more years, and go fishing.

Rmarsh · 10-27-2018, 06:22 AM

Here we go again.....ass clown plumber calls for his "final" inspection....plumbing inspector comes and runs the hot water in kitchen sink to test for max temperature...its ok.....then down to the basement to check on things......all that water he ran for test is now all over the basement floor.....sink drain was NEVER CONNECTED!
Of course it failed inspection.......but should have been noticed by inspector on rough inspection...so he's pissed...and embarrassed.

Rmarsh · 10-29-2018, 05:39 AM

When I was just starting out, young guys like me were called a"carpenters helper"...not a carpenter.... and that label stuck until you reached a certain level of skill and knowledge...usually a couple of years... but today anybody who straps on a tool belt is called a carpenter.....when put to the test, its obvious they know very little.

The trades are in bad shape....too many kids were led to believe that a college education was the only way to go. Sad because many graduate with no skills, no job......and big student loans.

Rmarsh · 11-15-2018, 06:36 AM

So the electricians forgot to rough wire for under cabinet lights in the kitchen...here is their elegant solution for getting wires routed.
Luckily someone spotted it before the stove got re-installed.

Guppy · 11-15-2018, 07:00 AM

Did they wreck the cabinets

Rmarsh · 11-04-2019, 06:58 AM

Customer calls the office and says toilet in new home is "rocking"......original plumber (who I have judged to be incompetent and has been fired since then) goes back to fix.....customer calls back after a few weeks and says toilet not flushing completely now. So another more professional and experienced plumber was sent to check on the problem. The wax ring that is used to seal the toilet was improperly done with an excessive amount of wax was blocking the drain.

FishermanTim · 11-04-2019, 01:02 PM

makes you wonder how they got their job and license?

The kids, unfortunately, are being taught by an idiot and unless they get better, more complete instructions, are going to end up perpetuating those same bad work skills.

My brother and I built his house in NH.
The only things we didn't do were pour the foundation and do the heat/hot water piping. That was left to a competent licensed plumber. We were able to do the wiring ourselves and when it was inspected my brother was told we did a professional job.
Heck, my brother opted to go with a 2x6 framing for the exterior wall framing instead of 2x4 for more insulation.

Having a father who was a carpenter for BU and the opportunity to learn basics from him and my brother help make some projects easier and less expensive when you could do some of them yourself.

Still, when you hire someone for a job you should be able to expect that they do know their stuff and will treat each job as if they were working on their own house.....unless they live in a sh*thole.....

piemma · 06-24-2021, 06:19 AM

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Customer calls the office and says toilet in new home is "rocking"......original plumber (who I have judged to be incompetent and has been fired since then) goes back to fix.....customer calls back after a few weeks and says toilet not flushing completely now. So another more professional and experienced plumber was sent to check on the problem. The wax ring that is used to seal the toilet was improperly done with an excessive amount of wax was blocking the drain.

Interesting. We had a new toilet set 2 weeks ago and our plumber says they don't use a wax ring anymore. he used a neoprene ring.

Rmarsh · 11-06-2019, 04:48 AM

Dont get me wrong...there are many good plumbers out there.
But the company I work for pays the minimum to a lot of the subcontractors.....they are told what the job pays and they can take it or leave it.
Guy at work likes to say "You pay peanuts...you get monkeys"
I'm not sure that makes sense but it does make me laugh.

FishermanTim · 11-15-2019, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rmarsh

Dont get me wrong...there are many good plumbers out there.
But the company I work for pays the minimum to a lot of the subcontractors.....they are told what the job pays and they can take it or leave it.
Guy at work likes to say "You pay peanuts...you get monkeys"
I'm not sure that makes sense but it does make me laugh.

That make PERFECT sense!

We're lucky enough to know people we can call that we trust, so if repairs need to be done they will be done right the first time.

Unfortunately many don't have that luxury and have to do their own search. What really sucks is that some of these hacks have learned to "pad their resume" by having friends and relatives give them great online reviews, even though they had no work done.
Sadly, the internet can be (and has been) manipulated by computer-savvy hacks who can create impressive websites and reviews when they are complete boobs in their respective fields.