The wtf plumbing thread

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:41am

anthonyos wrote: »

Just a quick question for scudo how do you manage to keep up with the new boiler technology when your getting on in your years it must be hard on the oldr lads

will we ask to rename this the bash the oldies thread scudo

scudo2 · 13-03-2014 12:43am

jimf wrote: »

jaysus would have done u just made me feel 90 :D only jokin

90-120 without the baffle.

U covered up the 120 part :-(

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:46am

anthonyos wrote: »

Just a quick question for scudo how do you manage to keep up with the new boiler technology when your getting on in your years it must be hard on the oldr lads

feck in theres never popcorn in my house when I need it :P

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:47am

scudo2 wrote: »

90-120 without the baffle.

U covered up the 120 part :-(

I feel like a c35 unserviced :P

Wearb · 13-03-2014 12:47am

jimf wrote: »

hope were all invited to the retirement party believe its been held in the inchydoney house hotel

Cant wait to see him in the canary coloured suit (a la Bertie) as he walks along the strand with all the big wigs from the plumbing world. :eek:

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:50am

Wearb wrote: »

Cant wait to see him in the canary coloured suit (a la Bertie) as he walks along the strand with all the big wigs from the plumbing world. :eek:

we can all get new speedos

don't think anthonyos is going or so ive been told

anthonyos · 13-03-2014 12:51am

There will be one big wig missing not mentioning any names

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:53am

anthonyos wrote: »

There will be one big wig missing not mentioning any names

wrong again top table afaik pride of place where would we be without our leader

anthonyos · 13-03-2014 12:53am

Kerosene aftershave and boiler suits with and oily rag tugged in the jackek pocket

Wearb · 13-03-2014 12:54am

anthonyos wrote: »

There will be one big wig missing not mentioning any names

Naaaah! He'll come to Scudo's party. :pac::pac::pac:

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:55am

maybe we could start a new thread and everybody can fill in their age wont be many replies id say

what you think scudo will they be brave enough

jimf · 13-03-2014 12:57am

Wearb wrote: »

Naaaah! He'll come to Scudo's party. :pac::pac::pac:

he feckin better we need the chopper to get home

Wearb · 13-03-2014 12:58am

Look Scudo. This is as near as I can get to an un-thank button.

esox28 · 13-03-2014 12:59am

anthonyos wrote: »

Just a quick question for scudo how do you manage to keep up with the new boiler technology when your getting on in your years it must be hard on the oldr lads

What new technology? Self diagnostic control box (it will never fly) did someone reinvent the combustion process (hygrogen burner) secondary heat exchanger( hardly new tech been around since the seventys afaik).

jimf · 13-03-2014 1:00am

Wearb wrote: »

Look Scudo. This is as near as I can get to an un-thank button.

you would discover it and worse still you told him about it :eek:

anthonyos · 13-03-2014 1:02am

esox28 wrote: »

What new technology? Self diagnostic control box (it will never fly) did someone reinvent the combustion process (hygrogen burner) secondary heat exchanger( hardly new tech been around since the seventys afaik).

Id say your great crack to work with

JamesM · 13-03-2014 1:05am

A bit of respect here lads :mad: There's nothing wrong with being over 66 and retired. I spent the last few sunny days cleaning up my boat and getting ready for a long hot summer

No more hours on my knees, freezing / wet days, smelly boilers for me

Heading to Cork to see grandchildren on Friday. Using free travel

and won't have car, so can't meet scudo this time

Jim.

Wearb · 13-03-2014 1:07am

jimf wrote: »

you would discover it and worse still you told him about it :eek:

Might have saved a lot of trouble if I found it a few months ago.

btw. Just searched for the packman emoticon meaning....it seems I am well entitled to use it. It is a retro smiley from a time when we all remembered that as an advanced computer game. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

jimf · 13-03-2014 1:16am

JamesM wrote: »

A bit of respect here lads :mad: There's nothing wrong with being over 66 and retired. I spent the last few sunny days cleaning up my boat and getting ready for a long hot summer No more hours on my knees, freezing / wet days, smelly boilers for me Heading to Cork to see grandchildren on Friday. Using free travel and won't have car, so can't meet scudo this time
Jim.

good for you jamesm enjoy

esox28 · 13-03-2014 1:21am

anthonyos wrote: »

Id say your great crack to work with

Ah yea, I don't deny it! Crack is for the weekend.

Attack the posts and not the poster (and all that).

K.Flyer · 13-03-2014 1:33am

Jaysus... turned on the phone to see a few new pages on the WTF, opened them up hoping to see loads of pics of disastrous workmanship only to find its turned into an ageism thread

Gave me a good laugh... sooo I am almost exactly halfway between Scudo and Jim

Edit: (In years, not geographicaly)

scudo2 · 13-03-2014 1:48am

K.Flyer wrote: »

Jaysus... turned on the phone to see a few new pages on the WTF, opened them up hoping to see loads of pics of disastrous workmanship only to find its turned into an ageism thread
Gave me a good laugh... sooo I am almost exactly halfway between Scudo and Jim

New photo near the bottom of page 11 at 9.43pm 12/3/14

Posted before the hand bag brigade got going.

scudo2 · 13-03-2014 7:13pm

Another photo for you. It's OUTDOOR "but" boiler photos 4214 058.jpg (in a shed) !!

corkgsxr · 13-03-2014 7:56pm

I had to rescue one of the lads today. He was trying to unblock a sewer. 17 rods with a 4" rubber plate in and nothing. He went to pull them out. Only 4 came out. Is there anything worse

Dtp1979 · 13-03-2014 8:17pm

corkgsxr wrote: »

I had to rescue one of the lads today. He was trying to unblock a sewer. 17 rods with a 4" rubber plate in and nothing. He went to pull them out. Only 4 came out. Is there anything worse

That's the worst feelin. Happened me once but it was only the rubber plate that was left behind

gifted · 13-03-2014 8:19pm

corkgsxr wrote: »

I had to rescue one of the lads today. He was trying to unblock a sewer. 17 rods with a 4" rubber plate in and nothing. He went to pull them out. Only 4 came out. Is there anything worse

Me nose is at me... how did he get the other 13 out?:)

jimf · 13-03-2014 8:26pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Another photo for you. It's OUTDOOR "but" boiler photos 4214 058.jpg (in a shed) !!

now that deserves its place in the wtf thread good jesus

Dtp1979 · 13-03-2014 8:42pm

Here's 1/2" qual joining 10mm copper.........on an oil line

Dtp1979 · 13-03-2014 8:42pm

Forgot to add the actual pic

Egass13 · 13-03-2014 8:45pm

Dtp1979 · 13-03-2014 8:48pm

Egass13 wrote: »

What kind of fcuking idiot does that.

scudo2 · 13-03-2014 8:53pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

What kind of fcuking idiot does that.

Plasters would be my best gess !

Egass13 · 13-03-2014 9:06pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

What kind of fcuking idiot does that.

Don't ask , I just saw it , thankfully I wasn't there to change it !

Dtp1979 · 13-03-2014 9:08pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Plasters would be my best gess !

Actually I'd blame the slabbers

13-03-2014 9:19pm

corkgsxr wrote: »

I had to rescue one of the lads today. He was trying to unblock a sewer. 17 rods with a 4" rubber plate in and nothing. He went to pull them out. Only 4 came out. Is there anything worse

As painful as it is, give me losing a few rods any day over using a powerhose connected to a drain hose.

I was asked to clear a blockage in a pub with some of the matter at hand dating back to the 60s, we were using a power hose and a drain hose attachment. We were pulsing the the powerhose while slowly feeding the drain hose in to the dark abyss, the blockage was so thick and caked we had no idea that the hose had turned around in the drain and was slowly making it way back to towards us:eek: unfortunately the head of the hose was inches under the crust on the final blast which went on longer than it should due to the shock of witnessing a grown man being spray painted from head to foot and forgetting to keep his mouth shut.

Wearb · 13-03-2014 9:33pm

gary71 wrote: »

As painful as it is, give me losing a few rods any day over using a powerhose connected to a drain hose.

I was asked to clear a blockage in a pub with some of the matter at hand dating back to the 60s, we were using a power hose and a drain hose attachment. We were pulsing the the powerhose while slowly feeding the drain hose in to the dark abyss, the blockage was so thick and caked we had no idea that the hose had turned around in the drain and was slowly making it way back to towards us:eek: unfortunately the head of the hose was inches under the crust on the final blast which went on longer than it should due to the shock of witnessing a grown man being spray painted from head to foot and forgetting to keep his mouth shut.

Now there is a photo we don't want to see. Yuck

:(:( Won't use an open mouthed smiley on this one.

scudo2 · 13-03-2014 9:39pm

gary71 wrote: »

As painful as it is, give me losing a few rods any day over using a powerhose connected to a drain hose.

I was asked to clear a blockage in a pub with some of the matter at hand dating back to the 60s, we were using a power hose and a drain hose attachment. We were pulsing the the powerhose while slowly feeding the drain hose in to the dark abyss, the blockage was so thick and caked we had no idea that the hose had turned around in the drain and was slowly making it way back to towards us:eek: unfortunately the head of the hose was inches under the crust on the final blast which went on longer than it should due to the shock of witnessing a grown man being spray painted from head to foot and forgetting to keep his mouth shut.

Little nice lovely old lady looks into the manhole that I was clearing outside a night club.
WTF she says, how can you stand that?

WTF: I tell her that you get use to the smell and shure it only looks like weatabix all sturred up.

WTF : She went green and puked, so did I

It's the only thing that turns my stomach !

Egass13 · 13-03-2014 9:55pm

gary71 wrote: »

As painful as it is, give me losing a few rods any day over using a powerhose connected to a drain hose.

I was asked to clear a blockage in a pub with some of the matter at hand dating back to the 60s, we were using a power hose and a drain hose attachment. We were pulsing the the powerhose while slowly feeding the drain hose in to the dark abyss, the blockage was so thick and caked we had no idea that the hose had turned around in the drain and was slowly making it way back to towards us:eek: unfortunately the head of the hose was inches under the crust on the final blast which went on longer than it should due to the shock of witnessing a grown man being spray painted from head to foot and forgetting to keep his mouth shut.

When I was an apprentice we were on a job in the national art gallery , a toilet connected to a saniflo backed up because the 22mm was clogged, I was told to keep flushing to try clear it until my "mentor" said fcuk it , I'll cut it at the bend . All that pressure built up resulted in one seriously pi55 soaked plumber , can still hear the girlish screams to this day haha

13-03-2014 10:00pm

scudo2 wrote: »

Little nice lovely old lady looks into the manhole that I was clearing outside a night club.
WTF she says, how can you stand that?

WTF: I tell her that you get use to the smell and shure it only looks like weatabix all sturred up.

WTF : She went green and puked, so did I

It's the only thing that turns my stomach !

What old ladies outside night clubs?

Dtp1979 · 13-03-2014 10:04pm

Ok lads stop talkin sh1te

scudo2 · 13-03-2014 10:20pm

another boiler in a shed, 10092007026.jpg

What's not in the photo is corner of boiler sitting over bore hole of the well.
Shed was only men't for the well and pump.

WTF + OMG again!

13-03-2014 10:27pm

Egass13 wrote: »

When I was an apprentice we were on a job in the national art gallery , a toilet connected to a saniflo backed up because the 22mm was clogged, I was told to keep flushing to try clear it until my "mentor" said fcuk it , I'll cut it at the bend . All that pressure built up resulted in one seriously pi55 soaked plumber , can still hear the girlish screams to this day haha

I know a gas fitter who always looking to make a few quid, he was servicing the boiler when the lady of the house mentioned the upstairs toilet was blocked.

So he decided he'd step up and fix it for £20. He wanted to open the inspection hatch up the soil pipe, he didn't have ladders that would reach so he parked his van under the pipe climbed on the roof and shimmied up the pipe, took off the cover used a long posi screwdriver to have a poke around, heard a glop glop noise and then was drenched in a non stop torrent of filthy stagnant toilet water and the lady devices that caused the blockage in the first place straight in to his face and as he had nowhere to go as he had a death grip on the soil pipe due to being allergic to falling from a great height, he had to just take everything on the chin.

He was a bit upset afterwards because she didn't pay him due to the mess, but in fairness it was his now blue/brown gas van(window open) that took whatever wasn't left on him, she only offered to hose him down.

He said it wasn't as bad as you'd think, the worst bit was when he wasn't able to hold his breath any longer and had to open his mouth.

esox28 · 13-03-2014 10:49pm

scudo2 wrote: »

another boiler in a shed, 10092007026.jpg

What's not in the photo is corner of boiler sitting over bore hole of the well.
Shed was only men't for the well and pump.

WTF + OMG again!

hope ya didn't bring your personal co alarm into that pump house you'd. Destroy it.

corkgsxr · 13-03-2014 11:50pm

gifted wrote: »

Me nose is at me... how did he get the other 13 out?:)

I rodded it from the other side and caught the rods as they passed. Took 16 rods to reach it

Dtp1979 · 14-03-2014 12:17am

gary71 wrote: »

I know a gas fitter who always looking to make a few quid, he was servicing the boiler when the lady of the house mentioned the upstairs toilet was blocked.

So he decided he'd step up and fix it for £20. He wanted to open the inspection hatch up the soil pipe, he didn't have ladders that would reach so he parked his van under the pipe climbed on the roof and shimmied up the pipe, took off the cover used a long posi screwdriver to have a poke around, heard a glop glop noise and then was drenched in a non stop torrent of filthy stagnant toilet water and the lady devices that caused the blockage in the first place straight in to his face and as he had nowhere to go as he had a death grip on the soil pipe due to being allergic to falling from a great height, he had to just take everything on the chin.

He was a bit upset afterwards because she didn't pay him due to the mess, but in fairness it was his now blue/brown gas van(window open) that took whatever wasn't left on him, she only offered to hose him down.

He said it wasn't as bad as you'd think, the worst bit was when he wasn't able to hold his breath any longer and had to open his mouth.

Well fair play. He took it on the chin!!

spireland32 · 14-03-2014 8:57pm

No sand and cement... No problem...... Use silicone

corkgsxr · 15-03-2014 12:37am

Thats alot of silicone.

ServiceGuy · 15-03-2014 5:00pm

scudo2 wrote: »

another boiler in a shed, 10092007026.jpg

What's not in the photo is corner of boiler sitting over bore hole of the well.
Shed was only men't for the well and pump.

WTF + OMG again!

Scudo, What do you do when you see these set-ups?

scudo2 · 15-03-2014 8:50pm

ServiceGuy wrote: »

Scudo, What do you do when you see these set-ups?

Advise the customers in writeing and walk away till they sort it.

Were legaly responsible if were stupid enough to fix or service, and then leave a potentaly dangerous boiler working.

I give a receipt with the written warning and also get them to counter sign it for my own record.

JohnnieK · 15-03-2014 9:10pm

spireland32 wrote: »

No sand and cement... No problem...... Use silicone

A hole that size he could have looked 11/4 out .

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