Her indoors complained at him until he gave in, poor chap.
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Newly installed toilet won't flush
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15 years ago
Oh, for goodness' sake! Why did you bother all of us with it? She should always be your first line of defence :-)
Mary
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15 years ago
Not really fair to the poor bloke.
Some women can be a bit vicious... (no offence ;-)
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15 years ago
Did you miss Mary's smiley at the end
Mary Wrrote...
Cheers
John ;-)
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15 years ago
You've been living on a different planet. ALL women can be vicious. We have to be, the poor blokes can't make decisions and get ripped off.
Mary
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15 years ago
I think he did, he was replying in the same vein :-)
As I did to him - but with more than a grain of truth!
Mary
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I spoke too soon Mary. The plumber came round yesterday and replaced the syphon. It flushes fine now, but the top of the syphon comes so high that water pours out of the handle before it overflows into the toilet (we tested the internal overflow because we're used to an external one and were a bit suspicious). Unfortunately he also broke the valve and had to replace it, the new one is so tall that the cistern lid won't go back on. Her indoors phoned him up to apologize profusely (no, I don't know why either) and apparently his suggestion was that we simply force the cistern lid back on. It sits so high resting on the valve that you can fit your fingers under it, and I don't feel inclined to risk damaging the valve, given that we don't have an effective overflow. Apparently he's coming back...
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15 years ago
Want me to come round?
Don't let him get away with it.
Mary
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15 years ago
Is this guy a REAL plumber or just thinks he is??? Saying they need time to bed in was ridiculous and to fit a valve and syphon that are obviously too big for the cistern is totally incompetent. His advice to "force the cistern lid back on" is a total joke, if that advice resulted in breaking the valve shut off you would be under water seeing as your overflow doesn't work in time either. These type of mistakes would not be made by a competent DIYer never mind a trained plumber. Were you there when he 'repaired' the toilet? What did he say when the lid would not go on..."Don't worry it will settle down in a week or two" ;-)
BTW has he taken the plug out of the internal overflow mechanism? Some internal overflows have a plug that can be put in one (of two) holes dependant on the amount of water needed in the cistern. If he has left the instructions have aread and see which hole you need to use.
Cheers
John
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15 years ago
What an incompetent cowboy - yes cowboy.
He is trying to fob you off with odds and ends out of his van instead of fitting what you need. Did you choose the suite - or did he?
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15 years ago
Let's hope he gets it right the third time.
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15 years ago
Yes, he did! Valve and syphon of correct height now fitted. Phew!
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15 years ago
A charitable way of looking at it might be that the plumber had bad luck with a faulty siphon, came back and fitted an emergency replacement, and then for a third time to fit the correct one, and all in the space of a couple of days. It's just the "settling in" response that wrecks that view
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15 years ago
I hope you had a whip-round :-)
Mary
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15 years ago
Sorry,I was trying to be brief so I didn't finish the sentence.
Some women can be a bit vicious... Some can be a LOT vicious.
There, sorted that one out. HTHx
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15 years ago
Of course you were, dear. You didn't want to upset me, afraid of the consequences :-)
Not sorted at all, you haven't defined the rest of the women ...
Go on. Are you a man or a mouse?
er - don't squeak back to me!
Mary