Plumbers in Didcot?

Hi All,

A friend of mine has need of a good plumber to do various jobs for her (move wc, washing machine, install new bathroom suite etc etc).

She has had a plumber in to do the first bit but isn't very pleased with the quality of the work.

I would like to think there are still reasonably priced folk out there that could do such jobs in such a way where a 'housewife' can't see obvious problems or be able question why stuff has been done this way or another (gaps / holes / unfinished etc)?

Any thoughts please?

All the best ..

T i m

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T i m
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There's a chap called Noel (surname) in Kennington who was a "Plumber of the Year" a few years ago. Curb your cynicism, you lot - he is excellent. Not cheap though, as you'd imagine.

I still have fond memories of the old chap in the village who did a bit of plumbing after retiring from the Rutherford Lab. Compared with coaxial pipework for liquid gases, he said, domestic jobs were like a holiday.

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Ian White

As this point I'm not sure cost would be too big an issue (within reason), getting a good job done is. What seems to be an issue is that it's often 'assumed' you want the cheapest job done. The 'problen' when demand outsrips supply is the tradsmen 'cherry pick'. Anything a bit tricky or not straiight forward means (potentially) less quanty of work therefore less money? (I guess?). A mate wanted a small toilet tiled and ended up doing it himself for the above reasons.

I bet .. like welding a Landy chassis on yer garage floor versus a stainless pipeline as it dissapears over the back of a ship .. ;-)

Would you have any actual contact info for Noel please Ian?

All the best

T i m

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T i m

Reminds me of the physics department glass blower at University College London, who besides making lots of specialist valves, lamps, vacuum apparatus, etc for the research groups and students, use to do a demo of glass blowing every few years so each group of students going through got a chance to see him in action, which really was quite spectacular. He made a number of different types of light bulb from scratch which worked, but also combined the sort of artistic glass blowing you might see at a summer fare.

At one point in the demo, he made a wine glass, and was describing all the things to check for when looking for high quality hand-made wine glasses. This lead on to how the former head of the department had kept bringing in his own wine glasses to have the chips removed each time he damaged one. The chap said he really wouldn't have minded, except the wine glasses were such crap quality ones anyway they really weren't worth repairing at all ;-)

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Andrew Gabriel

My missus likes elephants and as a treat I asked the guy in a little shop we found in the Cheddar Gorge to actually make her one (rather than buying one he had made earlier).

He agreed and it was fascinating. A blob became a leg or a tail, all whilst glowing so hot you couldn't easily make out what was going on (without a mask).

Once finished we had to leave it to cool for a couple of hours before we collected it.

A bigger demonstration was given at a small glass factory in Nth Norfolk .. glass figures made / blown on steel poles, rolling, drawing, colouring and shaping on pads of wet newspaper / wood ... brilliant ;-)

Paperweights are not as useful as light bulbs of course ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

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T i m

A bloke at, um, The Glass Blobbery(?) in Wales does commissions and loves a challenge. He's done sekketries at their PC, that sort of thing.

He did a sheep for our 7yo who absolutely loved it. And he didn't flinch when we came in with a 7yo and a staggering 2yo to his glassware shop - so I think he deserved a mention for being brave ;-)

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PC Paul

Hi,

Try M. Berry Plumbing Services Grove 07966622861

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James Salisbury

01865 739248, according to the Institute of Plumbing ad in the Oxford Yellow Pages (hint hint).
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Ian White

My, that takes me back... watching the lab glassblower in the weeks before Christmas, making matched sets of wineglasses on the lathe.

"Oven-proof Pyrex wineglasses - just what I wanted!"

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Ian White

And very useful for mulled wine they would be too.

Owain

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Owain

Ah, thanks for that Ian. Not sure how much good the hint would be with me living in London or her in Didcot as she's nearly given up finding anyone in the Yellow Pages or anywhere (hence the call to me)!

Thanks again .. I'll pass the number on .. ;-)

T i m

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T i m

Personal experience James ? (well, not 'personal' personal but you know what I mean!) ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

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T i m

Yep,

He seems to do an ok job. Youngish apprentice served guy wanting to get him self established. Had him install a kitchen sink and fix my mains water cyliner and swap out the shower cartarige. I have also had him descale my cylinder. He dosn't have a corgi ticket, last time I asked.

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James Salisbury

Cheers James,

Info passed on to friend.

T i m

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T i m

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