"Tradesmen"

You shouldn't be. The sort of stuff that gets talked about so freely here and on similar sites is completely alien and incomprehensible to a great many people. If someone perceived as an expert tells them something, of course they believe it and are willing to act on it.

Presumably the "tradesman" in question figured he could make more money from replacement than repair. It must be a nightmare to be at the mercy of the less honest among these types if you've simply no choice but to trust them.

I expect he will be listed on Checkatrade too!

When you are probably looking at 2hrs + labour at £60-£100 m the customer tends to feel more value is obtained if they get a new loo.

One plastic washer at 15p and £100 of labour doesn't always go down well.

And also you may have the sitation that XYZ repair kit is out of stock and will arrive tommorow, possibly. If there is only one loo a householder especially a woman may want a working one ASAP. More so if guests are due.

G.Harman

with another 2hrs + labour at £60-£100 to order/collect and fit it.

alan_m wrote in news:ccs002F3kgtU1 @mid.individual.net:

A new flush valve could be readily sourced for less than ?15.

That depends entirely on how you communicate with the customer.

Why do women need to have a piss every twenty minutes?

A decent plumber would have one in his van.

Is the correct answer.

I called no less than three tradesmen to look at my overflowing gutters and all three zeroed in to a small area of flat roof that was the main problem, as they saw it. I didn't use any of them because what they were saying didn't rally correlate with what I saw when it rained. At this point I should point out I am scared of heights and was unable to look for myself. The I had an idea; a fishing pole cam.

none of the tradesmen apparently saw this blockage

Once I knew where the problem was I removed the bathroom DG transom window from the inside and was able to reach up and lift out the offending lumps of mortar. The torrent is now reduced to a trickle which drips from this little triangular flat roof area. It is as if the gutter is not close enough.

Incidentally I am not necessarily saying the flat roof bit doesn't require attention after 25 years, it's just that the problem I reported wasn't caused by it.

I fitted Fluidmaster fill and flush valves to both my toilets. No regrets so far

Prostate problems? ;-)

No, it was ordered over t'internet, and arrived in a courier's van for three quid.

So that's why both of our push-button bogs only work on one half of the split button...

So that's why both of our push-button bogs only work on one half of the split button... /q

Adjustment is your fiend....

Jim K

BCIBA?

When my children were little I told them lies all the time to make them suspicious. It worked.

Bill

Bill Wright wrote in news:m4b4vj$v2v$8 @speranza.aioe.org:

With a few well known exceptions (Bill) I doubt that many tradesmen read sites like this and ever read the instalation manuals of stuff they are fitting.