you can have a gas hwu underneath a house, just wither its flued or not

plumbing is a licensed trade, even if its changing a washer. if you're not a plumber and you don't have a clue, don't f***ing touch it. Us plumbers go through alot of bulls***, laws and Australian standards just to get our ticket, and thats not even a contractors license.. not to mention all the tools we need to buy to do the job...

moral of the story, use a licensed plumber, your basin mixer replaced, its probably a cheap Chinese one.

do you really believe this?
I am not having a go at you but do you really seriously expect people to call in a plumber to do real basic jobs?

No Im only a few streets away from the oldys.

Thats interesting about it not working well with Gas.
What s***s me is the plumber should have tested it.
He screwed them around for ages too.

. not to mention all the tools we need to buy to do the job...

2 spanners, a hammer, a blowtorch, some soldering lead and a re-seating tool. OH NOES

e: Oh and can anyone confirm/deny that if you have an electric system now, the next time it dies you HAVE to go gas? That's what a plumber told us when the thermostat broke on our electric one. Trouble is we live in a single storey house and the heater is inside so to get a gas one and put it outside is going to be rather expensive I'm guessing.

last edited by whoop at 23:31:13 11/Mar/10

do you really believe this?

No i don't, but most people out there don't have a clue, and it ends up costing them more money to get it done properly the second time around.

2 spanners, a hammer, a blowtorch, some soldering lead and a re-seating tool. OH NOES

its more than a couple of spanners, spanner head.. Jet rodder to clear blocked drains is roughly $4500, pipe benders, flaring tools , electric copper crimper's.. list goes on... you have no idea.

last edited by BigZub at 23:46:20 11/Mar/10

Yes I was being an ass, I know there's more to it than that :)

then we must love again

of course there's more to it than that, but you don't call in a network tech to diagnose your dsl when it goes out right?

if my tap sprung a leak I'm just going to fix it myself
the only thing I'm going to call a plumber for is when I need something connected to a sewer or when I need a $4500 jet rodder for a few hours

when I need a $4500 jet rodder for a few hours

for those lonely friday nights aye teq

teq has some serious blockages. More fibre dude :)

it's not a party unless someone brings a jet rodder