What up with my f..ken hotwater?
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
Had a leaking emergency relief valve on a hot water service
First thing plumber asked was " have you tried to fix it"????
Gra
First thing plumber asked was " have you tried to fix it"????
Gra
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
If you remove that grommet I don't think you will not use anymore water than previous. You will have the taps opened that much less.
If you have put on one of those water saving heads as such, remove that grommet and you will be having the best of showers...
Daz
If you have put on one of those water saving heads as such, remove that grommet and you will be having the best of showers...
Daz
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
I bet you're one of those guys that reads instructions before you give it a crack as well...for shame!purple5ive wrote:unaustralian hah!! its called being smart hahahaMattblack wrote:That's un-Australian! Might cost you twice as much as getting a plumber, but at least you can say you fixed it yourself!purple5ive wrote:And the Moral of the story is??smile0784 wrote:Shower was fine.for 2.years then stated dripping even tho turned taps on super hard ao i replaced washes and now problem started
Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:
also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
Worse case scenario is that you buy a set of new taps (you might have buggered them by wrenching them tight instead of replacing the washers)
what if you can never fix it yourself??
Seriously though, has anyone else noticed tradies charge more per hour than a brain surgeon these days?
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
Yep have had to get a fair few quotes and noticed this as well. Call out fee then their hourly rate on top.Mattblack wrote:I bet you're one of those guys that reads instructions before you give it a crack as well...for shame!purple5ive wrote:unaustralian hah!! its called being smart hahahaMattblack wrote:That's un-Australian! Might cost you twice as much as getting a plumber, but at least you can say you fixed it yourself!purple5ive wrote:And the Moral of the story is??smile0784 wrote:Shower was fine.for 2.years then stated dripping even tho turned taps on super hard ao i replaced washes and now problem started
Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:
also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
Worse case scenario is that you buy a set of new taps (you might have buggered them by wrenching them tight instead of replacing the washers)
what if you can never fix it yourself??
Seriously though, has anyone else noticed tradies charge more per hour than a brain surgeon these days?
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
Nah manuals never get read ever.
And I generally try to diy unless it's electrical or gas. And couple otger stuff where I wouldn't want to cause problems.
I said call the pro is because smiley is generally working most times. So it's probably the easiest way out. But he is generally handy with diy so its up to him.
And I generally try to diy unless it's electrical or gas. And couple otger stuff where I wouldn't want to cause problems.
I said call the pro is because smiley is generally working most times. So it's probably the easiest way out. But he is generally handy with diy so its up to him.
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
If you can fix it should try lolpurple5ive wrote:And the Moral of the story is??smile0784 wrote:Shower was fine.for 2.years then stated dripping even tho turned taps on super hard ao i replaced washes and now problem started
Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:
also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
Plumber quoted $100 call out fee plus $80 per hour min of 30 min work even if fixed in 5 mins.
So cost $ 180 plus parts of $2 for a 5 min job.
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
Good point mite try that after the gromit issueMattblack wrote:That's un-Australian! Might cost you twice as much as getting a plumber, but at least you can say you fixed it yourself!purple5ive wrote:And the Moral of the story is??smile0784 wrote:Shower was fine.for 2.years then stated dripping even tho turned taps on super hard ao i replaced washes and now problem started
Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:
also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
Worse case scenario is that you buy a set of new taps (you might have buggered them by wrenching them tight instead of replacing the washers)
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Re: What up with my f..ken hotwater?
Never know unleas you try.lolpurple5ive wrote:unaustralian hah!! its called being smart hahahaMattblack wrote:That's un-Australian! Might cost you twice as much as getting a plumber, but at least you can say you fixed it yourself!purple5ive wrote:And the Moral of the story is??smile0784 wrote:Shower was fine.for 2.years then stated dripping even tho turned taps on super hard ao i replaced washes and now problem started
Get the Professionals to look at it :rofl:
also take those grommets out and you will use a lot more water than normal, its there for a reason!
Worse case scenario is that you buy a set of new taps (you might have buggered them by wrenching them tight instead of replacing the washers)
what if you can never fix it yourself??