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tiled my sisters on suite a couple of weeks back porcelain tiles with a natural stone border and a few features looked great the plumber came to second fix the toilet and wash basin and shower back in he then proceded to Silicon the sink and round the shower what a mess he made must have been blind.i spent today with Silicon eater on everything had to leave it for hours then scraped it all off and Silicon it all properly wont be making that mistake again! :incazzato:lol
 
aye i made that mistake also wi plumbers iv used on refits,,great at the plumbing work but they aint finishers thats 4 sure
 
Job i start tomorrow is for a plumber :dizzy2:

He has asked me to call in on another job he has just finished.............just to silicon the bath & sink...........cos, (in his words) he's crap at it :yes:
 
Plumbers haven't discovered profilers.

I've got 2 sets, one I bought from a plumber's merchant. I wonder what finish they'll give he he!
 
This plumber has

karl dahm works a treat.....or a bit of 15mm chrome copper for this hard to reach areas behind taps!
 
You can't just abuse plumbers like this......i know a few trades who can't Silicon to save their lives and not just plumbers..it is all trades.....

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I use lolly pop sticks to profile my Silicon that I have saved up over the summer, because I like lollies.
 
I`m a plumber and i do all my Silicon sealing and not once been called back to redo any,infact a friend of mine used to do alot of sealant work and mine is far superior to his.good and bad in all trades lets try not to label trades.
 
I think the inference is that some tradesmen are good at the nuts and bolts but their finishing leaves a bit to be desired. I worked with one such tradesman before last Christmas.

I would get frustrated if I couldn't get the exact finish I wanted, he would shrug his shoulders and say "near enough". However I wouldn't call him incompetent. He did what he came to do very well. I just kept him out of my area as much as poss!
 
I had a plumber do some silicon finishing for me once - NEVER AGAIN!!!! Looked like he had been doing a spot of finger painting or something! No wonder it was a mess as he had fingers like shrek :hurray:
 
sorry bds was not ment to affend plumbers or a dig at you it was just half a days work wasted fixing other peoples mistakes got me hot under the collar! lol :8:
 
I try not to put any trade or label trades as good or bad cos of one individuals mistakes,myself i go to the cause of the problem ie; the person thats dropped a ****%$$ then i`ll call him all the names under the sun and its them that get the bad name not all associated trades,if they dont like it and take offence then its windmill time,,,,lol but thats me, GARRETRIDGE no offense taken i`ve seen plumbing work done by so called timeserved guys and i wouldn`t pay them in rubber tap washers,but i`ve also seen tiling done by timeserved tilers and i wouldn`t let them tile the inside of a unused cardboard box let alone anybodys house,,,lol some of us plumbers do care about our work and standards not ALL but some,good and bad in all trades i`m afraid.:rant: CJ lol you like being offended by anyone.:yikes:
 
plumber who gets me a lot of work allways says leave the sillicone I'll do it
gone back after and the sillicone is the dogs
must be hard geting them in a tube :hurray:
 
Where's the love guys? I'm a tiling plumber!

I have to agree with BDS' post. It isn't the trade but the tradesman, there's good and bad in all trades.

Regardless of the trade, quality of finish is everything.

Mark
 
I try not to put any trade or label trades as good or bad cos of one individuals mistakes,myself i go to the cause of the problem ie; the person thats dropped a ****%$$ then i`ll call him all the names under the sun and its them that get the bad name not all associated trades,if they dont like it and take offence then its windmill time,,,,lol but thats me, GARRETRIDGE no offense taken i`ve seen plumbing work done by so called timeserved guys and i wouldn`t pay them in rubber tap washers,but i`ve also seen tiling done by timeserved tilers and i wouldn`t let them tile the inside of a unused cardboard box let alone anybodys house,,,lol some of us plumbers do care about our work and standards not ALL but some,good and bad in all trades i`m afraid.:rant: CJ lol you like being offended by anyone.:yikes:
good post
 

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