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I didn't reply to this thread as I didn't think I’d made any mistakes noteworthy, but how could I forget!

A few years back I installed a new central heating system in a 3 bed house, so I installed all the pipe work and rads but the Boiler wasn't going to be on site for another couple of weeks so I made a connection between the water mains and the Flow/Return so I could pressure test it. No leaks...lovely. Later that day we removed one of the rads on the first floor so we could decorate. No problem just isolate at the thermostatic valve. End of the day we leave (for the weekend). 2 days later my mate is driving past the job and notices that the bricks look wet at the front of the house, strange it's the height of summer. He goes in to find that I hadn't disconnected the system from the mains and the thermostatic valves had opened :yikes::yikes::yikes: It was coming out at a rate of knots and had filled the cavity up by 3 foot!!!

Luckily for me, we were gutting the house so it didn't really cause any damage, the only thing it did drown was my cordless drill charger was cost me £90 to replace. Serves me right really
 
CC reminded me on another Thread.

I was on a kitchen mosaic job in an Edinburgh tenement block..........4 bloody flights up as well :incazzato::incazzato::incazzato:

I nipped out onto the landing for a sly puff...........the sun was actually out for a change, so I thought i would flick the large sash window up and have my smoke and see wots going on outside.

Window was bloody painted up quite bad and it took a bit of a yank to get up.......but it did eventually. Anyway, i had a nice smoke and ducked back in and tried to shut said sticky window. It all of a sudden came bashing down and I heard the tell tale "CRACK" as a big pain of glass just split, from top to bottom:yikes::yikes:

Next smoke I walked the 4 flights down :smilewinkgrin:
 
CC reminded me on another Thread.

I was on a kitchen mosaic job in an Edinburgh tenement block..........4 bloody flights up as well :incazzato::incazzato::incazzato:

I nipped out onto the landing for a sly puff...........the sun was actually out for a change, so I thought i would flick the large sash window up and have my smoke and see wots going on outside.

Window was bloody painted up quite bad and it took a bit of a yank to get up.......but it did eventually. Anyway, i had a nice smoke and ducked back in and tried to shut said sticky window. It all of a sudden came bashing down and I heard the tell tale "CRACK" as a big pain of glass just split, from top to bottom:yikes::yikes:

Next smoke I walked the 4 flights down :smilewinkgrin:

smoking is bad for windows!
please don't tell bill gates!
 
I had to redo 12m² ! I was 5cm out with the grout. I used the wrong side of the level!!😳
It cost me a sturday morning to put it right.I use a cross liner(laser) now :8:2Balls
 
Customer was having a huge corner bath installed when the tiling was done, still wanted tiles underneath the bath. To save money he wanted cheap tiles under the bath out of sight and the expensive ones on the rest of the floor, in view.
Did the job, mmmm 2 different tiles, which is which?, surely the cheap ones are those full of dust with raps of tape around them?.

2 hours later = ooopppsss
 

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