New plumbing sprung a leak - forgive plumber?

[anonymous-user]

Hi Chaps,

A section of our newly-installed plumbing installation has sprung a small leak (at an end-fed soldered joint)

Is it just 'one of those things' that sometimes happens, or should I sack the plumber (the job is still in progress)?

[Rickyy]

Any plumber that says they don't have leaks is a liar. Very much "one of those things".

[Willy Nilly]

Snagging. He is not working in a controlled environment so it will be difficult to get it right first time every time. It's not his first leak and won't be his last.

[98elise]

Agree with the above. I've done loads of plumbing and no matter how good you are you will get the odd leak.

[944fan]

No experience of plumbing but in all walks of life people make honest mistakes - I've made my fair share.

[StuTheGrouch]

That sounds like 'one of those things'. How they react is the next hurdle.

We had a plumber (general property maintenance company) fix our taps on a bath but then forgot to refit washers. The result was a leak over a period of time causing a lot of damage to the living room ceiling. They denied doing it at first, then accepted that they needed to remedy it (the damage, not the leak- another plumber fixed that). It took two months before they came round to fix the ceiling too, which was disgraceful (I should have done it myself with hindsight). Hated renting.

[ColinM50]

Us3ed to work as a labour supplier to one of the large London councils and on one occasion they asked us for a few plumbers to run new mains pressure water pipes all over a new office build. Over two weeks my chaps had run all the pipes in the building, loads of 'em and "just" had to solder the joints to finish. At tea break they overheard the site agent on the phone telling someone that he was going to let the effing useless plumbers go later that day. So my chaps did no more than pack up and go home there and then.

A week or so later when all the carpets and desks were in, the Site Agent had someone else turn the mains on. Oh dear oh dear, it didn't half make a mess when every joint burst.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks for the reassuring replies. guys You echo my own sentiments (if not those of my other half!).

The chap's work looks very neat - good pipe bending, proper capillary joints, and not a push fitting in sight!

I'll be staying with him, then......

[fridgedoctor]

Had a really good plumber work for us on a fit out in Glasgow. Noticed a little weep from one of his joints.
"It's not much of a job till its shed a wee tear for you son"
Don't worry overly, they all get em.

[Poisson96]

One of those things, it needs testing to find problems as such