Hi everyone,
I have been reading lots in this forum but did not have much to contribute. Thank you every one.
However, today I have something to share but I am not sure if I can identify the trader. Are there any rules in our fornum about this matter? If you want to know which plumber to avoid, please drop me an email. But let me call him AAA.
I just had our bathroom renovated but we are very unhappy about the work that the plumber AAA has done:
1) he quoted $45 per meter for tiling, but later told us he actually needed to charge us $60 per meter. We were not happy with this sudden 'out of the blue' charge. But being reasonale and knowing the normal price, we agreed the increased price. But surprisingly, 10 minutes later, he told us in fact his price is $65 per meter, not $60! That made my wife upset and she did not want to pay the extra $5 per meter (the total areas is about 9 sq meters but quoted 10 sq meters). At that point, AAA threaten to walk away from the job. As he started packing, we were facing the empty bathroom, and there was no way to get another plumber to continue the job. So we were forced to acept his term.
2) now the bathroom is done, but, he did not put the O ring into the mixer so that there is no seal under the mixer. Water gets into the mixer seat, and drips into the vanity. Well, he said "Nothing to do with me. Go to get a new mixer. you did not get this F***ing mixer from me." I know this is still under warrenty, but we did not want to deal with him anymore. At the end, we got another plumber to spend just 10 minutes to put in the new O ring, and it works. The good plumber said "how could a qualified plumber forget to put an O ring when install a mixer!"
There are also a few other rude things that I did not want to talk about here.
Anyway, I would like to share my expereince with you, hopefull you can avoid using this plumber AAA.
By the way, I am in Melbourne, eastern suburb.
I have been reading lots in this forum but did not have much to contribute. Thank you every one.
However, today I have something to share but I am not sure if I can identify the trader. Are there any rules in our fornum about this matter? If you want to know which plumber to avoid, please drop me an email. But let me call him AAA.
I just had our bathroom renovated but we are very unhappy about the work that the plumber AAA has done:
1) he quoted $45 per meter for tiling, but later told us he actually needed to charge us $60 per meter. We were not happy with this sudden 'out of the blue' charge. But being reasonale and knowing the normal price, we agreed the increased price. But surprisingly, 10 minutes later, he told us in fact his price is $65 per meter, not $60! That made my wife upset and she did not want to pay the extra $5 per meter (the total areas is about 9 sq meters but quoted 10 sq meters). At that point, AAA threaten to walk away from the job. As he started packing, we were facing the empty bathroom, and there was no way to get another plumber to continue the job. So we were forced to acept his term.
2) now the bathroom is done, but, he did not put the O ring into the mixer so that there is no seal under the mixer. Water gets into the mixer seat, and drips into the vanity. Well, he said "Nothing to do with me. Go to get a new mixer. you did not get this F***ing mixer from me." I know this is still under warrenty, but we did not want to deal with him anymore. At the end, we got another plumber to spend just 10 minutes to put in the new O ring, and it works. The good plumber said "how could a qualified plumber forget to put an O ring when install a mixer!"
There are also a few other rude things that I did not want to talk about here.
Anyway, I would like to share my expereince with you, hopefull you can avoid using this plumber AAA.
By the way, I am in Melbourne, eastern suburb.
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