Redwood
Master Plumber
Are you talking about the time and inconvenience of waiting around for a plumber and the follow up inspection? Because I generally can do a repair far more quickly and conveniently, and a hell of a lot cheaper than a plumber can. There are things I have to call a plumber for, and I dread the waste of time, cost, and inconvenience when that happens.
No I'm taking about the time that someone spent:
- driving to Lowes to buy a water heater
- trying to find a smockman for help
- waiting for smock man to close the aisle and take one down off the rack
- waiting in a checkout line
- driving home with it
- moving it into the house
- installing it
- wondering why they don't have hot water
- Trying to relight the water heater
- going to Lowes for a left handed thermocouple
- find out that they don't have any
- go home and call 1-800-Racshids India Help Line
- Order the burner enhancement kit
- wait for the kit to arrive
- install the kit when it arrived
- be very greatful that you have hot water again after almost a week of putzing around
- oops spoke to early its out again
- call Rashid again
- order the gas valve
- wait for the gas valve
- install the gas valve when it arrives
- hope to hell it works
- every morning wake up and wonder "Is the water heater still working"
All this because some dumbazz incompetent engineer can't design a good product...