Gouranga
Software Engineer
Alright, someone who does this professionally tell me if this is as funny as it sounded to me. I had a plumbing "situation" recently that needed to get done immediately and was a bit over my head. The ONLY guy I could get out there quick enough was the local roto-rooter guy. This kid, was scary. Really the only advantage he had over me was he had a lot better tools. One line he put out that really got me related to the finish up phase. He had just put in a new diverter into the shower and made a comment "I can't caulk this. I am a plumber not a caulker, and people get mad when you don't do it right." Now, I am a computer programmer and I can caulk my work. My uncle is a carpenter, he caulks his work. My grandfather was a vice president for a plastic injection molding company, he caulks his work. Does a professional plumber maybe, just maybe sometime in his career get some experience in how to properly caulk a job he is working on? Am I expecting too much out of a plumber to know how to do what I would consider "finishing touches" on a plumbing job?