Hi all.. Thought I'd chime in on this very interesting (and amusing) thread.. We had a remodel done late last year and we had to do the '3-strikes' game with our plumber.. The main portion of the plumbing was done just fine (DWV + new hot/cold lines -- all done by one guy over the course of a number of weeks).. The annoying part was when his 'other' guys came over to do the finish work -- hooking up sinks, toilets, showers, etc.. Below are a few of the odd problems I had over the course of a single week :
- Toilet installation -- I've done it a bunch of times and have learned to take my time and do it right.. These guys came in, hooked them up OK but left two in a rocking condition on a tile floor. All 3 of them had toilet bolts longer than wanted so the caps couldnt be properly installed.. They had cut the bolts but cut them too long.. Sloppy work! More than likely I'll have to re-do some of this sloppy work -- when I've got some spare time..
- Hot/cold water valve installation (removing the plugs on the new lines) -- the guy doing this task (by himself) cut off all plugs, installed all valves and left them all open and then proceeded to turn the water main back on.. He then did a half-assed cleanup of the pools of water and left, leaving the real cleanup to me.. I was furious as he had left pools of water in our brand-new installed cabinets, all over the tile floors, etc..
- Same guy that did the 'work' above (flood) was tasked with re-installing our old gas water heater. It took the guy about 4 hours to do it since he spent probably 3 1/2 hours talking on the phone.. Needless to say his concentration was not there and the job was fairly sloppy (I could have done a better job).
Needless to say, there were other issues that occurred later when it was time to install faucets & showers and we told our contractor that he had to 'go'.. The contractor was so annoyed with this 'sub' of his that he no longer uses him.. Oh well..