Educated Idiot...

[carrust]

My son is boarding-out his lounge floor with plywood. I told him beforehand to check on water pipes, cables etc. He started the job about an hour ago....I've just had a breathless phone call from him...3 guesses on what he's done...

[Barmaid]

Nail through a pipe/wire?!

[sandyRoe]

Oh dear. A plumbers going to charge a fair few quid to deal with that leak.

[snags]

He forgot to remove the existing carpet first.

[Barmaid]

lol Snags.

[carrust]

Screw straight through the middle of a central heating pipe. I'm now trying to talk him through fitting a compression joint, don't want to let hiw loose with a blowtorch..
Snags...I told him to lift the carpet 1st:-)

[Barmaid]

I'm just wondering if it might be less stressful if you went over there and did it for him.

In my single days my brother got SO exasperated with my phonecalls when I was trying to do relatively simple jobs and rounding cocking them up he used to get me to make a list of jobs that need doing and he used to come over once every 6 months and do them. He said it was easier to get it right from the start rather than putting right someone else's cock ups.

he did also once say to me "Look I don't mess with legal stuff; you should learn not to mess with power tools".

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps, but then you never learn to do it, and ever have the satsfaction of looking at a job you have achieved. We all start off knowing nothing.

[Barmaid]

Fair point OG. But some people are just not meant to use power tools!

[carrust]

It'll be a bit of a journey barmaid, he's in London & I'm in Sheffield.
I'm waiting for a call from A&E later today:-)

[Buenchico]

This thread is getting really annoying!

I keep seeing 'Educated Idiot' appear in the Latest Posts column, so I think someone is calling me!

[Barmaid]

It doesn't say "old", Chris ;)

(runs and hides)

[tonyav]

Yep carrust a compression joint is definitely the way to go, don't want the house on fire do we.

[carrust]

When he puts his mind to it my son can do the work of 2 men...Laurel & Hardy..

[carrust]

He's proving that basic plumbing is harder than rocket science:-)

[tonyav]

I'm sure he'll work it out eventually carrust.

[carrust]

Yayyy he's sorted it! Only the electric & gas to go.....:-)

[gness]

I could help him with the gas and electric Carrust.

[tonyav]

Oh gawd.