{"id":1879,"date":"2019-07-08T16:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendly-place.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2023-12-20T17:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:09:59","slug":"tale-of-two-stops-acworth-plumber-plumb-smart-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plumbsmart.com\/tale-of-two-stops-acworth-plumber-plumb-smart-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale of Two Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a customer who is frugal with their dollars, and that\u2019s good. But not always.<\/p>\n

She had a toilet that needed all the tank parts replaced. She had her son-in-law come over to do the work. He is an apprentice with a large commercial plumbing company. This should have been a red flag.<\/p>\n

Commercial plumbing is completely different than residential plumbing. And new construction is completely different than service and repair work. So the son-in-law was completely out of his experience and expertise comfort zone.<\/p>\n

The shut off valve on the left would not shut off, so the decision was made to replace the valve. This was the first mistake. The valve could have been easily repaired.<\/p>\n

The second mistake was to try to replace it with the valve on the right. He bought the wrong kind in two ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. It\u2019s an angle stop, not a straight stop like the one on the left<\/li>\n
  2. It\u2019s a compression stop. It won\u2019t work with polybutylene or PEX pipe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Not knowing any better, he installed it anyway.<\/p>\n

    The result? When he turned the water to the house back on, the stop popped off of the polybutylene pipe, and water went everywhere.<\/p>\n

    The call came at 11pm at night. She turned the water off to the house and scheduled me to come out at 8am. No one likes to pay overtime rates. The water line repair and valve replacement was easy, \u2018cause it\u2019s always easy when you know how. Rebuilding the toilet was a little trickier because the tank bolts were rusted. Once I got them off the rest went pretty smooth and soon I had the water back on and the toilet working again.<\/p>\n

    The moral of the story is to know your limitations. Don\u2019t attempt to make repairs on systems you know nothing about, especially pressurized water systems. Disaster will ensue. I\u2019m all about being frugal with things like food, clothes, fishing poles, etc. But not on things like car repairs, electrical, HVAC, or plumbing repairs. Something bad could really go wrong if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

    Plumb Smart has many years of experience in all phases of plumbing, commercial and residential. I\u2019ve been a licensed Master Plumber since 1987. When it comes to plumbing, I\u2019ve seen and done everything. But when I established my company in 2002, I decided to focus on residential repairs and replacements. That\u2019s all I\u2019ve done for the last 17 years.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019m not an expert in commercial plumbing anymore because I haven\u2019t done it in a long time. You have to keep doing it to keep from getting rusty. It\u2019s not like learning to ride a bike. But I am an expert in residential plumbing – installation, repairs, and replacements because I do it every day\u2026 except when I\u2019m gone fishing.<\/p>\n

    So stick to what you know and call an expert when you\u2019re out of your comfort zone.<\/p>\n

    Schedule a Plumber<\/h2>\n

    Schedule a plumber<\/a><\/strong> if you need assistance, we are happy to help.<\/p>\n

    Read our reviews<\/a> to learn more about us<\/a> or our services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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