"Zhang Yijie" wrote in message
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On 04/19/2014 03:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
Oooh! Do *not* call them snakes in front of a plumber. I had one
totally go off on me. Told me there was no such thing as a snake!

A professional plumber would *never* insult a customer like that.

And not only was he unprofessional, he's wrong as well.

Send the 'drip' this link so he can buy a plumbing snake.

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/snake.html

Heh! I actually had one guy tell me that plumbing doesn't have vents. This
was a supposed handyman/plumber that I called to unclog the kitchen sink.
It was clogged when we bought the house. I told him it was clogged. He
made me wait two weeks. I assumed this was normal. Having only ever rented
or lived in military housing, I had no idea that I could actually call a
plumber and have them come right away. My parents did own their houses but
in one case, our next door neighbor was a plumber and my dad often did his
own repairs, including putting in faucets and a tub! But he is no longer
with us.

Anyway... When the guy finally got here, he said he didn't do clogs! I
made the mistake of telling this to another guy who was a general
contractor/plumber. Said, "What kind of plumber doesn't do clogs?" He
just laughed and said that he didn't do clogs either. But he did create a
problem in my shower. He was called in (friend of a friend of my gardener)
to fix a leaking pipe from the house to the main line. I'd had it repaired
two years prior but the repairs didn't hold. He put in a whole new copper
pipe. But... A few months later on Christmas Eve, water began pouring from
my shower and wouldn't stop. Long story short, he didn't flush the line out
and flux (I think that's what the plumber said) built up and made its way to
the shower. Grrr...