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Chipped enamel bath
We recently had 1 and a half bathrooms up-dated (I am getting too long
in the tooth for this sort of work) and when my wife came to clean the bath a week after it had been installed, she called me up there to look at 2 tiny chips in it. It s a pressed steel bath, by the way. I took photos of the chips. They did not come out too good, but I can see a coloured ring around the chip, that to my eyes suggests that the enamel has been blown off. Could I be right here? When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. My wife tells me that she has used a supermarket trigger spray bath cleaner and a cloth to wipe it. I have no reason not to believe her, but I have doubt about what may happen next. Plumber who did the job handed my wife a letter from the bath manufacturer (Roca) that was forwarded by Travis Perkins, who I assume provided the bath. It states that their sales manager will come to inspect the chips and an £80-00 charge will be levied if the chips prove not have been caused by faulty manufacture. Now, how can I tell that I am not being ripped off by false information from the sales manager? Is there anything that I can throw into this to convince him that we have not even begun to do the 'make good' due to both of us having temporary bad heath, let alone dropped anything into it other than a bar of soap or a plastic container of shampoo. TIA Dave |
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:55:15 +0100, Dave
wrote: We recently had 1 and a half bathrooms up-dated (I am getting too long in the tooth for this sort of work) and when my wife came to clean the bath a week after it had been installed, she called me up there to look at 2 tiny chips in it. It s a pressed steel bath, by the way. I took photos of the chips. They did not come out too good, but I can see a coloured ring around the chip, that to my eyes suggests that the enamel has been blown off. Could I be right here? When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. My wife tells me that she has used a supermarket trigger spray bath cleaner and a cloth to wipe it. I have no reason not to believe her, but I have doubt about what may happen next. Plumber who did the job handed my wife a letter from the bath manufacturer (Roca) that was forwarded by Travis Perkins, who I assume provided the bath. It states that their sales manager will come to inspect the chips and an £80-00 charge will be levied if the chips prove not have been caused by faulty manufacture. Now, how can I tell that I am not being ripped off by false information from the sales manager? Is there anything that I can throw into this to convince him that we have not even begun to do the 'make good' due to both of us having temporary bad heath, let alone dropped anything into it other than a bar of soap or a plastic container of shampoo. TIA Dave Do you have accidental damage on your buildings insurance as an alternative ..?? Stuart |
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Stuart wrote:
Do you have accidental damage on your buildings insurance as an alternative ..?? Yes, we have all the cover we need, but I don't want to be ripped off if it is not our fault. Speaking in my local at lunchtime, the same subject of being ripped of came up. First person, who must be worth at least a million said much the same as me. I don't mind paying, if I get what I am paying for, but I will not be ripped off. His son said much the same. I said the same as the other two, but I am not in the same financial world, by any means. We all share the same love of real ale though :-) Dave |
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:57:55 +0100, Dave
wrote: Stuart wrote: Do you have accidental damage on your buildings insurance as an alternative ..?? Yes, we have all the cover we need, but I don't want to be ripped off if it is not our fault. Speaking in my local at lunchtime, the same subject of being ripped of came up. First person, who must be worth at least a million said much the same as me. I don't mind paying, if I get what I am paying for, but I will not be ripped off. His son said much the same. I said the same as the other two, but I am not in the same financial world, by any means. We all share the same love of real ale though :-) Dave So how are you going to explain how the chips came to be there .. consdiering what you say ...... When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. |
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Dave wrote:
We recently had 1 and a half bathrooms up-dated (I am getting too long in the tooth for this sort of work) and when my wife came to clean the bath a week after it had been installed, she called me up there to look at 2 tiny chips in it. It s a pressed steel bath, by the way. I took photos of the chips. They did not come out too good, but I can see a coloured ring around the chip, that to my eyes suggests that the enamel has been blown off. Could I be right here? When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. My wife tells me that she has used a supermarket trigger spray bath cleaner and a cloth to wipe it. I have no reason not to believe her, but I have doubt about what may happen next. Plumber who did the job handed my wife a letter from the bath manufacturer (Roca) that was forwarded by Travis Perkins, who I assume provided the bath. It states that their sales manager will come to inspect the chips and an £80-00 charge will be levied if the chips prove not have been caused by faulty manufacture. Now, how can I tell that I am not being ripped off by false information from the sales manager? Is there anything that I can throw into this to convince him that we have not even begun to do the 'make good' due to both of us having temporary bad heath, let alone dropped anything into it other than a bar of soap or a plastic container of shampoo. TIA Dave have you got a claw hammer? if so measure the claw hammer up against the chips, if the claw end matches then you have your argument! i did a job on saturday where the fibreglass bath was cracked from overtightening the taps' fittings, when i removed the bath to turn it round the customer noticed the hairline crack and said i had caused it! yes possibly by disturbing the already tired bath and resituating it but i had no doubt that it was there before but had just waited for me to tamper before rearing it's ugly head! good job this bath move is only a temporary move or i could have worked for nothing all day! |
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When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. This location sounds like it may corresponds with the position of the fittings for the legs under the bath. On the Roca steel bath, I believe the legs are mounted over lugs and a bolt is tightened to hold the legs in place. Tightening the legs on installation may have resulted in the steel deforming slightly causing the enamel to fail on the inside of the bath. If this is the case its then down to your plumber and the supplier to argue whose fault it is. The supplier agues that the plumber has overtightened the legs. The plumber argues that it must be possible to thighten the legs securely without expecting to damage the bath so its a manufacturing/design fault. Of course this might not be the cause of your particular problem anyway. Good Luck Bill |
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Stuart wrote:
So how are you going to explain how the chips came to be there .. consdiering what you say ...... When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. I had hoped for a better input to this problem. The bath can chip for three reasons, to my mind. 1. Enamel badly coated and blows. (This is the one I want information on. How is it recognized?) 2. An object dropped onto the surface. (This should be easily recognizable, to the expert.) 3. The bath might have been stressed during manufacture or fitting. (This is the one factor that I can not imagine what the results would look like. I also said... I took photos of the chips. They did not come out too good, but I can see a coloured ring around the chip, that to my eyes suggests that the enamel has been blown off. Could I be right here? No one has answered that question yet. Dave |
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Gav wrote:
have you got a claw hammer? I am trying to find out how to tell accidental damage from built in faults. Thanks. Dave |
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BillP wrote:
When I cleaned it, just after installation, there was no evidence of any chips. The chips are tiny and are about 7 or 8 mm apart on the side where the bath is just starting to curve towards the bottom, about one third from the end. This location sounds like it may corresponds with the position of the fittings for the legs under the bath. It's not close enough to convince me though. Thanks for the input. Dave |
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Dave wrote:
Gav wrote: have you got a claw hammer? I am trying to find out how to tell accidental damage from built in faults. Thanks. Guy drops a hammer on it in the factory. You drop a hammer on it at home. Essentially impossible to prove which happened unfortunately. |
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