This Guy Has Been A Plumber For 2 Years, And Here Are The Crazy Things He’s Seen On The Job (30 Pics)
Structural inspectors aren't the only ones who can tell if you're living in a shitty home. Plumbers can do that too. Recently, a plumber who goes by the nickname Bfizzle shared just a fraction of all the weird stuff he has seen on the job (unfortunately, Verizon lost a bunch of photos when he changed phones), but it's clear that too many contractors simply don't care what they're building.
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Your Sewer Is Blocked
"I'm 27 and live in the greater Seattle area. Been a plumber for 2 years and an apprentice 3 years before that," Bfizzle told Bored Panda. "I'd say one of the most common reasons I get called is because a house has cheap plumbing. For example, if you buy a $50 toilet, you're going to have issues with it in the near future."
Even a leaky faucet can become a big deal. For example, if it drips just once per second, it still can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water per year.
Candles Left On The Toilet Tank
Why exactly are people burning candles in the toilet in the first place? For some mood lighting when you're s******g?
Who the heck has plastic toilets? I've never had one that wasn't ceramic.
I've seen plastic toilet seats, but never a completely plastic toilet
Not all bathrooms have a vent fan or a window. Candles sometimes help. I lived in an apartment with a fake vent fan before. It just blew the same air back in the room like those cheap stove vents that do nothing!
It looks like the seat lid was up and it caught on fire first. If they had left the lid down they might have got away with it. Or if they had a real toilet.
All I could think of is the hair on the back of your head catching on fire as you sat there.
@LKM-we use incense sticks with a holder on the window sill
Are we talking Roman candles or something because typical candles will burn out once they get down to the end of the wick, not melt the lid off of a toilet!
I was at a white elephant party at a friends house about 10+ years ago and they had candles set up for "mood" lighting everywhere including the bathroom toilet. Well after exchanging gifts and drinking, and drinking some more, my friends highly intoxicated girlfriend goes to the bathroom. Then we hear a scream and a crash and all run to make sure she is okay. Apparently she sat down to pee and the candle on the back of the toilet caught her hair on fire. So she drunkenly freaked out and flailed around smashing the glass candle and spraying 5 plus hours worth of candle wax all over the bathroom and herself. Her hair was singed pretty bad and some of the wax really burned her arms and face and chest. Oh and she ended up pissing all over herself cause she was midstream when her hair caught fire. Don't put your candles on the back of toilets if there are inebriated people around.
This is what happens when you invest in plastic sanitary-ware. Serves you damn right, now you've polluted your own environment.
I didn't know you could do that to a toilet! Learn something every day!
A couple of people asked "Why candles on the toilet?" When I host a gathering, I light candles in the bathrooms to burn away odors and to provide soft light if people don't want to turn on the overhead. IN THIS SITUATION, I would replace the toilet, but leave the INADVERTENT ART on the wall.
i'm so confused as to how this is even possible...i never knew they made all plastic toilets. and were they building a bonfire atop this toilet to have this happen?! i have candles in my bathoom, but this is something else.
Wait, why is it plastic??? In europe they're all porcelain. I'm confused
"Another big thing is that home builders don't ever think ahead, I had to replace a shower valve yesterday and there was a fireplace behind it so the only way to access it was to smash the tile inside the shower," the plumber explained.
In A Chinese Restaurant
According to the professional, the easiest way to make sure your plumbing is in good condition is to make sure it's up to code. "The plumbing code exists for a reason, and just because an inspector passed off on it doesn't mean it is. Inspectors don't go in your crawl space and aren't really even tested on their code knowledge. A certified plumber will know."
Reach For It
I Guess It Works
What Did You Eat Sir?
Neat Tub Shower
Also Found Digging
Don't Like The Leak? Put A Cork In It
The Day After Taco Bell
Homeowner Did A Remodel, Needed To Downsize The Shower
A Repurposed Toilet
Why Does My House Smell Like S**t?
It was leaking long before that pipe collapsed. It had to have been for the bottom of the supporting strap to rust out.
Homeowner Fixed His Own Leak
This Is Why Your Faucets Have Low Flow
Yet Another Handyman Special
Big Apprentice, Small Crawl Space
That's Not How Grounding Works
Another Repurposed Toilet
The Handyman Special
Don't Flush Tampons
How Not To Stop A Leak
No Words
This Is Why Your Kitchen Drain Backs Up
Prevention tips: 1. Don't use a garbage disposal. They don't work well and people put stupid things in them. Especially vegetable peelings and grease. Wipe your plates/pots/pans out into the garbage. 2. Clean your kitchen drain/pipes with baking soda/vinegar once a month. Instructions can be found on the web. 3. After cleaning with baking soda/vinegar, dump boiling water down the drain, then tap water for a few minutes. Next, dilute half a cup of bleach into a gallon of tap water and dump that down. Your sink will not back up again. Source: 12 years using this method.
An Old Water Heater
That's Not How Venting Works
Hose Bib Leaking? Slap Another Valve On!
How Not To Stop A Leak
Found Underground
That's One Way To Replace A Water Heater
A Homeowner Did His Own Bathroom
I did my bathroom. I went to the local home improvement store, bought some supplies and piped my new sink. Sent a picture to my cousin (a professional plumber) and he said I did a great job; used the purple plumbers glue and all (which is required to be compliance with building codes). Not all DIY projects are terribly done!
50+ Year Old Water Heater
A Valve On A Valve
if your first valve is leaky and you don't know how to solder copper pipe this is one solution.
Another Handyman Special
The cupboard under my kitchen sink looks worse than this - it was the previous owners handman special. As it works I'm ignoring it for now.
Try Digging Through This
I work in stage building for concerts, they sometimes have to be anchored to the ground. We use 1,30m nails that get pneumo-hammered into the ground. At one event area, there used to be a train station that has been demolished and covered with about 30 cm soil. Which means, after 30 cm we get to have fun with old brick walls and reinforced concrete. These stones shown here are some kid's sandbox against that.
That job takes not only technical skill but a strong stomach! I swear I could almost smell some of those posts they were so gross
People need to treat the skilled laborer with way more respect than they do for this very reason!!!
Load More Replies...Idk how plumbers deal with all this c**p...literally...sorry for the pun. But seriously, my landlord is also a plumber. He’s seen some toe curling things .
Post originally had 35 images. Why bother shortening it by 5? Just leave them all there. I can understand when you shorten 140 to 60, or similar, but this is silly.
I find the responses to 's**t like this happens in real life' hilarious. The 'wealthy', 'woke', 'educated' elitists and many normal everyday people as well tend to forget that the people who do the job of cleaning these messes are important as they look down at them from their lofty heights. In their push for everyone to be 'higher educated' (indoctrinated) they tend to forget that a) some people are not meant to sit in a classroom and learn how to manipulate others emotions... err, learn and b) the people who do your plumbing, building, garbage hauling, grocery scanning, farming, car repairs, bridge repairs, road repairs, welding and thousands of other under-recognized jobs helped to design, build, and continue to maintain this and every other civilized country in the world. c) They are worthy of our respect and acknowledgment. If you don't know who Mike Rowe is, now would be a great time to learn. :)
I don’t think “woke” fits in with what you’re trying to explain here. You need education to be a plumber, they have to apprentice and everything. Wealthy people love real estate and anyone in the business knows that plumbers make good money and are necessary to the process. I wouldn’t compare plumbing to grocery scanning. It takes years of training and skill to be able to handle these plumbing issues.
Load More Replies...I hate being a plumber. If I was one, I would only repair my own toilet.
That job takes not only technical skill but a strong stomach! I swear I could almost smell some of those posts they were so gross
People need to treat the skilled laborer with way more respect than they do for this very reason!!!
Load More Replies...Idk how plumbers deal with all this c**p...literally...sorry for the pun. But seriously, my landlord is also a plumber. He’s seen some toe curling things .
Post originally had 35 images. Why bother shortening it by 5? Just leave them all there. I can understand when you shorten 140 to 60, or similar, but this is silly.
I find the responses to 's**t like this happens in real life' hilarious. The 'wealthy', 'woke', 'educated' elitists and many normal everyday people as well tend to forget that the people who do the job of cleaning these messes are important as they look down at them from their lofty heights. In their push for everyone to be 'higher educated' (indoctrinated) they tend to forget that a) some people are not meant to sit in a classroom and learn how to manipulate others emotions... err, learn and b) the people who do your plumbing, building, garbage hauling, grocery scanning, farming, car repairs, bridge repairs, road repairs, welding and thousands of other under-recognized jobs helped to design, build, and continue to maintain this and every other civilized country in the world. c) They are worthy of our respect and acknowledgment. If you don't know who Mike Rowe is, now would be a great time to learn. :)
I don’t think “woke” fits in with what you’re trying to explain here. You need education to be a plumber, they have to apprentice and everything. Wealthy people love real estate and anyone in the business knows that plumbers make good money and are necessary to the process. I wouldn’t compare plumbing to grocery scanning. It takes years of training and skill to be able to handle these plumbing issues.
Load More Replies...I hate being a plumber. If I was one, I would only repair my own toilet.