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Thread ID: 106452	2010-01-09 02:42:00	Get the plumber or not?	Morgenmuffel (187)	PC World Chat

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847205	2010-01-09 02:42:00	Firstly i am a crap home handyman Anyway we have sold our hellhole and are escaping it for good in a fortnight, but there are 2 really small leaks that need fixing, they have been there for ages (come and go) and were there when we sold the house, I feel like i should get them fixed, but i have spoken to a few people who said that if they were there when the house sold, i shouldn't worry about them. What do you reckon? i feel it should be done, but money is tight and spending a couple of hundred on a plumber seems excessive. And a guesstimate on what they would cost would help Leak one is where the pipe goes into the dunny cistern Leak two is where the dishwasher hose screws onto the tap Cheers	Morgenmuffel (187)
847206	2010-01-09 03:33:00	Turn of the toby or tap out at the gate pull off pipe to cistern go to placemakers and buy another crux nut seal Take off dishwasher hoses connector replace rubber washer from placemakers	prefect (6291)
847207	2010-01-09 04:21:00	If they were there when the buyers signed the sale agreement, I wouldn't worry about it. Caveat emptor.	johcar (6283)
847208	2010-01-09 04:21:00	Anyway we have sold our hellhole and are escaping it for good in a fortnight Leak one is where the pipe goes into the dunny cistern Leak two is where the dishwasher hose screws onto the tap Cheers Dishwasher hose??!! Thats not even worth mentioning. Leave it. Pipe in cistern, well, nah you've sold it, the hell with the plumber. I could ask husband what it would cost but he'd say the same thing, leave it. Where are you going, still in town? There's a place over the road here coming up for auction. The owner (3 owners ago) went and took a look yesterday. It was rough when she had it but it's beyond belief now. There isn't a single window intact, the back door is gone, not kicked in, gone, inc the fram around it. The quite new oven is gone too now. The current owner went back to Auckland so is probably oblivious to the missing stuff. Oh and kids have tried lighting rags in the main floor, the smouldered and went out. Pity if you aks me. And you're worrying about 1 minor leak.	pctek (84)
847209	2010-01-09 04:32:00	I would fix if I thought I could do it,if not I wouldn't bother. Not as if you were leaving a leaky house.	Cicero (40)
847210	2010-01-10 07:19:00	Hi PCTek, ask hubby the cost please as i think I would feel guity if I didn't at least look at getting it fixed As for the dishwasher hose the tap and the hose arent compatible so there is an adaptor between them and this where the leak is happening, I can't work out which end is causing the leak so it is a bit hard to fix, my last attempt at fixing cut the leak heaps but it is still around 1 drip every 18 seconds when the tap is turned on	Morgenmuffel (187)
847211	2010-01-10 07:23:00	Hi PCTek, ask hubby the cost please as i think I would feel guity if I didn't at least look at getting it fixed As for the dishwasher hose the tap and the hose arent compatible so there is an adaptor between them and this where the leak is happening, I can't work out which end is causing the leak so it is a bit hard to fix, my last attempt at fixing cut the leak heaps but it is still around 1 drip every 18 seconds when the tap is turned on It might just be a washer that needs replacing - they're around $2 each from somewhere like Mitre10, so you might as well replace both of them and see if it helps.	somebody (208)
847212	2010-01-10 08:02:00	aha I was inspired to go and attack the dishwasher hose again, and I haven't had a drip in 10 minutes, fingers crossed it stays like that	Morgenmuffel (187)
847213	2010-01-10 08:10:00	Just remember that plumbers are the most expensive tradesmen . After computer technicians that is . ;):D PJ now runs off to hide in wardrobe . PJ	Poppa John (284)
847214	2010-01-10 08:32:00	Just remember that plumbers are the most expensive tradesmen. After computer technicians that is. ;):D PJ now runs off to hide in wardrobe. PJ They are also amongst the only tradesmen who have to deal with blocked toilets and sewerage pipes :)	somebody (208)
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