Just postponed a call due to rain. - Plumbing Zone

ChrisConnor · 03-12-2010, 09:10 PM

Repeat customer, clogged sewer, thunderstorm, I said no, customer complained, said I'd run the machine if she would hold the cord while I did it. Customer will wait until tomorrow when it's not raining.

Indie · 03-12-2010, 09:15 PM

That is a great response, I might use that.

SewerRatz · 03-13-2010, 10:52 AM

If its an outside clean out I use my utility tent. http://www.sharpesafety.com/catalog/...y.php3?ID=1131 many that call me with backed up sewers do not want to wait. I had a steady customer that been using us for 30 years call another company due to me not able to get there the same day. I was on a dig up and my brother was out of town.

ChrisConnor · 03-13-2010, 02:54 PM

Sounds like a plan, except this clean out is in the bushes, but I'll consider one for other jobs, how much do they cost?

Never mind, I see the cost at the bottom.

waldrop · 03-13-2010, 08:22 PM

chris
can i borrow the tent when you get one?

ChrisConnor · 03-13-2010, 09:10 PM

For nine hunnert dollars, I'll let them call the other guy.

Tommy plumber · 07-05-2010, 07:19 PM

That's good advice, to either use the tent or not do the job in the rain.

plbgbiz · 08-28-2010, 01:36 PM

If one plumber could do all the work there would only be one plumber. We always delay a call when there is a risk of lightning or if it would involve using electricity in the rain. I understand the customer has an immediate need but the risk is too great. If they call someone else...so be it.

Susie Sewer · 10-10-2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisConnor

Repeat customer, clogged sewer, thunderstorm, I said no, customer complained, said I'd run the machine if she would hold the cord while I did it. Customer will wait until tomorrow when it's not raining.

Susie Sewer says, "Wow, why wait when you can keep on working even in thunderstorms, on rooftops at night, or standing in water! Get a Trojan Stallion "Battery-Powered" Machine! No cord for anyone to hold!!
Why still be taking the risk? Electrocution can kill you.........!!!
Get aTrojan: "DC" STALLION or COLT (sink machine). The only brand of "DC" Sewer & Drain Cleaning Equipment, available. You'll go crazy over the high-powered 9.5Hsp Motor!
It's amazing to me, how many guys still haven't switched toDC POWER!
Be safe............... go Cordless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mpsllc · 10-10-2010, 06:40 PM

Agrees totally. We lost a good plumber here last year from that very exact thing. Cord in the water, ground on machine was faulty,,, ( bad cord) he is know longer with us. I rod sewers from roof top if no C/O's. But I draw the line if dark or pushing darkness. If we are willing they will let us, then they'll whisper under thier breath "what idiots".

03-12-2010, 09:10 PM	#1
ChrisConnor Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,407 My Photos	Just postponed a call due to rain. Repeat customer, clogged sewer, thunderstorm, I said no, customer complained, said I'd run the machine if she would hold the cord while I did it. Customer will wait until tomorrow when it's not raining.

03-13-2010, 10:52 AM	#3
SewerRatz Illinois Licensed Plumber Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 2,706 My Photos	If its an outside clean out I use my utility tent. http://www.sharpesafety.com/catalog/...y.php3?ID=1131 many that call me with backed up sewers do not want to wait. I had a steady customer that been using us for 30 years call another company due to me not able to get there the same day. I was on a dig up and my brother was out of town. __________________ Ron Hasil Lic #058-160417 A-Archer Sewer & Plumbing specializing in: Tankless Water Heaters \| Drain and Sewer Cleaning Sump and Ejector Pumps \| Backflow RPZ Testing

03-13-2010, 02:54 PM	#4
ChrisConnor Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,407 My Photos	Sounds like a plan, except this clean out is in the bushes, but I'll consider one for other jobs, how much do they cost? Never mind, I see the cost at the bottom. Last edited by ChrisConnor; 03-13-2010 at 02:55 PM.. Reason: added somthing

08-28-2010, 01:36 PM	#8
plbgbiz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 3,627 My Photos	If one plumber could do all the work there would only be one plumber. We always delay a call when there is a risk of lightning or if it would involve using electricity in the rain. I understand the customer has an immediate need but the risk is too great. If they call someone else...so be it. __________________ John Johnson Water Works Plumbing, Inc. - Oklahoma City, OK Water Works on the Web Water Works on Facebook

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03-12-2010, 09:15 PM	#2
Indie AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,610 My Photos	That is a great response, I might use that.

03-13-2010, 08:22 PM	#5
waldrop master plumber Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: georgia Posts: 250 My Photos	chris can i borrow the tent when you get one?

03-13-2010, 09:10 PM	#6
ChrisConnor Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,407 My Photos	For nine hunnert dollars, I'll let them call the other guy.

07-05-2010, 07:19 PM	#7
Tommy plumber Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 4,145 My Photos	That's good advice, to either use the tent or not do the job in the rain.

10-10-2010, 06:40 PM	#10
mpsllc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,614 My Photos	Agrees totally. We lost a good plumber here last year from that very exact thing. Cord in the water, ground on machine was faulty,,, ( bad cord) he is know longer with us. I rod sewers from roof top if no C/O's. But I draw the line if dark or pushing darkness. If we are willing they will let us, then they'll whisper under thier breath "what idiots".

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