You mention your computers and screens, leaving them up. Will your or your work insurance cover that? When I had to stay in hotels or work away I had to be with my computers , lap tops or they were locked in the boot of my car. It was regarded as misconduct if your equipment was lost or stolen and you had not adhered to work policy.
Computers - They’re all mine and personally owned. I would absolutely keep these with me, but I have various monitors, stands and other apparatus that wouldn’t hold any data and would be fine to leave.
I would absolutely be checking in daily, as I’m coming home to cook each evening I’d be able to see that day’s progress so to speak.
In terms of payment, Victoria Plumb have agreed to a £500 deposit and then I won’t have to pay the rest until two weeks after completion. So if there’s anything I’m not happy with, I’ll be sure they do it before they get paid!
Computers - They’re all mine and personally owned. I would absolutely keep these with me, but I have various monitors, stands and other apparatus that wouldn’t hold any data and would be fine to leave.
I would absolutely be checking in daily, as I’m coming home to cook each evening I’d be able to see that day’s progress so to speak.
In terms of payment, Victoria Plumb have agreed to a £500 deposit and then I won’t have to pay the rest until two weeks after completion. So if there’s anything I’m not happy with, I’ll be sure they do it before they get paid!
It's not that easy especially if you are a bit green.
There are all sorts of problems that can crop up installing a bathroom that may not be evident until it's complete, not alway what you can see but what you can't see.
I'm ex builder, my son is gas safe registered engineer, I often go and give him a hand as I am retired, some work I see and he has to put right is appalling
See others work, get names and recommendations, there are cowboys everywhere including working for the like of merchants who let out the installation
When I was having work done on a house I'd just bought, I paid for my sister and her family to go on a cheap Spanish holiday and moved my family into her flat for two weeks.
I'd stay with a friend or family during that time but 2 weeks is a rather long time for a bathroom install. My friend done his bathroom himself and it took him two weeks. It was a relatively small bathroom but I would've thought pros would have been significantly faster.
I don't care where you stay, just not Victoria
Plumb. You can't go far wrong with a sink or a ceramic toilet but
their moving parts and furniture are not good quality.
Specifically
warned friends only a few years ago not to do it and they're replacing
two bathrooms now. Shower broken, vanity units have blown with water
ingress. Cheap for a reason except the labour costs the same
regardless of the quality of your fittings so it's poor economy.
Are Victoria Plumb that bad? They have a bath and some other fittings that I like and was considering just getting them to do the whole thing. Is it just the furniture aspect of it or is the workmanship questionable too?
We did our bathroom, en suite and downstairs toilet with victoriaplum (supply only) and it's been hit and miss
it looks the business but the main issues we had were;
led mirror transformer buzzed loudly - they replaced the whole mirror and we sold the buzzing one for £100
shower door doesn't stay shut, they've sent us another one but we just clamp it shut 😂 too much hassle changing the door
bathroom sink looks great but scratched very easily
freestanding bath had some odd size waste and plumber has to get an adapter, but the bath was significantly cheaper than what we could have gotten elsewhere for same size
think they're generally ok but you need to read the reviews carefully to see pitfalls of each item if there are any
their prices also fluctuate wildly, make sure you use discount codes and TopCashback as that gives significant discount
search every item online as some things we got from Amazon or other suppliers for significantly less, others were cheapest on VP
either way, victoriaplum are a lot better than Victorian plumbing in my experience
We did our bathroom, en suite and downstairs toilet with victoriaplum (supply only) and it's been hit and miss
it looks the business but the main issues we had were;
led mirror transformer buzzed loudly - they replaced the whole mirror and we sold the buzzing one for £100
shower door doesn't stay shut, they've sent us another one but we just clamp it shut 😂 too much hassle changing the door
bathroom sink looks great but scratched very easily
freestanding bath had some odd size waste and plumber has to get an adapter, but the bath was significantly cheaper than what we could have gotten elsewhere for same size
think they're generally ok but you need to read the reviews carefully to see pitfalls of each item if there are any
their prices also fluctuate wildly, make sure you use discount codes and TopCashback as that gives significant discount
search every item online as some things we got from Amazon or other suppliers for significantly less, others were cheapest on VP
either way, victoriaplum are a lot better than Victorian plumbing in my experience
It always surprised me that two different companies traded with such similar names ,you would have thought that one of them objected to it.
ITS NOT EASY TO GET EVERYTHING WRONG ,I HAVE TO WORK HARD TO DO IT!
I'd stay with a friend or family during that time but 2 weeks is a rather long time for a bathroom install. My friend done his bathroom himself and it took him two weeks. It was a relatively small bathroom but I would've thought pros would have been significantly faster.
I don't care where you stay, just not Victoria
Plumb. You can't go far wrong with a sink or a ceramic toilet but
their moving parts and furniture are not good quality.
Specifically
warned friends only a few years ago not to do it and they're replacing
two bathrooms now. Shower broken, vanity units have blown with water
ingress. Cheap for a reason except the labour costs the same
regardless of the quality of your fittings so it's poor economy.
Are Victoria Plumb that bad? They have a bath and some other fittings that I like and was considering just getting them to do the whole thing. Is it just the furniture aspect of it or is the workmanship questionable too?
I can't speak for their installation but no online review is going to guarantee that you are going to get the same installer in a UK wide service, so you're at the mercy of whoever turns up. I'd much rather have the knowledge that I had a recommendation for an actual person. So much relies on the quality of fit.
It's their own brand brassware that I'm not a fan of. It doesn't last. I can see they've expanded into other brands so I don't know how they've branded their stuff these days.
Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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I agree with grumbler
`I wouldn't go more than a few yards so I can keep watch on them
I would want to see the installers previous works before I even let them through the garden gate
Don't hand over funds until the value is there
Computers - They’re all mine and personally owned. I would absolutely keep these with me, but I have various monitors, stands and other apparatus that wouldn’t hold any data and would be fine to leave.
I would absolutely be checking in daily, as I’m coming home to cook each evening I’d be able to see that day’s progress so to speak.
In terms of payment, Victoria Plumb have agreed to a £500 deposit and then I won’t have to pay the rest until two weeks after completion. So if there’s anything I’m not happy with, I’ll be sure they do it before they get paid!
There are all sorts of problems that can crop up installing a bathroom that may not be evident until it's complete, not alway what you can see but what you can't see.
I'm ex builder, my son is gas safe registered engineer, I often go and give him a hand as I am retired, some work I see and he has to put right is appalling
See others work, get names and recommendations, there are cowboys everywhere including working for the like of merchants who let out the installation
Your choice
it looks the business but the main issues we had were;
led mirror transformer buzzed loudly - they replaced the whole mirror and we sold the buzzing one for £100
shower door doesn't stay shut, they've sent us another one but we just clamp it shut 😂 too much hassle changing the door
bathroom sink looks great but scratched very easily
freestanding bath had some odd size waste and plumber has to get an adapter, but the bath was significantly cheaper than what we could have gotten elsewhere for same size
think they're generally ok but you need to read the reviews carefully to see pitfalls of each item if there are any
their prices also fluctuate wildly, make sure you use discount codes and TopCashback as that gives significant discount
search every item online as some things we got from Amazon or other suppliers for significantly less, others were cheapest on VP
either way, victoriaplum are a lot better than Victorian plumbing in my experience