Plumber bad workmanship

funnymonkey

Good evening.
I'm after a little advice please.
Yesterday a local plumber fitted a pump to my immersion heater due to low pressure and upon turning the system back on he says the stop !!!!!! began to leak. I'm highly suspicious as these are meant to last approx 25 years and he said he could fix it for £150 but had other customers waiting.
He then left and as the stop !!!!!! is situated right above the pump just fitted with connected electrics which I was amazed by due to the danger aspect.
I don't want him coming back into my house in what I deem to be dangerous workmanship but I was wondering can I get another plumber in to fix the problem and reduce the amount I pay the 1st plumber by that amount.
I'm not sure where I stand legally.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Aylesbury_Duck

You need to give him a chance to rectify it.  Have you actually looked at it?  Is it leaking, and if so, how badly?  

funnymonkey

It's not too bad but over time even a small drip can be substantial,I have cut all electrics just in case it does damage dripping onto the electrical pump

funnymonkey

To be honest I really don't want him in my property as he left the house in an unsafe condition. I should not have to take precautionary action over his bad workmanship.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

150 notes for changing a stop !!!!!!, I’m in the wrong business… 

OP you can certainly get someone else out, a busy plumber shouldn’t have time to sue customers, so you could deduct a reasonable amount from whatever is due, the main question is whether he damaged it or not which is going to be hard to show either way. 

Where is it leaking from, where it connects to the pipe or from the tap handle? 

Aylesbury_Duck

funnymonkey said:

To be honest I really don't want him in my property as he left the house in an unsafe condition. I should not have to take precautionary action over his bad workmanship.

You shouldn't, but it's overstating it to say the house is unsafe.  In the unlikely event that water found its way into the electrics it would just trip the RCD for that circuit.

As advised above, get someone else in, deduct the charge from what you owe the first guy and deal with whatever action he elects to take, if he does take it.

PragmaticMoneySaver

To say the house is unsafe is a bit dramatic!

Even the least protected pump is rated IP X2 which is suitable to subjected to rain and dropping water from all directions.  Given the likelihood of leaks near pumps it would be foolish for a pump not to be so protected.

As far as the leak is concerned, stop taps regularly leak prematurely via the spindle.  As these taps are not used often the seals can dry up and then weep when used - a very quick fix, usually the o ring or seal can be replaced in situ.

Give the guy a chance!

Jumblebumble

funnymonkey said:

Good evening.
I'm after a little advice please.
Yesterday a local plumber fitted a pump to my immersion heater due to low pressure and upon turning the system back on he says the stop !!!!!! began to leak. I'm highly suspicious as these are meant to last approx 25 years and he said he could fix it for £150 but had other customers waiting.
He then left and as the stop !!!!!! is situated right above the pump just fitted with connected electrics which I was amazed by due to the danger aspect.
I don't want him coming back into my house in what I deem to be dangerous workmanship but I was wondering can I get another plumber in to fix the problem and reduce the amount I pay the 1st plumber by that amount.
I'm not sure where I stand legally.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I am confused
How exactly do you think he damaged your stop tap beyond applying more pressure than before?
I think he did you a favour as he exposed a not fit for purpose stop tap
As an aside I agree that a proper brass stop will ;last for ever ( last year the water board replaced all the 1930s outside brass ones in our road and most of the ones they took out had no signs of leakage
I am not confident about the durability some of the rubbish fittings  that are on sale nowadays
Even 15 mm copper  pipe from 30 years ago is much thicker walled than modern "shed" pipe