Reminds me of when someone came to fix my bathroom floor, which had a hole in it the entire time my house was on the market because some morons from Home Depot who ruined it were disputing whether they’d fix it. So this guy removed the toilet and sink, finished the bathroom floor, awesome… then he said “oh, I can remove the toilet and sink, but I’m not licensed to put them back, sorry” and left. This was the day before closing.
Do you need a license if you DIY?
Lets see, I just looked it up in the city I lived in and no. No permit to replace in the same location, but a license is required for people who don’t live in the house where the work is being performed. I wasn’t remotely qualified to do that especially in less than 18 hours, though. My realtor ended up finding a plumber who could come the next morning.
In my city you can’t diy electric without a license if you intend to sell soon. It’s a reasonable precaution to prevent shoddy flips. I assume plumbing works the same way. Just installing a toilet might be fine though, it’s pretty straightforward.
Had a similar issue with a dishwasher. Unhooked it without asking us, refused to reinstall it. Bonus is that for whatever reason we apparently have a complicated dishwasher installation (it’s not next to a sink like they normally are). $300 to redo it.
I’ve 100% had that contractor. Dude ran an exposed pipe right in front of a bathroom window.
Why’s there no underlay under the carpet? Do people just put carpet directly on concrete?
The underlay would be under the carpet where it wouldn’t be seen.
I ended up googling it.
There are certain carpet types where you don’t need underlay. TIL.
The underlay is part of that carpet, and would still be underneath the carpet where it wouldn’t be seen.
Pretty good cutout though.
Oh, can someone explain this? What is wrong? I kinda don’t understand what is happening here. Did someone cut out a piece of carpet to lay under the toilet so it doesn’t damage the floor in the bathroom? Why did they do that?
Appears to me that, when they had the toilet sitting in the now-carpeted room as contractors worked on the flooring in the bathroom, a contractor tasked with applying carpet to the room the toilet was temporarily being stored in had a typical “not my job” moment and laid down the carpet everywhere except where the toilet was temporarily being placed.
You can even see the garish cut the contractor made on the right hand side of the hole so he could get the carpet to lay into the corner, behind the toilet, instead of simply moving it.
“Ew… Why would they want carpet in the bathroom? Oh well.” - Carpet installer
more like “ew… why would they want their toilet in the hallway? oh well who am I to judge”
Behold, the definition of “not my job”
Moving the toilet would have been less work lol
I know this isn’t the case but how can you have carpet in a bathroom. Just piss carpet everywhere. It makes no sense.
Fucking contractors…
I can’t even blame the flooring guy though.
Yeah… If the owner wasn’t there… to move it I am not touching it, with my luck I would break it.
If you can’t move a basic toilet without breaking it then maybe you shouldn’t be in a trade that requires the use of your hands. They’re not fragile.
