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[-] squiblet@kbin.social 68 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Do you need a license if you DIY?

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] greenskye@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

I’ve 100% had that contractor. Dude ran an exposed pipe right in front of a bathroom window.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Why’s there no underlay under the carpet? Do people just put carpet directly on concrete?

[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

The underlay would be under the carpet where it wouldn’t be seen.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

I ended up googling it.

There are certain carpet types where you don’t need underlay. TIL.

[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The underlay is part of that carpet, and would still be underneath the carpet where it wouldn’t be seen.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

Pretty good cutout though.

[-] evlogii@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

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?

[-] Mildmantis@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 36 points 10 months ago

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.