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Really any trade. I don't want to find the main shutoff to your house but if you want to get the water out sometimes we need to dig random holes in your front yard to find it.
Same in HVAC-R. I had a customer complain to me the other day about "having to teach one of my coworkers how to do their job" because that coworker asked where the condensing unit for their walk in cooler was located. Like my coworker should have just immediately known the exact layout of that site.
But thats fine, the customer is paying $280 per hour so if they'd rather I spend the time galavanting around their site finding where things are on my own then that's on them. It's actually nice they told me that they were an asshole up front so I knew not to worry about saving them any money.
We're actually putting individual shutoffs on the lines into every plumbed room as we reno No, not cocks, actual hard shutoffs on the lines (raised house, copper goes through a 2m tall subfloor)
If the brewery taps spring a leak i'm damned well still gonna be able to flush the shitter.
That's a wild amount of extra work.
yah, but think of the joyyyyy.
I wanna swap out a tap? Fix a cock? I don't have to schlep down the stairs, out the front, shut off the mains, do the work, have someone schlep out there again to turn it on while I watch for leaks.... (our house was built in the 60's. We have a lot of...interesting choices we are resolving) or be unable to do anything until an issue is resolved
Lesson was learned hard after the Galvanised Pipe incident. Covered in mud, unable fix until stores opened Monday morning, unable to shower. Angry AF about it
Oh I kinda assumed it would be outside. Now I'm imagining a plumbing breaker box 🤔😁
pretty much. But not centralised, just in...places that make sense
metal detectors work wonders for finding gates! that, and a long poking-stick to make sure it's the right thing before pulling up the sod
My cleanouts are PVC. All you get is the stick. I've learned that as soon as they're located, put a couple bricks and a lawn ornament on top.
Edit: misread... you can definitely find the shutoff with a metal detector. Mine will twist your ankle though, no mystery where it is.
I don't have a water shutoff on my property, it's at the alley so I'm supposed to call the utility to shut it off if I have to do anything. I can turn the hot water off before it goes into the heater, but that's it.
On an unrelated note, I've fixed all the hot water sides of my sinks, tubs, etc.