RIPPED OFF BY A PLUMBER!!… This is THE worst bodge I’ve ever seen!! 

Nine hundred quid? The best you can say for that cowboy is at least he makes sure his horse eats well.

Unbelievable that he charged £900 for that bodge job. He needs to be exposed so others don’t fall into his unprofessional work. I hate cowboys. Hope your solution works Mark 👍 Keep us informed of how it went 🙂👍

Hi Mark, my old boss whom i started out with was never too shy to charge that kind of money for jobs, he used to find out how much the customers house was worth to work out how much to charge, back to the video in question, i have seen some evil shower tray fitting, those plastic riser legs are a pile of pants!

Feel so sorry for the customer after that initial bodge. No plumber did that, no shame whatsoever.

That's a shame because it looks like a nice ensuite . In my experience if there is any movement in the tray the seal breaks because the trays are such a glossy finish, I would scuff up the edge before installing the tray to make sure the silicone sticks

Hi Mark, cracking job. If the leak persists i guarentee they haven't sealed between the tile and tray before installing the shower door. Its the most common thing i deal with

Hi Mark hopefully you have it sorted with a re-seal. I too recently discovered multisolve a great addition to have in the van….. as a hobby I make candles and it’s great for removing residue wax from a used jar. It does remove stuff that other cleaners can’t touch..well recommended!

Good evening Mark glad you had a good holiday. Shower tray i always play water from a bucket slowly onto tray just in case its the waste seal. To remove tray remove panels remove bottom row of tiles ease away wall to allow tray to move..Refit tray and make good refit tiles and seal. Done this many times in tight spaces.

I did do a ensuite for someone. becasue i did it from scratch i used a tanking kit. customer already bough hardie backer boards, although ott. I also used the no leaks seal kit around the perimeter of the tray before tiles went on. that way if water ever got past the tiles then it would find its way back in the tray. if i ever do a bathroom or shower I will always use a tanking kit. the tiles just need a fraction of a gap to allow water in, same as with end feed fitting (capillary action).

Good to hear you got back ok Mark. Fingers crossed that tray is watertight now! you could not have done it any other way at this stage.

I would also check that there is a silicon joint at the bottom of the wall profile where it meets the tray.. I know it’s a pain to get the door out and reseal it again, but it’s the most common error most fitters make. The water runs down the inside of the wall profile and pours down the back of the tray.. That’s why you should only seal the outside of the profile as they’re generally designed to let the water drain back into the tray at the bottom. Might be worth a look if it still leaks before you have to rip it out..🤷🏼‍♂️

It ceases to amaze me how some tradies operate, and it infuriates me that these idiots ruin our reputation. £900, i am speechless.

So glad I can do things myself. Got fed up of dodgy tradesmen. Customer is so lucky to have you as you take your job seriously and genuinely seem like a nice guy. 😊. I had a small leak which I resolved when installing a back to wall toilet with a cistern built into the wall. Real pain in the ass but looks good and saves space.

£900! For that i would have done the job properly first time, took them out for a meal and put them up in a hotel until the sealant cured! Shocking bodge job, glad they've got a real plumber to sort it 👌

When applying silicone with a gun, push rather than pull - it forces the bead into any gaps as you go. You can always run along again if you need to add more.

Hi Mark, As i already said after the short film you put out, £900!!!!!! Still can’t believe how someone can charge that amount for that botched job. I know you will have done your best to seal it, I hope it works for that customer. I have never used BT1, if it works on that job I will give it a try, I also will try the multi solve, looks a good product. Another great film, I’m glad your holiday went well, as always take care and have a great week, regards, Chris. 👍👍👍

Absolutely crazy that someone charges that amount of money however, if someone did that and asked for £900 why would you pay? If it continues to leak maybe a hand held inspection camera and a small hole in the ceiling below ( if the don't have down lights you can pop out) to see if that point to the problem. Keep up the good work mate 👍

I would double check the door seal. I had a similar issue a couple of years ago. Checked everything. Resealed everything. Turned out the water was seeping through the door frame running below as the grouting was done after some plonker stuck the cubical on. I can see that the basin is almost stuck tight to that cubical. It's also best checking if you get another leak that it's not seeping out from the frame and under that vanity unit via the wastes and pipes coming up from the floor.

In my day , we used to fit a Lead safe and it was 50mm above the finish top of the shower tray. I used to raggle the Tray into the wall maybe 10-15mm and tile on to the top !

Good to see good tradesman helping out by doing these videos, in roofing game myself and come across so much bad work its hard to get peoples trust, i know you cant say there name but customers really need to do home work before getting people in ,money is hard enough to come by at this present time .,keep up good work to show people how should be done .

You’ve approached it exactly the same way I would of mate, was thinking ct1/bt1 for a bit of strength to it too, we just love the cowboys hey pal 😂

I have used “Classi seal tape on showers and baths for years. I have never had a leak in any installations. You stick it to the edge of the tray before installing, it has a black bitumen type adhesive to stick a blue rubber upstand to the tray and I use a wallpaper edge roller to get a perfect seal. The tiles fit over the rubber upstand and hey presto……a perfectly waterproof joint.

I've had it a few times where people don't silicon behind the show screen wall channels and this causes a leak. Sometimes you can get away with silicon the inside of the screen. Obviously water should be able to run back in, but might be worth trying before ripping out a new bathroom

Thanks, Mark, for another, but dear-ree me....that was quite shocking. The original fitter had made an error in laying it all, albeit a minor one possily, and then did little to nothing to remedy it, as to do it properly meant to him to take out the tray at his own expense. As for the 2nd guy....got to be kidding me. That plastic edging was comical, not even sealed, and the gap it exposed made no sense in the process where it was suppose to trap the water from escaping!! And £900 for 1 HOUR??!! With that rubbish that look to have taken something near to 25 mins...they should report him to Trading Standards. Doing it properly WITH the edging should be about £75-£100, especially for 1 hour. and that's IF that's found to be the issue, as there could be elsewhere that's leaking (I'll explain later on). I don't condone the silicone on the tiles but see their logic. What should have happened was exactly what you did; put the water directly on the waste, then the tray, then the tiles individually. Seems whoever went gung-ho and hoped for the best, because even after all of that, neither the original fitter (on his 2nd visit) nor the 2nd guy could have ran the water to test it. With the original fitter, with the issue starting 8 months after installation, something has worn away to allow that water through, and he would have had a better idea of what is the cause with the knowledge of how it was fitted and tested. It could be the case the original fitter did test it after and it looked good then, only for the issue to appear 8 months later. Easier said than doe, but once you've laid a tray step-by-step, and each step is checked well, that each stage is completed good and strong, there should be little to no issues.

How on earth did he talk them into paying him £900 for some corner trim? Sounds like an expert con man nevermind plumber.

Fingers crossed Mark hope the CT1 works. What a cluster f - - k of a bodged job, can’t believe it cost the customer £900.

I always use Bt1 or Ct1 before Bt1 came out when going to a re seal job , it's the best wet use sealant ive used , if you have moisture behind the tiles etc most sealants will just lift after a while if its not been dried for days first

Ct1 recommend using the multi solve as a tooling lubricant, stops it sticking where you don't want it to!

That was shocking mate 😂 poor people paying out £900 for a bath strip and then he silicon over the tiles 🙈🙈 super bodge 😢

You have to congratulate them for doing it so badly..... because that takes a lot of effort to be so thick !

Not watched the vid fully yet but I have had this issue and it wasn’t to seal around the tray. The weak spot was happening at the 90 degree point where the walls meet. Needed a bead of silicon going vertically to seal the weak spot where the tiles touch

I run a membrane like kerdi band over the pan flange bonded with kerdi fix then waterproof membrane over the entire wall and band.

Also, it normally leaks behind the shower door profile (more often than not).

All I can say is that the second 'plumber' had some balls to go for £900 for that mess....

Silicone on top of grout… unbelievable! I find the spray on grout sealer works very well

You are having a giant giraffe! 900 quid!!! That is disgusting. If that guy was a plumber, I'm Marylin Monroe.

Hi Mark, if the tray is not fitted underneath the tiles, it can be the problem.

900 quid for that, id of charged double that!!! Serious note, hopefully thats sorted it for the customer. Ive not used ct1 products yet, does the price justify the product compared to similar (fitter not a plumber) do the occasional reseal. Good work mate 👍

Good job, just curious if you checked the waste was installed correctly? I've found water tracking through poorly installed wastes before

clear silicone on tile joints... that's a first for me too! you just know it's going to peel off or go cloudy....

Personally if I was called out to that job I would have also removed the shower screen. The reason for that is because the seal behind the screen can break down and water will run where the screen, tiles, tray meets. With just sealing the tray and tiles you’re not getting to the rest of it like you would from a new installation. I would also always fit a shower tray with upstands like the Mira flight, so the tiles go into the tray or in worse case if the tray size wasn’t available with upstands always fit the sealing tape kit from Plumb Center. I’ve heard of trade man pricing the job to the house price and I think they should be named and shamed. One painter on a transit forum would see how much the house has gone up and how much rent was being paid ( if rented ) and charged accordingly. Personally I used to charge a set amount and it never made any difference to the house I used to be working at.

Have the used silicone to seal the grout between the tiles? Yeah you have mentioned it later in video, looks like the shower base not fitted to the tiles correctly… Can’t believe that they’ve used water proof behind them tiles.

If there's nothing obvious usually I'll check the waste or the chanels that the screen fit into. Generally they never silicone behind the wall chanel s where it meets the tray

Well I’ve seen some s*** in my time but that was exceptional! Nice content bud. I use BT1 from time to time, they need to start bringing out colours, even a clear would be good. Have you ever CT1’d a tray Mark?

because the shower tray is on riser feet, well I have seen a tray set on breeze blocks!! it may be possible to take the side panel off. and shin your light down there. to see where the water is coming from.

When you do the new silicone, spray multi Solve over the new silicone and it stops the excess sticking to the tiles and tray.

Tip for that bt1 use the silicone spray then smooth it

I see the silicone looks bad , hopefully works out for you, if not could be a rubber boss adapter, do you know roughly where they connect the basin waste and bathroom waste pipe 😅 one of those jobs could be fucked up as we’ll, if the shower tray looks like that already 🙈

Jesus, probably done a fast track weekend plumbing course! Absolutely terrible job 😤

£900???????? wow! I went to a job last year where someone had used 20mm plastic bead but on a wetroom, I had to do pretty much the same, never leaked again just by sealing it properly. I spotted BT1 at my merchants yesterday, what's the difference from CT1?

Can't believe they charged 900 pounds for that botched job and I can't believe they paid it !

Hi mate. Do you not use spray when siliconing?

never come across that multi solve spray. that's in my shopping basket now.

Another great video, would it be easier to solve problem from the kitchen. Removing the ceiling would surely be less work. 900 pounds for the plastic strip...

Absolutely disgusting, Mark Some people have no no conscious. Must admit, though, why would anyone pay that sort of money for a job of that quality . Been using multi solve for around 10 years now. Got plenty of other uses aswell. Great gor removing stickers.

In circumstances as above, would you recommend that a customer takes the previous guy to the small claims court? Or do you keep out of things like that. I was thinking that your video would make great evidence for a court.

Nothing worse than telling a customer "you've been had off"

hi mark, are they sure its not from leaking from trap or waste pipe fittings underneath?

Needs to be tougher sentencing on dodgy tradesmen! £900 is nasty. I wouldnt have paid £9 to the See you next Tuesday. Pity people havent got the time or basic skills to silicone round trays and screens themselves as it's not like installing a new bathroom suite, it's just some silicone, a gun and a profile tool. They could do it themself for under £30

Just a thought is the shower tray bouncing? If it’s been leaking a while any timber it’s sat on are going to be spongy meaning the seals going to split

£900 ...absolute joke,how can somebody do that to someone and sleep at night...Ridiculous.Must of used £900 worth of silicone lol.Great Video as always Mark👍

That was an awful bodge. Just laziness on the part of the 2 previous guys who didn't want to spend a tedious couple of hours scraping it out properly. At least you can eliminate that as a source now, if their is still an issue it must be somewhere else. Feel sorry for the poor customers.

£900 jeeez, great you can help them out Mark, hope it works for your customer, sounds like they have spent enough on it already, great job 👍

Some trays have a raised edge on three sides

That previous work was done by Brian Odge and Clive Owboy.

If the shower tray isnt supported sufficiently it needs a rip out, best thing to use when doing these installs is to use abacus no more leaks around the shower tray then sit the final row of tiles on top of the tray easy as pie

900quid im gobsmacked, always think one of the biggest reasons silicone fails and splits is movement but that tray seems solid, strange one hope its sorted it with your decent resealing job, ct1 bt1 is decent stuff, excellent work

Those little silicon profiles are still the best £12 I ever spent

That is unbelievable £900 ffs how do they get away with it they should be named and shamed great video Mark

I am surprised there's been no inspection of the riser kit and floor below. I have seen instances like this where the subfloor is rotten below and allowing the tray to move thus causing the silicone to split. Also behind the screen needs inspecting as that is the most common place to not be sealed / leaking from in my opinion.

It’s always a horrible position to be in when your asked to put someone’s work right 👍

Clucking bell, HOW MUCH? Like you I have had to sort umpteen badly installed trays but you win with that one. I bet there is no silicone behind the wall profiles and was the door sealed from the inside? Why don’t people read the clucking instructions?

did you spray the silicone with soapy water before you tooled it off ? didn't look like it to me ?

They need to go to trading standards and get their money back, £900 for three strips of plastic and a tube of silicon, unbelievable, I recon that will be ok now, also just a tip, when you apply the bt1 spray the multisolve on top stop the excess silicon sticking to the wall when you wipe off and makes it easier to apply, think there’s a few videos on here, I know PB plumber did one on it.

Cowboy needs to be named and shamed.

obsecene amount of money to pay for a repair hopefuly your input has resolved the leak

How the fuk can anyone stand back and say I've done a good job there. Had a few like that myself were need to strip out and start again

NINE HUNDRED POUND 😳 crikey , that’s ridiculous

CT1 Multi Solve showed up today, ordered it to try after your short yesterday. Not sure how anyone can bodge the seal so bad on that shower tray? Seems like there isn't much gap between tile and tray, I've certainly had to seal worse installs (by others might I add!) Looks like you've done a good job there mate 👍

I had a job after Christmas, someone had used WOODEN trim around a bath! She had mushrooms growing underneath and the entire floor / ceiling needed replacing! I must say i never know why people dont start the first full tile off the tray so its a neat edge? You should name and shame the 900 quid rip off merchant!

900 fu#@ing pound🤯🤯🤯 I thought u was going to say £100-£150 which would have been a rip off as it is🤷‍♂️ how the hell can u tell someone that price with a straight face😱😱

Only way to fit the tray so it doesn’t leak is to start the tiling from the floor up then drop the tray in after ,then silicone the gap between the tiles and tray , no movement when someone is showing and the silicone seal doesn’t move or shrink 55 year in the trade

Always a pain when someone fs it up and you got to fix it. Me personally I’m done with that. It’s a new shower or you call the last guy😅

I’d have heard some cowboy plumber were using their spit instead of solvent cement!😳

They charged 900 pounds! Disgraceful

My bet is that the tray isn’t bedded properly and is flexing slightly whilst in use causing the silicone joint to fail over time.

Defo not a plumber,even a bad one!. In all the years I've been doing this I have never seen grout lines siliconed, Dont get that me,why?. Great video though and well done for helping the poor soul that's had his kecks down,

£900????? Robbing bastards. How could you even dream that number up I just can’t believe that.

Love CT1 can't get on with BT1. too thick

£900 mate no words wow great video mate

Mate spray some soapy water on your silicone bead before you wipe it off it will be a lot easier to silicone up 🤙👍

£900...That beggars belief! Hopefully You have done the trick. But I can't help feeling you'll be back there Mark to take the tray out. It's probably plasterboard and not elements board or something similar, behind the tiles. I personally use "No more leaks" shower tray sealing kit,never had a problem. Hey ho, as you said, You can only give it a go. Good luck mate. R

There needs to be national scheme where all tradesmen and women have to be registered and assessed every five years with clear charges or ones that are predetermined and accepted by the customer and recorded. Not easily written but reputation and image counts.

Get the customer to show your footage to Trading Standards. He may then get from the cowboy, his £900 back and also the money he’s paid you to put the job right. It always gets me why people use a material, that requires 2 beads of silicone to seal it. Instead of a single bead of silicone!

Just for a minute there I thought you said £900😮

The whole issue with cowboy trades people is there is no regulations to prevent them from setting up and working. We should have a permit and licensing system in place to try and stamp this out. Issued by an official source and have been assessed in their field of expertise. Reviewed either annually, 3 or 5 yearly. Yes it adds cost but it could reduce the number of cowboys out there. Discuss

Oh my word! My 8 year old boy could have glued that plastic trim in better than that, and he would have done it for half the price 😂🤣 But the big question is, "WHY"? Why would anyone even think of putting that stuff on a shower tray? He used two or three times the silicone needed to reseal the tray (maybe more), and completely F-ed up a simple job. I really wish a lot more of these "Cowboy's" could be "Named and Shamed".

Looking at that straight away I can tell it’s not the seal, surely it’s then trap thats leaking or pipes

I have to say that’s a proper bodge job done by previous bloke… £900 quid though. I don’t wanna judge anyone here but didn’t the customer question that? I meen even if your not in the trade surely you would question that amount. Unless customer is elderly or vulnerable then that’s worse but wow £900 for what my 4 year old could have done! Take it easy mate !

Thats literally robbery charging that i think the customers willing to pay and accept dont help either. I was working up near your way last week nice area.