Plumber Guy, who apparently finds basic communication problematic, appeared on Friday evening. He seemed like he was in a rush, but he did construct the shower--tray in, drain hooked up (I think), two sides, and the door are all up. This took a couple of hours and when F came to see how things were progressing, he said he had to take his son to a disco and son would soon be calling him. He said he'd be back Saturday afternoon to re-install the macerating toilet upstairs and replace the kitchen taps. He also told F that he'd call PVC guy to see when he could come. Although F didn't share this information with him, she'd followed a lead and found someone else who would probably do the PVC if this guy was as unreliable as Plumber Guy. However, late Saturday morning, both Plumber Guy and PVC Guy appeared. They went upstairs. They came downstairs. PVC Guy told me he had to go get some stuff and would be back in half an hour. Plumber Guy stood there saying nothing. The two guys stood outside having a chat for a fair bit of time before they both left. I foolishly thought that Plumber Guy would come back and do the other jobs he has to do while PVC Guy did the PVC wall covering in the shower. LOL. PVC Guy did come back in less than half an hour. He got to work. It took him three hours, but he completed the job--and he cleaned up after himself, too. He wanted me to look at it, so I did. We had a brief chat about silage and grass quality (he's a farmer and as he repeated a few times, jack of all trades, master of none). He left to do another job. So that's done. It'll take a couple of days for the silicone to dry, he said, but his part of the project is complete.
And what about Plumber Guy, you may be thinking to yourself--or perhaps you're not, because of course, when he left with PVC Guy earlier in the day, that was the last we saw of him. So in spite of telling F he would do the other jobs for her Saturday afternoon, they remain undone. What else needs to be done in the shower? We don't know (and neither did PVC Guy). When will he return to do these things? We don't know (and neither did PVC Guy). Will he ever return to do anything? We don't know. Will he communicate with F to tell her more things that may or may not be true? Time will tell. So we sit here not knowing if he will just pop up out of the blue or if we'll never see him again. However, progress has been made and since the PVC was the big issue preventing other plumbers from taking the job, it might be easier to get someone else to finish it if necessary now that that's no longer an issue.
At this point, I'm curious about why he took the job in the first place, since it seems like he's trying to avoid doing it. But I hope the kid had a good time at the disco.
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