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When I was a young lad, and still in school, I had several friends who were learning a trade, and if I think back, I can clearly remember a few of us making fun of our friends who were studying to become plumbers.These days, all my plumber friends are doing exceptionally well, while several of the would be electricians and would be fitters and turners have given up and no longer even practice a trade.

Yes, there are several jobs which plumbers are expected to do, and which the average person like you and I would rather avoid, but then again, they get well paid. In today's world, it's not only block drains and toilets that are seen to by these much needed artisans. Central heating systems and gas lines all require the qualified and duly experienced plumbing services.

Just for a minute try to imagine the complexity of a plumber's job when they've been contracted to hand all the plumbing requirements in a vast skyscraper.All of a sudden, it's not just about installing a toilet and a shower, and connecting a few PVC pipes.

As you can imagine, if you only require the services of a plumber for domestic services, then you wouldn't need to hire one of the very large companies. To be honest, it's rarely advisable to approach the large companies for small domestic jobs. To begin with, they usually have high running costs, and besides, very few of them are even interested in small jobs.

When it comes to home plumbing, it's always best to use a local plumber that works almost exclusively in people's homes. When you use a local person or service, they'll almost certainly have a few connections in the right places, which in turn means good news for you.

As is often the case, it's a good idea to ask family member or friends if they can recommend someone in the area. That being said, you could still run into problems. Just because John down the road thinks the world of a particular contractor, that does mean you'll definitely experience the same level of quality. In fact, if you get in a company that's been recommended, you may not even get to see the same plumber as the one that worked for your friends or family.

When you're using, or you're thinking about using plumbing service that employ several plumbers, you should always ask for references. Not all plumbing businesses have a website, but if the one you're interested in does, then you should definitely read through a few customer reviews. Remember, the last thing you want is to have to call the plumbers out again in order to correct a problem.

Imagine moving into your new home, and then two months down the line, one of the water pipes which are buried in a wall start to leak. You would have to call a plumber out, and depending on where about the leak is, they may have to remove wall tiles in order to get to the pipe in questing. What is essentially a ten minute job turns into a job that can stretch over the course of a few days, and don't forget, you'll almost certainly be charged by the hour.