Posted by Ivy Lamb at 17:27 on 10 Mar 2010 A fake cosmetic surgeon used a type of silicon mix used by builders and plumbers to seal around the edges of bathtubs and sinks to enhance women's backsides.Officials believe the mix included silicone, petroleum jelly and hardware-grade filler.
Six unofrtunate women in the New Jersey area are now hospitalized thanks to the plumbing siliconce in their bottoms.
Posted by James Mace at 15:43 on 12 Feb 2010 Posted by James Mace at 11:57 on 25 Jan 2010 Two plumbers from New York were arrested after policeman mistook a bag a candy for crack cocaine.
Posted by James Mace at 14:39 on 22 Jan 2010 Posted by James Mace at 15:45 on 14 Jan 2010 A survey by tool supplier Bahco has found that 54% of plumbers blame their tools for injuries caused while working. What's that famous saying again...?!
Posted by James Mace at 11:15 on 05 Jan 2010 With the bitter cold affecting all areas of the country, freezing pipes are something that could make your life a misery. Although the cost of fixing the pipe itself is pretty minimal, the damage that a burst pipe can do to the rest of your home (walls, floors, ceilings and personal possessions) can be a lot worse.
Posted by Sarah Sole at 11:52 on 06 Oct 2009 The Conservatives, on the first day of their annual conference, said a pioneering technical school would be sited in either Bradford or Leeds and be one of many planned for the biggest urban areas across England, creating plumbers, buil
Posted by James Mace at 16:31 on 24 Aug 2009 A band of plumbers from company Pimilico Plumbers has won BBC One's TV talent show Tonight's the Night.
The band, known as 'Never Mind the Ballcocks', will now have their CD sold in Plumb Centres and Part Centres across the UK. The band consists of heating engineer Stuart Dunne (lead vocals and guitar), Martin Botley (lead guitar), heating engineer Robbie Glanfield (bass guitar and backup vocals) and Billy Kikidis (drums).
Posted by James Mace at 12:58 on 07 Jul 2009 Posted by James Mace at 11:22 on 25 Jun 2009 Big Brother winner and TV’s favourite builder Craig Phillips will teach ladies in London how to maintain and decorate their own houses in less than a weekend in July. Craig will be at Richmond College on 11-12th July and 18th-19th July.
Posted by James Mace at 14:01 on 23 Jun 2009 Here at ProblemSolved we value the power of review.
Posted by James Mace at 10:43 on 22 Jun 2009 Here at ProblemSolved we value the power of review. So we've compiled a list of the Top Ten Most Reviewed Plumbers on ProblemSolved, this time in London W1.
Posted by Jonathan Peace at 09:42 on 27 Mar 2009 Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has set out his stall to the G20 with a plan to soothe the global economic crisis and save the jobs of Australian plumbers. The 26th Australian premier will join Gordon Brown and Barack Obama in appealing for the elimination of bad bank assets to resuscitate the lending market.
Posted by Jonathan Peace at 10:31 on 09 Jan 2009 After the weekend's cold snap, the last few days of more temperate weather have spelt a massive headache for plumbers as the big thaw caused record levels of burst pipes across the UK. Severn Trent water has reported a 50 per cent increase in calls and Home Emergency group Home Serve has reported double the number of claims in the first week of 2009 as compared to last year.
Posted by James Mace at 08:36 on 23 May 2008 I’m sure if most of us were asked to name a famous plumber, a certain computer game character would spring to mind. The clever people at Train4Trade Skills have taken this association one step further by creating a virtual reality house where trainee plumbers can fix problems that occur in the real world.
Posted by James Mace at 13:40 on 07 Apr 2008 Builders, gasfitters and other tradesmen have an “alarming” ignorance of the risks posed by asbestos, with 20 dying each week, a report revealed today. The British Lung Foundation said a survey of 400 workers showed that only one in eight knew that exposure to asbestos could be fatal. One in 10 of those questioned revealed they had been pressured to continue working even if they suspected that asbestos was present, while one in four mistake
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