The ‘Trust Us’ Test
Trust can be a slippery term, especially in the world of trades and services. As a customer, whether having your drains relined or schmick new concrete driveway being poured, you inevitably need to trust your chosen tradesmen to deliver. After all, you sure as hell don’t know how to reline pipes that are buried underground and the only experience you have with concrete was signing your initials on the curbside when you were in year 7 (yes, it is probably still there).
So how do you know which vendors you can and can’t trust? Is it their UTE, their footy team, or the fact they led with ‘we do jobs like this one all the time, trust us’. Unfortunately, many decisions are based on a combination of the above and a ‘feeling’ that they can do the job.
Now, we’re not saying that you’re not a great judge of character, but when you’re spending your hard-earned cash, shouldn’t you be a little more informed? Well, yes. So, here are our tips on how to test the ‘trust us’ tradies.
Educate
You don’t have to be able to do the job, but it never hurts to have a general overview of what work you need to be completed, rather than just the end result you’re looking to achieve. You can do this by searching industry blogs, videos and chatting to your friends; invariably someone you know will have similar work done.
Question
Once you have a base level of knowledge, you can ask questions more confidently. Any good tradesman or service provider will welcome questions, whether technical or otherwise. So ask away, the good ones will be happy to chat and the devil is in the details.
Documentation
Don’t settle for a handshake quote and a vague description of what you’re paying for. You shouldn’t authorize any work to be completed without a written quote that outlines the scope of work to be completed and the associated cost. If anything is unclear, go back to step two and repeat.
The vast majority of tradesmen & women are good, honest service providers. But the small percentage that isn’t can really be a blight on our industry. So take note of the above and look after your $’s.
Pipe Relining
How does pipe relining work?
Think of relining as feeding an inner tube into the current pipe, then hardening and sealing that tube until it’s stronger than any clay, terracotta, or plastic pipe.
Rather than excavating and replacing the damaged pipe, causing mess and disruption to your property (and your bank balance) – we reline from the surface.
Using the best available Watermark accredited tech and using ultra-strong, impenetrable EPOXY resin, we cause a minimal fuss, often maintaining services and completing most projects within a single day.
The process
- Investigate – Using CC.TV technology, we investigate the problems and provide you with an itemised quote for the work that needs to be done, taking the time to explain where the budget is being spent and why arming you with the information you need.
- Prepare – We take time to prepare above and below ground to ensure we cause minimal disturbance by establishing safe work zones and diverting any plumbing systems where possible, avoiding service disruptions.
- Reline – Only then do we cure and install our impenetrable EPOXY resin using state-of-the-art relining techniques that allow us to accurately pinpoint the damaged section of the pipe, drain or sewer and navigate any bends or junctions.
We create and install a guaranteed 50-year solution with our superior relining products & materials coming with a life expectancy of 50 years and up.
Sydney Relining Case Studies
Dive Deeper Into Our Client Work
Pipe Relining and repairing multiple faults in one comprehensive residential project
The cost-effective solution avoided disruption, removing long-standing faults and preventing future issues
