| Having been a house owner, you will understand the | | | | $50. Which I now realized is impossible. What would |
| frustration that one can get when an emergency | | | | happen is that the plumber would arrive and quote |
| happens at home. Emergency situation can include | | | | you a higher price. |
| that of plumbing repair works for a choke toilet. The | | | | The second lesson that I have learned is that it is |
| level of emergency would also increase especially if | | | | always important to ask if they provide guarantees |
| the level within the bowl keeps rising with no signs of | | | | for the work done. Unlike some country which |
| subsiding. In such a situation, it would be best for one | | | | requires plumber to have insurance, the plumbing |
| to call a plumber. | | | | work in Singapore is not covered under insurance. |
| To find a plumber in Singapore is easy. All one have | | | | What we as a consumer can do though to protect |
| to do is open the Yellow pages or search on the net. | | | | ourselves is to ask if the plumber provides warranty |
| As such the issue really is about finding a plumber | | | | for the work done. This works in two ways. |
| whom you can trust. When I had just moved to | | | | 1. The plumber can not leave the job half done and |
| Singapore, my first encounter with such a event | | | | ask for more money to have it fully done. (which has |
| happened within 2 weeks of moving in. The first | | | | happened quite frequently) |
| thing I thought of was to call up my landlord but I | | | | 2. You need not be worried about a sloppy job done. |
| soon realized that he was overseas. With no other | | | | With this much said, I would like to leave a link to a |
| choice, I decided to call up a plumber myself. | | | | website of a company providing plumber services in |
| The first lesson I learned was that asking the price | | | | Singapore whom has been doing their job fine for me |
| over the phone is useless. More often than not the | | | | at a reasonable cost. |
| price quoted over the phone will be a simple $30 or | | | | |