Plumber job procedure

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If a plumber did a job that involved shutting off the water and partially draining the system, would you expect them to go around and check for airlocks before they left? If they didn’t, and had to return to sort out the airlocks that had developed as a result of their work, would you expect to pay them for the additional visit?

We have had this several times, and yes, of course they should go round and remove any air from the system and make sure its all back to normal before they leave. We have never had one yet that didn't.

But if I had to have them back to sort something they should have done, and checked, before they left before, I wouldn't expect to pay them to come back and do this.

Thanks. I was pretty sure I WNBU, just needed to double-check before the plumber returns.

I had this.

Left a load of airlocks plus I had to rebalance a radiator that was swapped out. They could have at least shut the valve off and opened it minimally.

I do my own now.

I do get that removing residual air can be hard and take a long time for it to circulate to places where it can be removed, so I can kind of understand why they want to leave and get on with the next job rather than wait around for hours.

I guess the question is whether you would want to pay the extra for them waiting around to fix, making all the prices more expensive ?

Yes. I want to pay for a job completed.

FWIW I can bleed radiators myself, but I cannot remove airlocks from the water system myself. I know the theory, but I don’t have the strength.