West Lothian mum fumes after catching her plumber sleeping on the bathroom floor – Edinburgh Live

A West Lothian mum was forced to fire the plumbers she had hired to redo her bathroom after she found one of them asleep on the floor.

Rachael Ferguson, 60, had forked out thousands of pounds to refit the bathroom of her Bathgate home, but has now been left with the job unfinished and seriously out of pocket.

After paying over 2,000 upfront, Rachael hired Supreme Wetwall Bathrooms to install the new wet wall suite she had been saving for.

However, after constantly stalling on the work, Rachael hit the final straw when she discovered plumber Luke Campbell having a kip on the floor of her ripped out bathroom.

With the job already a day behind when it should have been completed, the Bathgate mum was furious to find Luke, of Libra Plumbing, sprawled out on the floor.

The stunned mum told the Daily Record how she blew a gasket after snapping this photo of him curled up for a nap on the tiles before kicking him out of her home three days into what was promised to be a two-day job.

After waking Luke, he blamed the whole 40 winks on a cup of tea that she had made him earlier and said: I finished the cup of tea and cant remember anything until waking up.

Now weeks later, Rachael has been left ripped off from the incident after she was forced to source and pay a new fitter to finish the job.

Furious, she said: Im just left in limbo with a big mess. This is appalling behaviour and needs to be exposed.

After paying two large sums, one for delivery and one for the materials, the job that should have been finished in no time saw serious delays.

Rachael said: A young lad turned up on his own and started ripping the bathroom out.

Luke from Libra Plumbing said he was waiting for the fitter, who was phoning every 10 minutes saying he had personal problems and would be there soon. But he didnt arrive at all.

All he did on Tuesday was put the doors on the cabinets.

On the Wednesday the plumber arrived with another young chap. He said the fitter would be there in a while. I went to go and see the progress and found this plumber lying on the floor sleeping among the rubble.

I shouted to him but when he didnt wake up I took the picture and went back in my room.

When I went back downstairs they were sitting eating a McDonalds and I just blew a gasket and told them to get their stuff and used some inappropriate language.

I said youre not spending another day in here with nothing getting done.

The mum-of-two complained to the wet wall company, who said the original fitter would finish the job on Friday with another team. When he didnt arrive she told the company she no longer wanted their services.

She said: Ive already paid for the furnishings which are lying all over my dining room and my garage. My house is a total tip with it all and I just think its an absolute disgrace.

Ive told them they wont be back in my house. Ive no faith whatsoever in them.

You cant rip someones bathroom out and leave them for days. Im lucky I have an ensuite I can use but others may not. I now have to start from scratch. Its a nightmare.

Supreme Wetwall Bathrooms advertise luxury bathrooms at affordable prices on their Facebook and Instagram page.

They sent Rachael a Facebook message saying they wanted to resolve the issue and arrange for another fitter to attend but she refused and has now sourced another tradesman.

She expects the job to cost around 2,000 more to complete and says she no longer wants to use the wet wall she was provided with.

The contact have been contacted, but they did not respond.

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