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dickymint said:
He should at the very least fit the Fused spur (he should be able to do that himself under Part P) as how the f
k can he commission it to sign it off?
Edit: Brian would have done the lot, he's good he is
he can even drill holes in tiles!!
Thanks :-) I agree with the OP in the matter .The worker sound wrong and should not be like this .We have all made a mistake on a quote and had to suck it up and move on. You either provide a Estimate or a Quote. Shocked at how many people have no idea of the difference . Secondly the boiler cannot be commissioned etc without the power . I have seen many times people thinking they are getting the "lot" .Most day sparks never make good . Some will not chase out etc .But they need to make sure the client knows this And has arranged for the rest of the works required. Its all down to been honest and making sure the Paper trail is all in order .k can he commission it to sign it off?Edit: Brian would have done the lot, he's good he is
he can even drill holes in tiles!!Edited by dickymint on Monday 24th April 14:21
sidekickdmr said:
Only after posting did I read the whole thread and realise this isnt actually a serious trade thread.
Its a shame Brian couldnt really have helped, if only i had been willing to pay in full before the job even started, wear a pinstripe suit, have a 1 hour security procedure, ban phones and money, let me wife do the talking/banging and have a boiler that ran on a mix of liquid gold and snakeskin extract he would have been up for it too.
Depends on what type of tea you serve :-) I cannot do Council tea .Its a shame Brian couldnt really have helped, if only i had been willing to pay in full before the job even started, wear a pinstripe suit, have a 1 hour security procedure, ban phones and money, let me wife do the talking/banging and have a boiler that ran on a mix of liquid gold and snakeskin extract he would have been up for it too.
Rickyy said:
You should see some of the crap that goes on in some of the plumbing/gas pages on FB, the ones for tradesmen/women.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that being Gas Safe registered is on the same level as being an Astrophysicist, the way some tradesmen wear it like a badge of honour!
I particularly like the plumber deniers. They spend their working day installing boilers, which includes fitting pipework that carries hot, cold, heating and waste water, yet they aren't plumbers, they are gas 'engineers'.
Who ask the "client" if he "knows anyfing about wiring mate" when the dundermonkey breaks the bloody timer box off the wall whilst installing a 3 way valve for some explicable reason thus destroying the terminals in the process and tells me it's not his fault because it's old and fell apart when he looked at it funny or something. He clearly caught it while doing other work which is fine and mistakes happen but the suggestion that it had spontaneously jumped off the wall and broken in half of it's own volition and the "what the fYou'd be forgiven for thinking that being Gas Safe registered is on the same level as being an Astrophysicist, the way some tradesmen wear it like a badge of honour!
I particularly like the plumber deniers. They spend their working day installing boilers, which includes fitting pipework that carries hot, cold, heating and waste water, yet they aren't plumbers, they are gas 'engineers'.
ks going on here" look on his face did not instil this "client" with all that much confidence. Luckily, yes, I do was able to figure out for captain chaos which cable was responsible for which function by using a combination of eyes and logic and google was able to fill in the gaps but what do they do if this happens and they have to figure out the problem on their own?I didn't realise heating engineers didn't have a f
king clue how electricity works and assumed that was the whole point of them above a standard plumber. Should have done it myself. Or hired a sparky. StoatInACoat said:
Who ask the "client" if he "knows anyfing about wiring mate" when the dundermonkey breaks the bloody timer box off the wall whilst installing a 3 way valve for some explicable reason thus destroying the terminals in the process and tells me it's not his fault because it's old and fell apart when he looked at it funny or something. He clearly caught it while doing other work which is fine and mistakes happen but the suggestion that it had spontaneously jumped off the wall and broken in half of it's own volition and the "what the fks going on here" look on his face did not instil this "client" with all that much confidence. Luckily, yes, I do was able to figure out for captain chaos which cable was responsible for which function by using a combination of eyes and logic and google was able to fill in the gaps but what do they do if this happens and they have to figure out the problem on their own?
I didn't realise heating engineers didn't have a fking clue how electricity works and assumed that was the whole point of them above a standard plumber. Should have done it myself. Or hired a sparky.
A Real "Engineer" or a wannabe ? titles are bounded around these days. "Officer" for example . To me there is only one type of officer .A commissioned Officer of her majesties Forces or Police etc . "Executive sales" , chav in a suit ! , "senior sales manager" , been with us for more than 8 weeks ! ks going on here" look on his face did not instil this "client" with all that much confidence. Luckily, yes, I do was able to figure out for captain chaos which cable was responsible for which function by using a combination of eyes and logic and google was able to fill in the gaps but what do they do if this happens and they have to figure out the problem on their own?I didn't realise heating engineers didn't have a f
king clue how electricity works and assumed that was the whole point of them above a standard plumber. Should have done it myself. Or hired a sparky. brianashley said:
A Real "Engineer" or a wannabe ? titles are bounded around these days. "Officer" for example . To me there is only one type of officer .A commissioned Officer of her majesties Forces or Police etc . "Executive sales" , chav in a suit ! , "senior sales manager" , been with us for more than 8 weeks !
By what title would you have yourself / your services known?brianashley said:
A Real "Engineer" or a wannabe ? titles are bounded around these days. "Officer" for example . To me there is only one type of officer .A commissioned Officer of her majesties Forces or Police etc . "Executive sales" , chav in a suit ! , "senior sales manager" , been with us for more than 8 weeks !
Your favourite word for customer, 'client' should, strictly speaking be used only for customers of the professions (architecture, clergy, engineering, law and medicine) but recently it's been appropriated by anyone who wants to make their job seem a bit more important than it actually is.And prostitutes.
Do you do extras?
brianashley said:
schmunk said:
By what title would you have yourself / your services known?
"Star" https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
dickymint said:
Like I said..... very talented :-)
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