Archive for December, 2007
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
The pictured flue tells a clear story. The installer of this twin pipe flue made a BIG mistake by connecting the exhaust pipe to the plastic flue adapter and the intake pipe to the aluminium portion of the flue adapter. The boiler is a 40kW storage combi and from the ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
At this time of year I wish to thank all of our customers for dealing with us over the last and previous years. We work very hard to make everyone happy all year long and always try and squeeze those last minute repairs in before everyone breaks for Christmas and ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
I was called to install a new gas hob and double electric oven. I could not find an isolator for the electric oven nor could I find any properly sized breaker in the consumer unit for an electric oven. As it turns out the home-owner said that she questioned the ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
My first call of the week to perform a Landlord Gas Safety check on a property. Although a certificate had been isssued in past years the radiant fire in the front room and the backboiler in the back room look like they had ever been serviced by anyone CORGI registered. ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
This weeks award goes to the moron who wired up this consumer unit in a newly renovated building in Manchester City Centre. I was called in to sort out some odd electrical issues. I opened up the consumer unit to make sure the power was isolated and look what I ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
The one and only aspect of my job that I dislike is when I have to tell a client that the work they want doing cannot be completed because previous work was substandard. Today I was supposed to have replaced a gas hob and built in electric double oven with ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Another week and this one is going to be busy. I'm trying to make everyone happy and get everything sorted out so I can take a day off to go Christmas shopping next week. This morning started with the second fix electrical work on a conservatory which didn't go as ...
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