Archive for June, 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
I tell my contractor mates on a regular basis that they should follow up on everything they do. Not just quotes or estimates. If you undertake a Gas Safety Check for a client place their document in file dated eleven months from now and call them or send them ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Plumbing
Unfortunately the cowboy who extended this house didn't extend the waste pipe to match! Whoever did the work was already awarded a previous Cowboy of the Week Award for an unsafe boiler installation. See the May 3, 2008 Cowboy Award.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs, 23/06/2008
Mr. C. Harrison
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Well it looks like we're going from the frying pan to the fire with the announcement that CORGI has lost in it's bid to run the gas registration scheme from 2009 to 2014. The HSE has stated that the preferred bidder for the scheme will be CAPITA.
For those of you ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Electrics Fitter
Whilst removing a gas fired air heating system we found this mess of connector blocks and green tape. At the time it was installed twenty or so years ago a flue had to be run through the house and apparently these cables where ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Electrics Fitters
After years in the business you can read a house like a book. Sometimes it starts as you drive up the the property and sometimes it's once you get inside. Sometimes issues show up unannounced. But sometimes there are so many issues that ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Gas Fitters
There is something wrong with this picture. Can you spot it? Well, if you can't it's the rubber hose connection that is hooking up the Pressure Relief Valve on the boiler to a bit of copper pipe which sticks out of the wall. ...
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