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Friday, September 12th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Heating Engineers
Always ISOLATE before you INVESTIGATE. Why? As shown in this weeks photo the heating engineer decided that running 240 volt down an earth cable was acceptable. What's that mean to you?
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Builders
We were called in to remove a redundant worktop unit and sink in a day care centre. After isolating the water we started to dismantle the entire system.
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Plumbers
For the uninitiated, un-vented cylinders like the one pictured above are like pressure cookers. They are usually found in small offices such as the one above to supply hot water to bathroom or kitchen basins. Unfortunately, being under pressure they could explode if not for ...
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Plumbers
The answer is plumbing junk! When we were called to sort out a leaking and moving shower the poor workmanship didn't end with just ill fitting doors and a poorly installed shower tray. The entire unit was poorly installed at every level.
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Plumbers
If you look closely you'll see the top 12 inches of a waste pipe sticking out of a ceiling in a pair of toilets in a warehouse. The waste pipes empty directly into a roof space with no purpose built ventilation to remove the sewer ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Gas Fitter
This pipe work and the cables were boxed in behind a panel in a rental we went to look at recently. I would have hidden this work too if I had done it!! In fact I would have hidden the pipe work, changed ...
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Plumbers
We recently moved our clients bathroom from it's existing location to another room in the house. As we pulled up the old bathroom floor to remove pipe work we found this!
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