Archive for the ‘Dangerous’ Category
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 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 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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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Electrician
The first picture (it's a bit grainy) is of a switched spur on the wall and underneath that is a double socket. We were on site to modify the electrics for a kitchen refurb and when we opened the existing electrics we knew something ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Gas Fitter
The good news this week is that I was only witness to one poorly done installation. The bad news is that this is the worst type of short cut and I see it frequently. A past winner here. The reason I feel it's ...
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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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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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