Saturday, September 20th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad DIY
I offer this piece of advice for all those who have a friend, work collegue, mate, uncle or cousin who loves to dish out DIY advice with no actual training in the field. DO NOT blindly take that advice without using a bit of common ...
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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, September 6th, 2008
DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Cowboy Electrician
We were re-adding two double sockets to a bedroom which had been removed when some walls were recently rearranged. When we pulled up the floor boards we found signs of faulty electrics left over by the last person to touch the electrics.
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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 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, 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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