bster said:
just had qoute for a service £50 and GSC £60
only a Baxi Bermuda BBU in the property, located in the Rhonnda S.Wales.
is this a bit steep?
BBu`s pain in the ass for a service engineer especially on price work, with having to remove firefront etc.
Watch out for thieving dirty big companies (BG) using sub contracting robbers who will lash in a smoke bomb, check flame picture & F*ck off. They are paid about 6-8 quid an appliance & don`t give a monkeys.
If you are lucky enough to witness a BBU service, (normally involves `Henry Hoover` & sod all else) ask to see his flue brushes & when he is going to attack the heat exchanger with said brushes. He will probably go white & leave the premises.
I have a deep hatred for service engineers (only where I am, not all competent guys )..bragging about earning 150 plus a day & then attending their jobs at a later date & chopping appliances, scooping out 40 years of soot from catchment spaces & so on.
The big companies that they work for turning a blind eye to an engineer doing 24 services a day!
Get a private gas engineer out of local paper, guaranteed to do the job, check his creds, he should be there for at least an hour & won`t barge in with big muddy boots carrying no dustsheets, probably won`t even ask where your gas meter is...British Gas ........Doing the right thing.....now....bend over Mr. Gullible while I slip this outrageous Bill right up your Tradesman`s Entrance!!!!!!!