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I have consumer unit with an RCD that protects the entire house and of late it has started tripping for no apparant reason. When reset the MCB for one of the rings (downstairs lounge, hall, front and middle bedrooms) trips and when I reset it it gives a spark. I went round and unplugged...

Get a competent firm in to power flush the central heating. Have this same firm remove the the plate to plate heat exchanger and descale it (they may connect it to the PowerPump to do this) Expect it to take all day Make sure your rads are accessable (ie remove furniture from in front of them)...

Being on the board meant you got paid? I didnt have the heart to charge him!

Yes and they are fantastic! Steve

Got stung big time on the websites. Decided after desining my own to have it done proffesionally, with search engine optimisation, meta tags etc and it cost a fortune. 18 months down the line ive cancelled the project and re-done my original. easyiest way to optimise for search engines is to...

YP is a total waste of money. A lot of money! i've had ads in the book, on yell.com and 118247 and had little responce. The sales woman was very pushy and kept making all sorts of claims. I decided Id give it a go but it just hasn't been working. Of the customers who have come through the yellow...

I'll work weekends if I have to for quotes. Its a fact of life that customers have to go to work too so they aint always available Monday to Friday 9 to 5! I advertise that we are available for work at weekends but a call out is charged (which is something we dont charge between 8:30am and...

I lease hire a 56 plate ford transit 350 with the 140 ps engine. Has been nothing but trouble... It leaks water into the cab, told by ford its not covered by the warranty..lease company not interesred. its had two safety recalls, requireing two days off the road (and assosiated loss of...

I keep off cuts of copper pipe left over from jobs, no point in spoiling a 3m legth of copper if the job just needs 100mm or so. That being said theyre not used. Customer expects new as thats what theyre paying for!!! Steve

Thought all this was a load of utter bull till I joined the real world and got out of the factory. Been installing solar for a few years and had the usual amount of nutty/eccentric customers but nothing really wierd. Then decided to go CORGI as I was having to turn down too much...

Thanks namsag; info about back boiler high output needeing liners was known, Just airing on the side of caution as dont know the integrity of the chimney fabric. Only been CORGI since January so my learning curve is still steep and I tend to be over cautious. Thanks again! Steve

The existing liner is more than 20 years old so cant comment on its condition and suspect that the mortar in the chimney is no good. Would if I could just remove old liner and install fire? Many thanks STeve

Got called out to a job where the concenred house holder had reported a "bleeping" noise coming from his boiler. Checked it out and diagnosed the problem.........the adjacent smoke detector was beeping to warn of a low battery. Cue one very embarrased house holder.

My own story starts with with me in a leg plaster " directing" my wife and a mate who were merrily digging a hole for a pond. Says me" Watch out for the gas pipe, it runs acros the garden right where you are digging" Says my wife " No it doesn't, it runs paralell to the house" (women are...

Hi Im a corgi engineer and a customer has asked for her back boiler to be removed and a DFE installed in its place.The existing flue liner is more than 20 years old so Im suggesting it be replaced before installation of the DFE. Having no experience of flue lining, does anyone have any tips on...

Thanks. The double socket in question is a radial direct from the consumer unit. I had hoped that it was originally a cooker circuit but furthur investigation proves it to be 2.5 twin and earth. I suspected that 2.5 was too close to comfort Divergence factors were never mentioned during...

Thanks, you are correct. Mustard yellow is the generic name used in our stores!

Softus...........I think we should agree to respect our differing opinions and leave it there. As for being sarcastic...well I felt agreived at your comments regarding the tesco analogy! As for a mark up. I choose not to inform customers what my mark up is but... I always tell customers that...

Oh, and Softus, youve obviously not got any traditional bakers on your local high street. Baker=bread manufacturer .

Thankyou for the welcome Softus, clearly Im ridiculous and insane, a view shared by many of my friends im sure! Firstly, the comparison is not ridiculous, it is a valid comparison, I accept your point that Tescos core business is retail and as a self employed person one provides a service. But...