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Thanks mate, I will get one to take along with me. If that cures it then it will save a return visit to fit more bits. :D

Before I got there, there was no ignition at all due to the snapped end of the ignition lead making direct contact with the backplate of the oven and therefore not creating a spark. Good contact on repair; wire was clean, new and correct terminal used and securely attached. Flame picture is...

Got called out to a Stoves double gas oven that wouldn't light on christmas eve. Turned out to be a snapped ignition lead. I replaced the terminal and reconnected it to the electrode and the oven now lights. Only thing is, once the burner has ignited, the ignition electrode keeps sparking...

Right then, this thing is dripping from where teh plastic filling link goes into the diverter valve. I have replaced the o-ring twice and have just replaced the filling link (with a new 0-ring) and always the same story...dry as a bone for 2 days then it starts to drip again. I am at my wit's...

If it was installed by a CORGI installer who was qualified for fires, then he should have checked the gas pressure when he commisioned it and it should be fine. Pressure drop during peak times can happen. I don't touch flueless fires with a barge-pole though. :?

I did my acs training and assesments this year and I was taught how to bend pipe :D

Sorry Spice, I did not realise that you were female. Old Army habit "if you call everybody mate, they can't do you for discrimination". Don't want to rant on answering your question on here as it si massively off topic. My e-mail is in my profile, feel free to drop me a line and I will give...

Nope, the thing in his hand is a PDA. The boiler has a diagnostic port that you can plug a PDA into and if you have the correct software, it will tell you what is wrong with it. You are right about the loft though...no fixed ladder, guard rail, boarding or dedicated lighting...ho-hum, and I...

I always give my customers a copy of my terms and conditions to read as soon as I get to a job. They sign it, I pop it in my briefcase. It has my rates on it also. They are signing to say that they agree the rates and the t&c's. I therefore legally have them by the balls if they dispute...

And breath :lol: Between the , and the / is the . button. Punctuation makes long posts easier to read mate :)

Hi Spice, I did read your post properly mate, you said that you HAVE to do your quotes at the weekends, especially in the winter months. You don't HAVE to do anything that you don't want to. I went to the 17 years in the Army charm school mate, the one that teaches you to get on with it...

Thank you Gents :)

Hi all, I need to price some spares for one of these fires and would like to know if anyone can recommend a decent shop in the leatherhead area that sells fire spares. I have looked on the net but most don't deal in spares. Thanks.

If you don't mind too much, why whinge about it ffs ? organise your week more efficiently and do you quotes in the evening/at the end of the day. You choose to do them at the weekend. If I want to work the weekend, I will, if I don't, I just tell my customers that I don't work weekends...

I am after two interior solid wood doors measuring 1940mm x 760mm. B&Q, Wickes, Homebase ets only sell 1981mm x 760mm. Is it possible to get the size I require? Does anybody know where I could get such a thing around the Leatherhead area ? Thank you.

I can't even read that :? How do people expect to get any help when they can not explain the problem in a comprehensible manner ? Oh well.

I didn't stay at the customers house on the (only) occasion that I had to call Transco; just turned the ECV off and asked the customer to call me when Transco turned up so I could have a word with the engineer and then re-light all of his appliances for him. I also didn't charge for this return...

Yeah, had a look at that in the course of my deliberations on the matter. Guess I did then :)

Right then. After much trawling of the interweb and a great deal of soul searching, I decided to call the customer this morning and tell her that I was no longer prepared to fit these types of fires. Nothing had been signed, no work had been done and no cash had changed hands. I may have...

I was booked to install a gas fire this morning. Upon arrival at the property, I asked for the manufacturers instructions (as I always do). I read that this was a flueless fire, designed to be sited in an existing fireplace but that it required dedicated ventilation of 100cm2. So, searching...