Hi chesketh, I , like you ,will be looking for quotes for a boiler change.first thing I do when getting any quote from TRADESEN is put up a long bar outside the house , so cowboys can tie their horses up to.
Thats very kind of you, do you provide hay and water for the horses as well as tea and biscuits?
There,s lots around, and where I live they 10 a penny.
Where might that be then.......the south east by any chance?
Luckily I know some good ones, word of mouth.That,s my rule of thumb.Always. There,s good and bad in all trades.Buyer beware. Just like on here, you have to sort the wheat from the chaff. HNY
Now you've just gone and contradicted yourself, one minute you put a big bar up outside for the numerous cowboys to come and quote for works.....
the next minute you SAY luckily you know a few good ones! which is it to be?
Look pal most customers have not got the basic intelligence to weed out the wheat from the chaf and I would put a bullsh1tter like you squarely their.
Hell you can't even lie correctly without contradicting yourself in the same post.
1, Sense of humour helps when dealing with the likes of yourself, obviously , you have none.2 Esholt is where I live. EMERDALE to you.Leeds, and NO, I am not a Yorkshireman.3.I have put 3 of my own boilers in, am a retired ex engineer,time served with 50 years under my belt. not a fitter. I do know plenty of Good Plumbers to do something I am quite capable of doing myself, but the GOV says no.and I cannot be a***d.When I did a job, I didn,t order a part and wait, I made it.The job stood for nobody.I didn,t have time to take bank holidays off to slag people off. I had a buisinees to run.If you were chocolate, you would eat yourself.A bit too much Ego I daresay
Engineer eh! I take it by that statement you are in posession of a relevant engineering degree? If you are not, then like many others! please refrain from calling yourself an engineer.
I also have a business to run, but now and again I like to come on here to ensure the general public are not led up a garden path, by taking advice from unqualified/inexperienced fools.
You made your spare parts! well well done grandad, however, we have moved on somewhat and with modern manufacturing methods it is almost always more efficient in cost and time to replace and throw away. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS BEING AN ENGINEER
I spent 8 years as an apprentice serving both mechanical and electrical trades, gaining a Beng in engineering along the way. However, I still to this day do not go about calling myself an engineer, tradesman sounds just fine. Then again I do not need to up myself as I walk the walk and talk the talk everyday.
You see! my business does very well covering all electrical, plumbing, heating and renewables works both domestic & commercial, whether it be design, installation or repair.
I am personally as is my business NICEIC, Gas Safe, OFTEC and MCS Registered. I am
appropriately qualified and experienced in every aspect of the business and hold all the quals and more of my employees. I still go out every week and get stuck in, commission and generally keep an eye on things.
It's called leading from the front, that way those employees know! they can't pull the wool over my eye's...keeps them on there toes see.
I gave the OP good advice and then gave him a ticking off for assuming that all tradesmen were cowboys out to rip people off!
However like most on here and people within the public sector, you couldn't see the woods for the trees.
The OP will inevitably fall foul, I know this because of how he is posting i.e not listening and can't see good advice when presented to him in comic format.
He will end up with a desperate fitter, or one of these short course w4nkers...why? BECAUSE REAL TRADESMEN/BUSINESSMEN CAN SPOT A NUTTER CUSTOMER AT TEN PACES all the OP will have to do is open his gob.
Regards
An NICEIC, Gas Safe, OFTEC and MCS Registered installer/business.