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You know where this is going........... Here is the text of a visual inspection report that a client of mine has recieved from his prospective purchasers. No names no pack drill. Serious comments on each point please: +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Having visually inspected the above property the...

Go on you know you should: Toast the Tax - e-petitions Basically, if you buy toast, or have a sandwich toasted (at a Subway for example) it'll have 20% vat levied thanks to the Chancellors last budget.

After an absence of 5 weeks for an operation, my Apprentice returns tomorrow. Trouble is that there is no work in diary for this week. First time in 6 years self employed this has happened. Never sat down on a Sunday afternoon before with a blank diary in front of me. Plumber I know (and who I...

I've just spent a whole Sunday afternoon downloading and installing the trial version. Then filling in my details (name address, position, meter details etc etc). I then created my first certificate, an EIC for a board change. As the software comes with no "instructions" one has to find ones way...

Going to Download Day at Kerrang! Radio on Monday: Download Day - Live @ Kerrang! | Kerrang! Radio - 105.2 FM, Freeview & DAB Won two places today on the radio. Got to talk to the lovely Kate Lawler. Am taking my youngest lad (12yrs). It's his turn 'cos I took his older brother to see...

Philex Network Cable Tester | Screwfix.com RUBBISH !! Maybe okay if you only have the odd cable to test, but I got one and and it was fine for a few weeks, but I just wasted half a day testing dodgy network connections before realising that my tester itself was faulty. !!!!!! So I got the...

Peak Electronic Design Limited - Atlas IT - Network Cable Analyser - Model UTP05 BRILLIANT !!

Installed a phone extension today. Usually these things are easy enough. Just connect the coloured wires to the correct number terminals and off you go. However, today I could get no response from the new extension socket. So I went back to the parent socket, which afaik is the master. Plugged...

One for you computer whizz kids. When I had an XP PC and laptop I had them networked so I could share files off my PC hard drive with my laptop and also print direct from my laptop as long as the PC was on. Now I have an XP Pro laptop (different one though) and a Win7 Pro PC. The printer is...

The lid was loose and the tub was full and the contents were spilling out !!! It was in a cupboard in the lounge which we needed empty to run cables. I managed to put the lid on safely and place the tub somewhere safe. You won't be surprised to learn we packed our stuff away pronto and got...

Had a lucky escape this week. Oven element 'blew' on Wednesday evening. eSpares had pattern elements in stock so paid for next day delivery. Fitted today and all is well. Picked up turkey from butchers this morning. Phew!! ---------- Post Auto-Merged at 18:36 ---------- Previous post was...

I have incurred the wrath of a close friend and my sister in law by posting my views on my Facebook wall. I'll come back later with more, but for now it is sufficient to say I think they are a bunch of greedy muppetts. They are being made an offer that most of us in the private sector would...

Not sure if we've ever highlighted this here and as i've recently been reminded I thought i would bring it to everyones attention. FatallyFlawed

Self and Apprentice will be featured in tomorows Leicester Mercury newspaper, as part of their campaign to get more apprentices recruited across the region. It's a follow up to an article from January when I first recruited Ash. Fame at last!!

I have a Kewtech 103 and the apprentice has my old Rapitest socket tester. Now, we all know that these devices are limited in what they can test. In particular, they are unable to detect neutral / earth reverse polarity. Well, the other day I found another limitation of these testers: If you...

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I've bought one of these: Makita BHR202RFE SDS 18v Rotary Hammer. Buy online or call It uses the same 18v li-Ion 3.0Ahr batteries as the other Makita kit. This was my main reason for buying it. I didn't want the the expense (or "yet more batteries and charger" inconvenience) of 36volt SDSs, I...

.......after all, no-one else is going to do it, so I'll do it myself: Took on an Apprentice last week. He started the Leccy Installation course at leicester College on the 4th Jan and with me full time last Monday on the 10th. Not only that but the College and the Leicester Mercury are...

http://www.landlordresponse.co.uk/ I have been contacted by this outfit asking me to become a subcontractor for them in my area. Here is an extract from their email: "As we have recently discussed, we would like to register you as a subcontractor for Home & Landlord Response to work in...