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The overrun is something to do with the heat exchanger, the plumber mentioned this and implied it was a new reg, whether that's true or not, I don't know. Thanks for the input guys, I'll be taking a look at the boiler terminals and instructions in the morning, hopefully its a case of the...

Hello everyone, I've got a job to do for a gas fitter I know, received the info last week and was told it was to swap the programmer for another and wire in a new pump on a y plan system. The gas fitter has since mentioned that the pump needs to overrun after the stat has stopped calling for...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone ever uses their local planning application notifications to drum up any work? The info is readily available on my local council's website and there are loads of extensions, shop signage needing lighting, new builds etc going on. I was thinking about...

Yeah as I thought, I was aware of the doorstep selling rights, just didn't know if it applied here. Price was agreed verbally and I confirmed by email.

Morning everyone, On Wednesday (22nd) evening I called to look at a job, very simple, swapping 4 downlighters and a LV fan for new ones, couple of hours maybe. One of the downlights was over the shower and the cubicle door had been taken down. The customer asked me would it need leaving off or...

The unit is a storage and distribution centre for clothes so no real risk of ingress of anything into the board that would cause problems. Cheers for the regs numbers diddywats, I'll check them out first thing in the morning. Cheers for all replies & advice guys.

Hello all, I've just carried out the remedial works from a EICR on a small industrial unit ( I didn't carry out the EICR). The 3 phase board had tails entering through seperate holes on the bottom, which was coded as a 2 due to possible eddy currents. I remedied this by cutting out the gap...

Hello all, Wondering if anyone has any experience of Arneg Panama commercial fridge units? I have been asked to quote for a full new installation in a convenience store and this will include provision for 5 of these units AND (I'm told) the condensing units that come with them. I have surveyed...

Well, I do take your point and technically you're correct, however, at the time the responsibility was on his shoulders and I made his life a lot easier than it could of been. The reason I'm comfortable with it is that I know he would of, and has done the same for me on many occasions, he is...

No offence taken whatsoever, glad of the advice. For the first red point, I totally agree. This is something I would always do with a domestic customer so perhaps I took my eye off the ball. As for the second, whilst I take your point and agree on the whole, I can't agree in this instance. The...

Hello everyone, Just interested in peoples opinions on this one. I was asked to do a periodic report for a company near me. The building is an industrial unit which is a depot for a large national food supplier. 1shed where vans are stored, around 20m by 10m and 2 small rooms serving as...

The owner probably already has 'piece of mind' as it all 'works'. Be wary of doing a PIR which comes back as unsatisfactory in this instance, you may not get paid and will very probably have an unhappy customer then willing to badmouth you to anyone who will listen. I carried out a PIR last...

I suspect most competent sparks did the same as me and spluttered when they read your opening post. Please do not give the line about how 'everyone has to start somewhere' or you are 'asking for advice, isn't that what the forum is for??' Giving advice to a student is one thing but you are...

My Grandad was Serbian and Christian Orthodox so celebrated Xmas on the 7th January. Growing up with a half Serb Dad and an English Mum we had 2 Xmas's, which as a kid was great! Don't really keep a budget but try and keep track of how much is spent, try not to spoil the kids or waste money on...

Not when its a business doing nothing but skimming from the fees in an industry they shouldn't be involved in and know nothing about. Maybe next time I do work for a landlord I'll offer to let the property for him as well, cut out the letting agent. Or maybe just pass the property on to a sole...

Thats alright then, because we all know how ethical lettings agents are! :slap

Not to spend too much time quibbling over analogies but buying a new car, having one serviced and having one repaired are 3 completely different things. Yes, you would test drive a new car but I think most people would agree that it is to get a feel of the car to test that it works. A service...

I used the analogy already established. However to use my own, would you take your car to be repaired then tell the garage you will pay them after you've driven round for a week to make sure its ok? Of course in certain circumstances such as a larger job or contracted maintenance, an invoice...

I don't agree. So long as the job has been certified then it should be payment upon completion. If something is found to not work later then that is a seperate issue which should be dealt with seperately. What if the customers faulty vacuum tripped the RCD? yet the customer is now dissatisfied...

People think you can just take a feed from anywhere. A guy recently asked me to quote to reroute the feed for his redundant immersion heater to his new 9.5KW shower. Looked at me like dirt when I told him it needed a dedicated circuit. Quoted to do it correctly and never heard from him again.