Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Cowboy Gas Fitter - DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
This pipe work and the cables were boxed in behind a panel in a rental we went to look at recently. I would have hidden this work too if I had done it!! In fact I would have hidden the pipe work, ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Cowboy Gas Fitter - DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
The good news this week is that I was only witness to one poorly done installation. The bad news is that this is the worst type of short cut and I see it frequently. A past winner here. The reason I feel ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Cowboy Gas Fitter - DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
There is something wrong with this picture. Can you spot it? Well, if you can't it's the rubber hose connection that is hooking up the Pressure Relief Valve on the boiler to a bit of copper pipe which sticks out of the ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
I was called out to undertake a Landlord Gas Safety Check or CP12 as they are also called. I entered the property and found a hob as the only gas appliance. I wnet outside and connected my manometer and tested the gas pipe work. The let by and tightness tested ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
What’s required to replace your old combination boiler? A lot of work goes into replacing an old cast iron boiler with a modern A-rated appliance. Though most boiler swaps can be accommodated in a day or two an entire heating system can take up to a week. It depends on ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Another boiler installed incorrectly! I was on site to sort out an electrical problem and discovered this while hauling my tools down the side of the house. Yet another example of an unqualified plumber shoving in a boiler as quick as he can and legging it.
We removed the weather ring ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
'Can you issue me with a safety certificate' or the more common phrase 'can you commission my boiler' is the start of a conversation that in destined to go nowhere with our company. The reason is simple. If the conversation starts with either of those two phrases I know ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Here is yet another example of the poor workmanship and unsafe situations that we see everyday! This boiler was removed to make way for a new condensing boiler. When we pulled out the old flue out what we discovered was this mess. Can you guess why this happened and ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
This is the result of not calling a CORGI registered engineer to check your back boiler after others have worked on or around the flue. The original problem started a year before I was called. Wasps had made a nest in the terminal and were using the house as a ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
I actually know this builder although we had never worked together before this job. Generally speaking this builder is not a cowboy as he does his own work properly and to the building regulations. In this case however the rush to get the building work completed to the home owners ...
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