Location: Canal Street, City Centre, Manchester, Lancs
Date: Sept 2009
Description: We visited this flat when the previous tenants (original article here) flooded the property by installing their own dishwasher improperly. Unfortunately the landlord did not take up the floor at the time as suggested. The moisture stayed in the floor trapped between the foam underlay and the 3/4 inch wood flooring causing mold issues between the floors and a really bad smell. continue
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Location: Cheadle Hulme, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs
Date: Aug 2009
Description: We were asked to undertake a mechanical pre-purchase inspection on this semi-detached bungalow. The heating central system was a mix of old and new, the plumbing was in poor shape and the electrics were well past their ‘best before date.’ We recommended a full re-wire and although the boiler was not very old we suggested a power flush and the old radiators replaced. continue
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Location: Whitefield, Gtr Manchester, Lancs
Date: July-Aug 2009
Description: We were originally asked if we could replace just the appliances in this bathroom and we said ‘of course we would.’ When we arrived to view the job it turned out that the home owner had already removed the bathtub and flooring and another builder had added some velux windows. The job was to relocate the tub from the left side of the room to the right side so that a mixer shower could be added. We would also add a shower screen, new basin, toilet, radiator and add a towel warmer, extractor, new lights and a razor point. With that in mind we went away while the home owner purchased the bits they liked.
Location: Chadderton, Oldham, Lancs
Date: July 2009
Description: The owner of this home had already decided that he wanted a combi boiler installed before we arrived. They currently had a system boiler and showed us the one he wanted from a manufacturers brochure. We discussed several other options and the fact that the least expensive boiler wouldn’t necessarily produce the expected results. In the end we decided on a different manufacturer with a warranty that was four years longer than the one he had picked and a boiler which produced more litres per minute as required for his needs. Due to lack of storage space we found another location to install the boiler so that when we removed the tanks from the airing cupboard the entire space would now be usable.
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Location: Eccles, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs
Date: June 2009
Description: The complaint was that the hot water ran at full pressure for about thirty seconds and then would slow down to nothing. Over a period of months the slow down had become worse until only a few seconds worth of water would flow before there was nothing more than a drip. We arrived to view the problem and after checking out the gravity hot water and the pumped central heating made our decision. continue
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Location: Whitefield, Gtr Manchester, Lancs
Date: May 2009
Description: The owners of this semi detached investment property had a simple request. Could we remove the small kitchen from the back of the property and relocate it to the large front bedroom and then turn the old kitchen into a bedroom. The short answer was yes. When you undertake to move a kitchen however there are many issues to sort out but the main ones are around access/egress, the electrical and the gas. We would have to remove the existing back door from the old kitchen and install a new one to the new kitchen. The electrics were also not up to the job and required an upgrade to the consumer unit and complete wiring of the new kitchen. The gas pipe work also had to be removed and re-routed.
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Location: Didsbury, Gtr Manchester, Lancs
Date: May 2009
Description: Although this boiler was working it was on its last legs. The owner also requested that we mount the boiler as high up as it could go to allow for a later kitchen remodel. Due to safety issues and building regulations we managed (just barely) to get the boiler up high enough for the new kitchen work surfaces to extend from wall to wall.