DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad Electricians

Another week and yet another electrical issue located during a Periodic Inspection.  This is the kind of issue we see on  regular basis. When we removed the oven to test the cooker circuit we found two connections to a single spur which under certain circumstances would be correct. Under this circumstance however all is not good, correct or safe. continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad – Kitchen Fitters

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Last weeks Cowboy Award Winner is also this weeks winner. We returned back to the property to make repairs to the gas and placement of light switches and fused spur. What we found was even more shocking!

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DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad – Kitchen Fitters

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Early this week we were called by a client who required an ‘emergency’ gas hob and electric oven swap. The old appliances were old, partially broken and in pretty rough shape. When we arrived it was mere seconds before we had to make the homeowner aware that we couldn’t install the gas hob or the electric oven due to safety issues.

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We have decide on a winner of the Cowboy Of The Year Award for 2008!! Looking back over the photos of unsafe situations that we located in 2008 was an interesting yet unsatisfying  process. It is disheartening to see so many poorly done jobs by cowboys, DIYers and just plain lazy builders. It gives everybody in the business a bad name. We have discovered a pattern through this process however and we reckon that three categories of individual sum up all of the poor workmanship we have seen.

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DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad DIY Gas and Electrics

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We were on site to replace an electric double oven and gas hob as well as add an new kitchen extractor fan. When we viewed the job a few days earlier it didn’t look too bad but of course we don’t have x-ray vision and can’t see behind kitchen units to see how things are really hooked up. In the case of this kitchen things were not hooked up as they should have been. We had work to do with the cabinets, eletrical and gas fittings too. continue

Location: Oldham, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs

Date: Feb 2009

Description: Another kitchen and another set of problems to sort out. The job was to replace an electric double oven with same and swap a gas hob with a new gas hob. The owners also wanted to add an extractor unit at the same time. We found that the original housing that the cooker sat in was out of square and out of plumb so we had to remove the existing shelves which were pinned in place and adjust them to level. Also the electrical connections were incorrect and we sorted out those issues as well. continue

Location: Oldham, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs

Date: Jan 2009

Description: We were called to see if an electric hob could be installed into a stone worktop without the need for cutting the opening any larger. Most times it is an easy swap but sometimes new hobs do not always fit the old cutout and require some trimming. It really all depends upon the manufacturers. Inthis case we were all lucky and the electric induction hob fit perfectly into the opening left over by the gas hob. continue