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Location: Northern Quarter, Manchester City Centre, Lancs
Date: Mar 2009
Description: A flat owner with no hot water called looking for help as they were having problems finding someone who would work in the City Centre. We accepted and after arriving on site we concluded that the heating element in the stainless steel cylinder had gone bad. We booked an appointment to replace the element for the next morning however the flat owner cancelled the call. They had decided to try and get the work done under insurance. Unfortunately the insurance company sent a plumber around who wasn’t qualified to touch the electrics! When they called the insurance company back to complain they were told to find someone who could do the COMPLETE job. continue
Location: Ashton-U-Lyne, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs
Date: Mar 2009
Description: Another overpriced British Gas quote provided the fuel necessary for our new client to look elsewhere to have her boiler replaced. British Gas labeled the boiler as dangerous because it had an asbestos flue. The system worked perfectly well and although it was old it was working and was safe to use. For peace of mind however the client decided to change it as they wanted to remove all of the old tanks from the loft. It is a smallish property and we chose a high efficiency Viessmann 100 26kW to do the job. As we are Viessmann trained the client received an additional two year warranty on top of the standard three years giving her an incredible five year warranty (parts and labour) on the new boiler. The heat exchanger already comes with a ten year warranty! continue
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We were asked by a local daycare to remove a redundant childrens bathroom, remove three radiators and move two radiators to new locations. To make it interesting the original contractor had decided to install all radiator pipe work inside of dry lined walls with all joints hidden and no drain off points. We managed to remove everything with no leaks or surprises. The bathroom was drained down and systematically removed and all redundant feeds and waste pipes modified, safely capped off or removed. As the heating pipe work runs over the top of the building it is difficult to bleed the system and air gets trapped easily. Instead of coming out to bleed it on a regular basis we added bottle air vents to aid in the commissioning process and lengthen the time between visits. continue
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Location: Crumpsall, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs
Date: Feb 2009
Description: This job started out with a referral to look at an un-vented cylinder which had stopped working and had already been looked at by several people in an attempt to sort it out. Everytone that looked at it had a go but couldn’t sort it out. That wasn’t surprising as when we viewed it we knew it was wrong and we featured in our cowboy of the week award for poor wiring standards. continue
Location: Ashton-U-Lyne, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs
Date: Jan 2009
Description: A granny flat, an old house, a builder and a lot of issues surround this job we undertook in Ashton. The building works ending up taking about six months and in that time the owner had no heat, no running water5, no gas and only a few utility plugs that the workers weren’t using at night. My advice is NEVER live on a building site no matter how economic you think it is! Our job was to install the required unvented cylinder to supply one full kitchen, one bed sit kitchen, one full bathroom, the bedsit bathroom and two en suites as well as supply enough heating for this VERY large property. continue
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This weeks award is hard to see in this picture but was crystal clear when trying to repair a faulty pilot assembly. If you look closely at the ring that holds in the pilot burner assembly and you’ll see that is has deep scratch marks in it.
The reason is that the ring doesn’t actually fit this water heater and has been forced into place in order to get it to work at some point in the past. We discovered the problem when called out to service the unit when it wouldn’t light. continue
We were surprised to find this little gem when called to do a gas safety for a client we’ve known for a few years.
Since our last visit they had decided to add some ventilation so called out a builder with a saw and let him loose. Unfortunately for everyone the builder didn’t have a clue about gas safety so cut a vent hole too close to this balanced flue.