Rob Foster
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all fine with me shaun - can you smell the roast pork ? we could start a plumbers and c/h engineers cooking program and go on CH 4 and be celebrities - I love Mary BerryNow now lads
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all fine with me shaun - can you smell the roast pork ? we could start a plumbers and c/h engineers cooking program and go on CH 4 and be celebrities - I love Mary BerryNow now lads
all fine with me shaun - can you smell the roast pork ? we could start a plumbers and c/h engineers cooking program and go on CH 4 and be celebrities - I love Mary Berry
Guess there is no accounting for taste!all fine with me shaun - I love Mary Berry
pork or Mrs Berry ?Guess there is no accounting for taste!![]()
Mrs Berry.pork or Mrs Berry ?
i missed that but brilliantGuess there is no accounting for taste!![]()
I think that my involement in this thread is over BUT IMHOi missed that but brilliant
Figured that one slipped past youi missed that but brilliant
Porky Pig is nearly ready and we are 11 guests coming and counting but they bring the real stuff hey ho everybodyFigured that one slipped past you![]()
EDIT: Do you mean this law? The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999
There is a bit about hot water should arrive at the taps in 30 seconds on page 18 of this [https://www.wras.co.uk/downloads/pu...sessment_of_plumbing_in_private_premises.pdf/] document which refers back to the law you have quoted above. Note, however, that G18.4 is a guidance note and, as such, probably does not mean very much. Also, contained in that note is a suggestion that combi boilers will probably not be able to comply with this.
Let's say a customer asks me to fit a low water consumption tap in a bathroom and this pushes the time for the water to arrive hot from 20 seconds to 32. Is the plumber now required to spend a day to re-route the pipework to bring the time down to a reasonable one?
Take your point entirely about 3 feet, but sometimes that's how it is. As I've said before, without having been at your house, I cannot possibly say if the installer made the best of the situation or not, and that really is all any of us can say.
Working to a decent standard in the eyes of the law is one thing, but I always take the attitude that if my intervention leaves the house no less compliant than it was before I acted, then I have done my job.
It is very easy to sit in Whitehall and say how things should be done, but realistically, if I come across a cold water storage cistern that needs a replacement float operated valve washer, I do not insist on an entire new cistern installation because the existing one was installed in breach of the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999; all I do is advise, otherwise my customers will be on here complaining that I forced them to have un-necessary work done. Given that the regulations are not retrospective, as those in Whitehall are not entirely stupid, I am not convinced that a judge would find against me.
Quite honestly, I appreciate you had a pressing need to have the work done and so went for the first quote, but that would not suddenly make you gullible enough to believe the fitting was 'free'. If the ASA wants to make a prosecution for false advertising, that is one thing, but I cannot seriously believe you were misled by the offer of free fitting.
The impression I get is you weren't happy with the work. Quite possibly it was a sloppy job and you will win a court case. Let us know how it goes.
I haven't read the whole thread but I'd send the firm one or two official letters asking them to rectify the work and why. Assuming they refuse have the work done and then sue them for the cost of rectification. Give the law a clear and definable way to make a judgement on your case rather than the vagueries of an advertising claim that they know longer use. In the end this is an issue of standards rather than false advertising which is subjective, your system works and you agreed on the price, secondly a conversion pack could mean anything including all the sundries used for the installation. If you're not happy with the work, giving them a chance to rectify it is the normal and first course of action despite the time that has passed.
I've written them a letter and will report back.
Thanks for the advice.
@mrtibbs, or should I call you Terry? Talk to me! This post is 4 pages long and we still do not have an answer to
Post 2? @ShaunCorbs (Or have I missed it) what make of Boiler do you have? I’m going to say a Worcester Bosch and I am also going to say that the company drive blue VW Vans. However they do not do free fitting! They do free boilers with labour only. I am betting the gave you 28% to stop you being an absolute pain in the backside (no offence intended).
It was supposed to be a joke mate. Sorry for any offence caused. I’ll take 1 out of 3 though![]()
that'l be a big company with a penguinno worries, I didn't pick the humour up having been woken by a toddler way too early. Can I ask, which company you thought it was?
that'l be a big company with a penguin
they offered a conversion pack this could be construed as anything, it could just be an extra bundle of pipe and a fittings bag. containg an array of elbows and sockets and tees
I would suggest they will have any number of loopholes to hide behind. I’m not necessarily saying theyve done anything wrong but some larger companies can’t be bothered with the hassle when people stamp their feet
Why does the forum give time to idiots like this?
Oh here we go, it`s toys out of the pram timeI'd ask the same about you.
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