I Need To Report a PROBLEM

[village idiot]

I have just visited this young couple's home. They have a 5 yr old child and the property was freezingly cold. They have to manually turn their heating on when they wake up, and turn the boiler completely off each time they live the house. I wanted to know why they wouldn't just leave it on a timer? 'We need to save money'.
I want to Report them but know I will not get the job to update the system, so I'll just keep quiet about it.

HPM Industry News: Plumbers ‘should report cold homes’

 

[stevetheplumber]

Who are you going to report them to ?lots of people live without heating I grew up in a house with no heating

 

[Masood]

What is there to report VI? From the sound of it they have a timer but refuse to use it. You can't prevent them exercising their personal choice.

The reporting that they want plumbers to do is for cases of extreme fuel poverty and vulnerable people where lives are at risk. Unless there's more you're not telling us I don't see how that applies here.

But if there was such a situation, not reporting or up because you won't get the job is a morally horrible way to think. Basic humanity would suggest that if there is a way of getting help for them then a quick email or letter is not that big an ask...

 

[Mike Jackson]

Tell them to man up and put a jumper on.

 

[Alpha man]

Just send your report to, Dave at number 10 Downing Street, I'm sure he'd want to know!! LOL

 

[SimonG]

Meteorologically speaking, its Spring. Heatings off now till Winter arrives on December 1st.

 

[Jay Jay]

Call the police and tell them or call British gas police and tell them!!
Naughty people!!

 

[TFGplumbing]

Tell them to man up and put a jumper on.

This ^^

 

[kris]

Tell them to cuddle,

 

[village idiot]

I just told them that. Infact, they started to grab each other as I left their house. I'm not reporting anyone to nobody, morally or not. Jobsworths

 

[jim fennessey]

write to georgy boy osborne,the chancelor lol there are millions in the uk living in fuel poverty caused by his austerity cuts,

 

[kay-jay]

i didnt think VI was serious. i took it as him poking fun at the daft report on plumbers reporting cold homes.

 

[village idiot]

i didnt think VI was serious. i took it as him poking fun at the daft report on plumbers reporting cold homes.

PRECISELY what I was on abouts. The cheek of it. Then you will be contacted for follow up on the information you provided etc, etc. Guess what, I haven't got the time for such nonsense.
When the political parties knock on doors during their campaign trails, they can go in and check if the home occupant needs reporting for Fuel Poverty. Jokers

 

[Ray Stafford]

write to georgy boy osborne,the chancelor lol there are millions in the uk living in fuel poverty caused by his austerity cuts,

What cuts Jim?

Public spending under George (lying b'stard) Osborne has risen in both absolute and real terms (after adjusting for inflation) in every year of this government but one. It suits both (lying b'stard) Osborne and Ed (equally duplicitous) Balls to pretend that there have been stringent cuts, because it plays well to both their core audiences - the "tough tory taking the hard decisions" or the "heartless tory grinding the poor".

The actual public spending totals for each fiscal year are:

2009 (last full year of labour government) £633m
2010 673m
2011 (first full year of coalition government) 694m
2012 694m
2013 673m
2014 713m

Austerity is a complete myth which happens to suit both sides of the political debate and the media, but its absolutely not happened. Thats not to say that individual programmes haven't been cut. But that happens all the time, regardless of who's in power. But total spending, and total national debt keeps on rising, so your taxes and mine, and our children and grandchildren will have to rise to pay it back in the end.

 

[jim fennessey]

oh sorry i had the audacity to voice my opinion, and your language does you no favours sorry i spoke thanks ray.