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Morning all great start to Friday. Drilling pipe holes through the side of a cupboard with dirty old hole saw. Slipped and owwww. Stitches and glue later. Hope your days are going better
HI everyone,
well i have started expanding my business and after hiring some plumbers i am now ready to hire my first gas engineer, but i am not sure on a couple of things:
1) what sort of wage to get a decent/experienced gas engineer (based in kent, south east England), i am thinking £40k per...
Since turning 60 last year I've realised I'm slowing down work wise I cant do the 10 hour days anymore , I've been having tests at the hospital today and turns out I have a hiatus hernia causes acid reflux which burns your mouths soft tissues so sore as hell, now on tablets to neutralise...
Hi guys. Are any of you able to offer suggestion for the above please? I’m being quoted £1100 to cover myself in domestic properties. Seems extremely high to me, although I’ve not had it before. Any advice would be great. Thanks.
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I'm having a few days off to avoid working myself into an early grave. Like most of us on here I'm self-employed so I've been thinking about how to make my business more profitable. I've been reading lot of business advice for plumbers online. Most of it is American and...
Brief timeline:
1) Received email with pic of a tap, he writes that it drips, asks for advice/poss repair. He had two identical kitchen mixers.
2) I replied quickly saying it looked like a Franke Olympus, asked if 'Franke' was written on the base plate and/or does he have any paperwork etc
3)...
Customers call and text on a Sunday about non important stuff.
doesn’t it bother you or do you have a separate work phone?
1.00pm missed call and answerphone message asking if i can service his neighbours boiler next month.
7.00 pm someone else text asking how much to fit a hive.
Hi All.
Long time no speak I hope you’re not working too hard.
I am desperately trying to find somebody who is fully up to speed with EvoHome as I have a problem with an install but nobody seems to be able to resolve for me.
Anybody with any experience or can point me towards somebody that...
I rarely fit a heat only, 70% combis 30% systems
Are the Vaillant heat only very temperamental/sensative to air and older systems?
I will fit a new pump but the 3 port is quite new.
A plumber mate has said I would have to fit a bypass even though its y plan.
Im a bit confused by the output as...
In this month's Gas engineer chaps it's gonna happen probably sooner than we all think ? anyone doing their updates at the training centre surely they must be in the know as we will all have to retrain have a good day . Kop
Is it me or is he just an a******?
Always banging on about some stupid water heaters he has, and that he leaves his heating on 24/7 with no stats in his mansion that's so cold you can see your breath.
I struggle to get decent radiators locally.
Mr central heating and Williams and co the paint finish isnt good enough.
Screwfix and the like sell Kudox which I like but are off white in colour.
I think I am going to have to get my next batch delivered but who sells good quality at a reasonable...
"Hello, I wonder if you can help me? My bathroom fitter needs a plumber!"
Oh dear.
Quoted to change a non condensing combi with a verticals flue, condensate pump needed.
He wanted a WB 28CDI materials are just under £2000
I laughed out loud when the £750 heating system guy had agreed the job with someone from Leads then on another thread is trying to haggle some other guy down
crazy times
I’ve started noticing once cleaned and fluxed after 3-5 mins you won’t be able to solder (solder won’t draw into the fitting) dissembling reveals the pipe and fitting are black eg like they haven’t been cleaned
Anyone come across this before?
Hi folks, I've decided I need to venture out on my own as a plumbing and heating engineer. I've spent a little while subbying to big companies on the commercial sites but I feel that it's time I made my own way if possible. I've also been PAYE for a big portion of my time in the trade. The most...
Evening all,
After Boris's latest announcement what are you guys going to do? I don't fancy another two months with next to no income but having seen what Covid has done to friends of mine I really don't want to catch it.
Jock
My plumbers from other mothers how are we all. Sorry not been on proper for a while. So very very busy with family and work has gone mad.
As per the title I have seen on various groups installers attaching clips to the outside of unvented cylinders. I have an install coming up where space is...
My plumbers from another mother how are we all??
Looking at working cleaner so wondered if anyone out there could offer a recommendation.
Looking for something to shove on the end of a vacuum to collect dust from coring.
Something like this Bosch 1600A001G8 GDE 162 Dust Extraction for Core...
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