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BBC News said:James is originally from Liverpool, where he was a bin man before he became a plumber in 1998. He has been running Depher - Disabled & Elderly Plumbing and Heating Emergency Repair - as a not-for-profit plumbing company since March 2017.
"There are too many elderly and disabled people suffering in silence," he explains. "They don't like asking for help. They don't want to be a burden.
"We take away the burden, the stigma."
Speaking to the BBC, James says the company's work "stops them getting into debt" and helps them regain an independence they fear they may lose "if they think they can't afford repair costs".
Agree with you there mateCynical me thinks there's more to it. But if its genuine the fair do.
I need to charge though to live at the level of comfort the wife is accustomed to.
I think most of us have done it to some extent. Called in and topped a boiler up, changed times on a programmer, nipped up a slight drop etc etc etc.
bled a few rads had a nice piece of cake etc
unstuck an erp pump
Agree with you there mateI think most of us have done it to some extent. Called in and topped a boiler up, changed times on a programmer, nipped up a slight drop etc etc etc.
I don’t know why he didn’t just drain one rad and shut the trv there’s your expansion vessel for a couple of days etc no need to keep going back there
If I remember correctly he was on a Facebook group around a year ago asking for donations to keep it going
Why would you close a TRV, Shaun. I would leave a largish one half full of air, so there is still a bot of heat, or do you find your way works better?
I was going to add that to my post, but thought I was already critical/cynical enough.
I’ve found if you leave both open eventually the air will move with the flow can’t explain why it moves
Close one the air stays and leaves a nice pocket
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