Engineer refusing to fix my cooker

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 10:32

Hi.

I contacted an engineer who specialise in fixing cookers as my cookers oven fire doesnt stay lite up and got the following reply

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 10:44

I called them up and they told me to send pics of the cooker via email

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 10:54

Ive asked if they can do that for me. so will see what the reply back on.

I am not clued up with these things!

moved here , well my parents moved here over 10 years ago and it was installed like this.

currentlly only me and my bro live here now

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 11:19

Listen guys i would have given it a proper clean before the engineers come. i would not let them work on it at that state.

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 11:41

Mr-White said:
Isn't it obvious what the hazard is ?

There's no point arguing with them, just comply with the health and safety regulations.

MW

Whose arguing?

I just wanted to know if this can be rectified or if I have to just bin the whole oven.

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 11:46

Good good

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 11:47

The engineer made it sounds as if even if was leveled he won't touch it.

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 11:54

Sweet. Thanks. Do i need to ad the metal strip on the side of the wood?

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 12:01

I'm going to double check that they are. So does the cooker need to be exact same height as the worktop? What happened if the cooker is slightly higher?

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 12:08

Reason I ask is so if the legs can't be adjusted I need to find something that raises it exact height

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 15:16

Usher said:
I've seen better cookers thrown on the back of a *****'s scrap wagon, treat yourself to a new one ( or flag down a ****** scrap wagon & do a part exchange)

depends how much a new one costs. it will cost me £100 to fix this one

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 15:39

my oven is not as dirty as u think.

pics make it look worse when its not

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 17:52

well said ^

Come at mines and the oven is not as dirty as some of u brain dead peeps think it is.

btw your oven is not same level as your worktop!

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:03

Well i have asked a few friends and stupidly the engineer i asked should bloody raise it up etc and make it safe to work on and just bill me the extra.

Friends say you should not be touching and raising the oven yourself as u dont know how its connected to the gas(fixed connection or flexible tube?)

My firends also say, whats the point in phoning them then if they want u to do half the job yourself?

Another advice is that you should not DIY stuff in regards to gas as it can destroy a house/street.

NEVER DIY on gas appliances.

i know this thats why i want someone to bloody do the whole lot for me.

guess these lot can go jog off and i will find someone who will sort me out

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:18

its been cleaned already mate

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:19

You have too much free time

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:26

innit

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:38

LeeUK said:
Some tradesmen just don't want the work and cherry pick the jobs they want. The gas man obviously didn't want your job so he just fobbed you off rather than quoting and coming to make it safe as well as fixing the faults.

yup thats my thoughts.

like i said, a simple spring clean is what would have done/have done now before an engineer comes and fix and makes it safe.

If the engineer is worried about it being dirty, should have told me to clean it or expect me to clean before his arrival

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:44

spoffle said:
An engineer will never ever ever be coming to fix your oven/hob.

yes they would mate. get off your horse if u think they wont. just need to find a different one

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:57

Yes they will. easily.

They just gotta raise it up . will spend a bit for them to do it all in one go