Engineer refusing to fix my cooker

bradUK · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:23

jonneymendoza said:
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

Lulz

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:26

innit

ivrytwr3 · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:30

and that's just how we role, i made myself look a bit of a pre-madonna there, i guess i need to totes chillz and let da man do his stuff - totes amazeballs.

OP?

** Video removed due to swearing **

j/k OP

LeeUK · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:31

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.

spoffle · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:38

ivrytwr3 said:
and that's just how we role, i made myself look a bit of a pre-madonna there, i guess i need to totes chillz and let da man do his stuff - totes amazeballs.

Oh lawd

ivrytwr3 · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:38

and no comment about how we role? tsk tsk.

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

spoffle · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:39

jonneymendoza said:
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

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

the shadow · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:41

a spring clean

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

spoffle · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:53

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

No, they won't. I also don't think you understand what high horse means...

Akagi · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:55

Troll or just stupid?

spoffle · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:56

Maybe both

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

MooMoo444 · 10 Oct 2014 at 18:59

jonneymendoza said:
Whose arguing?

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

hahahaha oh man

Just put a plank of wood under the feet, you don't need to throw the whole thing away :eek:

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2014 at 19:01

according to sole trolls. i should throw it away as no engineer will come and fix it LMAO

spoffle · 10 Oct 2014 at 19:04

What's a sole troll? No one has told you to throw it away, I just said you won't get an engineer to fix it.

bradUK · 10 Oct 2014 at 19:14

This is the best thread on this entire forum. Hands down.

Danthus · 10 Oct 2014 at 21:33

Xire said:
That oven looks revolting.

Seen worse today.

jonneymendoza said:
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.

They all say that, followed by if i knew you were coming, which is interesting as you have arranged a visit with them.

marc2003 said:
i used to work in a call centre for dyson and i remember hearing about a woman who got very angry when an engineer refused to fix her very expensive washing machine under warranty. why did this monster of a man refuse? well it was covered in cat poo....

Not as rare as you think.

LeeUK said:
You haven't seen a dirty oven yet...

And I cooked in it last night.

That is pretty clean compared to some.

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.

No, we just don't want to be responsible for other peoples poor installations, the second you touch it, you take ownership of it.

dannyjo22 · 10 Oct 2014 at 21:40

They say ebola came from eating bush meat. We now know where it was cooked

jonneymendoza said:
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?)

Now I'm not a gas installation wizard but how could it not be connected with a flexible hose. How would you connect it with solid pipe once it's in place. I haven't had a gas oven in years but I have never seen one that wasn't connected with a decent length flexible hose and then pushed back into position.

Then again I have never seen flappy door seals either. Saves on heating bills in the kitchen I suppose