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romperstomper · 6 Feb 2008 at 13:43

Had a new boiler fitted yesterday ,they had to change all the pipes due to new regulations and add all sorts of things that I did not really want due to new regs ! So has cost me thousands :eek:

Plumber managed to scratch my new silver dishwasher (although I can't prove it ) contaminate my 3 water buts with cement ,brick (which I use to top up the pond,wash my diving gear) and now I have just flooded the kitchen as he did not reconnect the waste pipe to the washing machine :mad:

Feel that I should report him but he his a nice guy so wont ,he is coming back on friday to flush the system ,I wonder what other damage he can do :rolleyes:

I'm starting to think its not a good idea to get friendly with traders as they seem to think its a ok to get a way with shoddy work then !

romperstomper · 6 Feb 2008 at 16:50

LordSplodge said:
To the OP. That guy sounds like a cowboy and saw you coming.

well he is corgi registered ,just seems to be a bit clumsy although I did buy a new smoke alarm before going to bed last night in case the boiler explodes (not sure if it would do me much good )

It seems to make a loud booming noise sometimes when it fires up ,I reckon its the gas building up and not igniting soon enough !

romperstomper · 6 Feb 2008 at 23:15

The_One said:
Check the pressure in the boiler

Cheers I will ask him to check when he returns friday when I shall also kick him in the nuts for flooding my kitchen

romperstomper · 6 Feb 2008 at 23:20

kefkef said:
Did he show you a valid Corgi card with his photo on it, and on the back should say what he is actually allowed to do?

I know he can't do electrics as a guy is coming fiday to wire it all in ,they need a certificate to touch that know even if they know how to do it !

romperstomper · 7 Feb 2008 at 00:32

Cyanide said:
Just out of curiosity, what has had to be changed that you didn't want?

The chemical flush is being left in until end of week !
They had to change the diameter of the copper pipes going to the boiler from the gas supply ,fit a sludge remover ,a room ,clylinder and wireless thermostat ,7 day programmer , replaced all sorts near the hot water tank !
Not sure if I needed all this really as the ch was only about 13 years old !
A bit late to worry know though !

romperstomper · 7 Feb 2008 at 10:38

Cyberstrike2027 said:
You seem to be a bit of a mug,

thanks ,the old boiler was not working as it should and was not repairable !

romperstomper · 7 Feb 2008 at 10:42

Cyanide said:
Sadly all of the above is required these days, the regulations suck and end up costing the customer more but at the end of the day if he didn't fit it as per the regs he'd be looking at a hefty fine or even losing his corgi.

Yeah I was talking to the plumber about this ,all this new regs may seem like a good idea but cost a fortune to the customer !
Thanks for confirming that I did need what has been done

romperstomper · 7 Feb 2008 at 10:44

MagicUK said:
also what boiler did he put in, make wise? valiant/worsester bosch? to name decent ones lol

Its a BAXI SOLO which he tells me is a good one :confused:

romperstomper · 8 Feb 2008 at 12:31

MagicUK said:
baxi solo good boiler id say! not as good as worsester but still a reputable boiler make! not like vokera lol

Good to know ,cheers

romperstomper · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:14

a1ex2001 said:
I wish people would stop perpetuating this Corgi drivel, to do work for which you are paid you must be a member of an approved organisation unfortunately for Gas this means the aformentioned Corgi as they are the only one. If working on you own property not for profit then you must be a 'competent person' as yet no court case has been brought to define what a competent person is.

Interesting as when I tried to connect my gas cooker ,which failed as it stank of gas ,the plumber that I then called told me by doing it myself I was invalidating my house insurance !

romperstomper · 8 Feb 2008 at 17:02

What a cowboy ,his just been round to drain the system and plaster some holes he left ,the plaster I had to tidy up as it was all over the wallpaper then he goes to leave without checking its working !(which it was not)
First he says the boiler is not on but it was as he forgot to turn if off when draining it ,then he managed to get it working then makes a dash for the door again ,I complained that most of the rads were only hot at the very top to which he says ,heat rises ,I had to really insist that he sorts it out before leaving which reluctantly he did as regards to checking the pressure in the boiler as it makes a loud booming noise when firing up ,"I'm not qualified to open it " so I have the guy from Baxi phoning me on monday :rolleyes: