Been asked to convert existing gravity HW to fully pumped system.

[Killy Bing]

I go from one gsr to the next to be honest. Most I find seem to have a real bee in their bonnet about subcontracting to a non-gsr plumber!

To be honest I keep busy enough doing all the non-gas and electrical work. It would be nice to do the gas work but it's pretty much an closed off market under the current training requirements. But don't get me going on that again, it annoys me so much lol.

i might be able to help you there thinking about it.

 

[cr0ft]

Hmm yes. We chatted about that before if I remember rightly. I think we suggested a swap of skills both ways round right? The only issue was we were a bit too far apart if I remember right?

 

[cr0ft]

I've past so much work to the gas fitter I've used recently and not even had so much as a thanks back to be honest. It's frustrating me rather a lot.

 

[Worcester]

I guess it helps that we rarely do new installations, it's always a retrofit and so first thing is working out what the *** is going on - Took 20 mins to find the pump on an existing rayburn install (biomass upgrade..) the other day - even the owner couldn't remember -- found it in the back of the corner cupboard, looking at those valves, guess he's going to need a new kitchen as well by the time we've managed to isolate it all ...... Becasue of the capital cost of our installations, we then end up having to sort out all the existing hot water and heating zoning issues, so we've seen pretty much everything so far..
Aparrently they had considered that corner of the cupboard 'dead space' so they put the pumps in etc before they fitted the cabinets mmmm....

 

[Killy Bing]

Hmm yes. We chatted about that before if I remember rightly. I think we suggested a swap of skills both ways round right? The only issue was we were a bit too far apart if I remember right?

Yup and im getting busier so i dont want to take my foot off the pedel now.

i do however have a friend who qualified for his gas but lost his job, didn't have the balls to go SE.
so he works in a nightclub and he hates his life!!!

I'd put money on him willing to do near anything to get back on the tools

 

[cr0ft]

Does he live anywhere near Lincoln?

 

[Leo21]

I would say I am a plumber first before a spark as that's the trade I started in first!

Well saved sir.

 

[Killy Bing]

Does he live anywhere near Lincoln?

nope near me, but im sure he would live in the loft of your new store...haha.

 

[SimonG]

I've past so much work to the gas fitter I've used recently and not even had so much as a thanks back to be honest. It's frustrating me rather a lot.

He passes on any oil he comes across. He def gets more work than me, but thats the way the cookie crumbles. I often think about doing the gas, but I do plenty already.

 

[Ermintrude]

Is that an earth wear pot or the head of a very old copper cylinder?

 

[cr0ft]

I would like to do either oil or gas to be honest. At the moment the only full heating installs I am winning are from existing customers who would much rather get me to manage it and subby in a gas fitter than go to an unknown.

If I am unknown I don't have much chance of winning a heating job, even though I would install it a lot better than most of the work I see round here!

 

[Ermintrude]

U town or country? If in the sticks oil and LPG and even HETAS if in the toon get a gas ticket

 

[Worcester]

Is that an earth wear pot or the head of a very old copper cylinder?

Earthenware pot (Only coz I remember looking in the cupboard !! )