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Decided to put this up on here because i think it worth letting people know about how thing can go when you get someone to come round and fit you a new boiler.
The job was to adjust some pipe in my garage and fit a small radiator in my utility room and fit me a new boiler.
He said he'd do it in two days and have to start at 10am due to school run.
He arrived late on first day by an hour got about half the pipe work done and the radiator hung by the end ofthe fst day which was about 8.30pm. The radiator was also way bigger than i wanted
The next day he arrived an hour and half late (no phone call) started with pipe work in garage then left it to start the boiler installation about 4pm. He said he'd got a guy coming to help him with the flue fitting. This guy never showed and at 7.45pm he was telling he'd need my help to get the ladders off. At this time he also stated he needed to drill two holes to mount the boiler slightly further away from the wall. Through the course of the second day he spent about 2hrs having to nip out to go get something from Grahams plumbing and heating but when it got late he had to go to B&Q. He drank my coffee like a fish drinks water.
So at about 8.30pm i was stood holding the ladder for him in the pitch black while he fitted the flue. I noticed quite a few of the neighbours watching me. My next door neighbour arrived as we'd just finished. I took the opportunity to explain that he still needed to drill 4 holes. Luckily she was ok with this.
So i left him to tinker away at fitting the boiler and basically he failed to do it and the day ended with me having no fuctioning boiler and the guy having to come and finish in 2 days time because he was on a course the next day and i wasnt available in the afternoon. He's said 9.30 he'll be here, i doubt this will happen due to his general time keeping on the past couple of days he's been here. He only has Thursday morning to finish and i dont think he'll get it done.
There are pipes still to be moved, the earthing wire still to connect to the gas meter i'm not sure if he's seeled the flue up right. There's the old control panels from the previous boiler still to take out and of course the new boiler to finish installing. It was midnight when i finally got rid of him, hopefully thursday will be a better day. I will post an entry to let you alll know how it turns out.
The job was to adjust some pipe in my garage and fit a small radiator in my utility room and fit me a new boiler.
He said he'd do it in two days and have to start at 10am due to school run.
He arrived late on first day by an hour got about half the pipe work done and the radiator hung by the end ofthe fst day which was about 8.30pm. The radiator was also way bigger than i wanted
The next day he arrived an hour and half late (no phone call) started with pipe work in garage then left it to start the boiler installation about 4pm. He said he'd got a guy coming to help him with the flue fitting. This guy never showed and at 7.45pm he was telling he'd need my help to get the ladders off. At this time he also stated he needed to drill two holes to mount the boiler slightly further away from the wall. Through the course of the second day he spent about 2hrs having to nip out to go get something from Grahams plumbing and heating but when it got late he had to go to B&Q. He drank my coffee like a fish drinks water.
So at about 8.30pm i was stood holding the ladder for him in the pitch black while he fitted the flue. I noticed quite a few of the neighbours watching me. My next door neighbour arrived as we'd just finished. I took the opportunity to explain that he still needed to drill 4 holes. Luckily she was ok with this.
So i left him to tinker away at fitting the boiler and basically he failed to do it and the day ended with me having no fuctioning boiler and the guy having to come and finish in 2 days time because he was on a course the next day and i wasnt available in the afternoon. He's said 9.30 he'll be here, i doubt this will happen due to his general time keeping on the past couple of days he's been here. He only has Thursday morning to finish and i dont think he'll get it done.
There are pipes still to be moved, the earthing wire still to connect to the gas meter i'm not sure if he's seeled the flue up right. There's the old control panels from the previous boiler still to take out and of course the new boiler to finish installing. It was midnight when i finally got rid of him, hopefully thursday will be a better day. I will post an entry to let you alll know how it turns out.