Contractor forum

[Dan]

haha - There's a Cafe. A "Contractors Cafe". But we'll make a bar too as soon as it takes off a bit. Might even have a vote for an actual pub name this time too.

As for the threads being dead since 2009, it was launched in 2009, had an influx in members as we advertised it, and then I never did anything with it so they slowly dwindled back to our usual forums which is fair enough.

I've been working on it for a couple of days and thought I'd give it another go with some different software. Seems a lot prefer it to be honest but it is different and some people get used to what they know - also fair enough.

It's trade-only, so no DIY. And if guys don't run a business, or it looks like they're asking DIY-questions, they'll be banned and posts removed. It doesn't take long to clock a DIYer.

It's not in competition with our existing forums, it'll be a nice side-line. In the future, we'll have members register to it that wont be on our main trade forums, and we'll cross-promote those eventually and you'll end up with a few heads because of it, hopefully. So it's swings and roundabouts.

To those that have registered: thanks.
To those that haven't: no worries. Hope you still stay put here on UKPF.

 

[SimonG]

I didn't like the look to start with, but getting used to it now.

 

[Guest123]

Bloody hell a bit of change or something new and we're all doooooomed!

 

[Rickster123]

Reading through some threads there's builders asking questions on gas boilers etc is that going to be how it is?

 

[Dan]

To be fair, I don't like change myself.

As daft as this might sound, you can imagine me changing all my forums to green and red or something, I bet you 50% wouldn't come back. Yet it's the exact same forum, just a colour change. So I can understand if even the forum changed a bit. Sidebar on the left and not the right or something daft, another 10% would go. Wouldn't take too many small changes to lose 99%. I still get my 1% that wont go no matter how hard I try to get them to though lol

 

[Dan]

Reading through some threads there's builders asking questions on gas boilers etc is that going to be how it is?

NO!

And if you can link me to those threads (which I'm guessing are old?) I'll remove them and PM the member(s).
Are they 100% builders, and not gas engineers?

 

[Barry98]

Am not going till that cheque clears

 

[Dan]

Told you mate; it's going to bounce all over the place.

 

[Rickster123]

NO!

And if you can link me to those threads (which I'm guessing are old?) I'll remove them and PM the member(s).
Are they 100% builders, and not gas engineers?

Gas boiler in external brick garage is the thread I read. Sorry cant do links.

 

[Guest123]

Gas boiler in external brick garage is the thread I read. Sorry cant do links.

Contact me over there and I'll get it deleted. I'll have a thorough look through all the old threads tomorrow and delete these threads and post up our gsr advice.