Where has common sense gone?

[ed209]

You can turn off if they say ok after you have explained possible risk, but then there is a possible risk of dying from hypothermia, not to mention heart attack among OAPs caused by all the distress

 

[ed209]

So it's back to common sense and how you explain the seriousness of a screw missing out of a otherwise secure flue

 

[samwilko]

Get a box of 13mm wafer head self tappers on the van, if you see it missing just put them in, takes literally a few seconds and no need to pre drill with these screws.

 

[AWheating]

if i was a company being told on a contract i must AR for a missing screw i would be saying £50 and we will put the screws in on service check, job done. $$$$$$

 

[Whyme]

I've had that situation, Manufacturers engineers have a tick box without deviation or discretion or common sense unfortunately.

 

[Nostrum]

Typical HA contracts full of red tape and useless management.

Give the flue a good wiggle, if the flue joint moves and there is a risk of it dismantling then AR, if it doesn't then NCS if required.

This should apply to all flues regardless of make or manufacturers instruction IMO. If manufacturers don't state screw the flue then more support brackets are needed.

 

[cdodds2004]

I see a lot of this. I just charge a little extra to rectify. im forever pinning vertical flues and adding clamps!

 

[Pssst]

Get a box of 13mm wafer head self tappers on the van, if you see it missing just put them in, takes literally a few seconds and no need to pre drill with these screws.

But surely and to be correct, you should order the self tapper from the manufacturers? Any foreign self tapper may not be up to the correct and original specification?

 

[Pssst]

You can turn off if they say ok after you have explained possible risk, but then there is a possible risk of dying from hypothermia, not to mention heart attack among OAPs caused by all the distress

I understood at AR meant turn off at the appliance operating control i.e tap or switch, label, issue notice and verbally advise customer. If they then chose to use the appliance,well its up to them.

 

[ed209]

I always thought you had to turn off but I now understand this is not so, if like me you feel a bit unsure of the correct procedure phone GS for there take on it

 

[sheff paul]

when i was on social housing price work we got a pound to screw the flues when on a service/llcert
personally i think its a load of carp when the flue is cemented in the only way the flue can come apart is if the boiler falls of the wall and i cant see a 3/8 self tapper doing much

did a contract for a large gas maintenance company,doing post service work spent 4 weeks putting screws in vertical flue's,and clips,some of the clips were needed ,but the screws seemed a bit overkill