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  1. hammers4spanner

    Real Combi Prices .. as offered

    Lost out on a conversion this week due to the fact I said I would do it over 3 days and someone else came in said two men 1 day . That is now the problem with this trade everything is done in 5 minutes.I know painters and wet trades earning more than plumbs. Our trade is an absolute shambles...
  2. hammers4spanner

    Where would you terminate basin waste?

    Just be carefull on that roof those tiles crack easy
  3. hammers4spanner

    Losing out on work lately ? ? ?

    I am notincing more this year that people are suddenly asking you to come out and quote jobs for 80 quid. If you quote over the phone you dont get the job , if uou turn up you get the job
  4. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    Its funny if you park your car on a private car parking area and overstay , they are all over you like a rash with theeats of court. What i found odd from her email she states she has since moved and i am not to send anything at all to any address of hers. Contact through email only.
  5. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    Well got a fictitious email from her yesterday claiming all usual balony we have all heard before to avoid payment. The twist however is that she is a copper which could make things awkward if i do decide to push through.
  6. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    We had our wash machine conk out yesterday so her indoors got a someone out to sort the brushes out. We started chatting about getting paid and both had same stories , however he said as most of his invoices are small payments if they don't pay he just takes them to court. Said he has never lost...
  7. hammers4spanner

    Anyone see this on FB

    I always have a chuckle at a logic i installed anout 3 year ago. I had a dodgy level in my van that i kept meaning to bin but forgot, i ended up fitting this logic using the wonky level without realising. Right as i was tidying up job done customer turns up and goes boiler us wonky. I suddenly...
  8. hammers4spanner

    Anyone see this on FB

    Dont care what anyone says every gsr fitter has done something that looks a bit pants at some point or other. Personally i hate Facebook and glad i came off it in fact thinking about i hate social media
  9. hammers4spanner

    Screwfix are selling press fit

    Yes i can confirm its true , my friend was given a free geberit press gun after bluffing the rep about hiw much he rents out a press gun
  10. hammers4spanner

    Screwfix are selling press fit

    I see more people are using these to pipe boilers with, i guess manufacturers are happy with press fit?? Meaning wont come up with an excuse to void warranty.
  11. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    Yes she knew i charged for diagnostic as i worked for her before . She has suddenly denied all knowledge of this which is convenient
  12. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    It was a landlady so never saw her so couldnt get payment, i have her home address so could be a case of dogs muck smeared up the car door handle
  13. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    I have a card machine and it made no difference all i heard was a whole host of excuses of delaying payment. The problem here is its a landlord so i very rarely see these customers its done through text or email
  14. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    That is my feeling but i worked it out once and over a year it adds up to about 300 quid where customers just play the merchant banker over paying. This landlady really gave me the run around as well so pretty annoyed with her attitude about this
  15. hammers4spanner

    Here we go

    Before the site changed over i had a thread about a landlady messing me about over a boiler repair.She had me go out diagnose a fault then without me knowing had another engineer doing the same . Anyway without going into it she has said doesnt want me to order the parts now , so im going to...
  16. hammers4spanner

    Losing out on work lately ? ? ?

    Approximately every 10 years a recession looms and we are in that area again, mind you with Mark Carney in charge of the bank of England we will probably be in a right mess soon.
  17. hammers4spanner

    How many of you get this??

    However with higher prices you get less work to pay the bills with so you put stress on something else
  18. hammers4spanner

    Has this changed 2

    Why was the first question closed ? Has anyone else lost nearly all recent threads??
  19. hammers4spanner

    Has this changed

    As above or is it my pc??
  20. hammers4spanner

    How many of you get this??

    Sounds like a compression joint on this one

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