Am I stupid?

[Foodface]

Think I may have blown an opportunity to get in with a fairly major letting agent today, they called me out to a boiler breakdown on a Worcester Bosch 240. It's a big old ****er that is older than me, so no diagnostics. Just plain old fashioned boiler.

To cut a long story short whilst undertaking my investigation the boiler circuitry arked and popped, then the boiler went dead on the wall. "****!!! fuse on PCB or PCB has blown I thought." Spoke to an electrician friend and he confirmed my suspicions.

Now because the fault was now electrical and I only have a basic grasp of circuitry I referred the next stage of the investigation to an electrical engineer. He'll prob change the fuzes and determine whether or not the PCB is fine or not, may even just change the board.

But now I'm thinking I'm stupid for referring the job back to the landlord as I can do the above. I think not having a better grasp of the electrical side of things has led me down the path of messing the job/contract up, also more importantly I think I may look stupid to the landlord.

Just wondered what anyone thought or what other peoples experiences are with the electrical side of things, as they're not something I've been taught at college (enquired about a course today though).

Thanks

Foodface

 

[TBServices]

Letting agencies are a nightmare to work for. Can't imagine you'll end up regretting it when you still haven't been paid for the job in 3 months time.


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[Barry98]

get on some manufacturers course you pick some good bits up same as the mr combo DVD not a bad starting place

 

[moony]

as a person competent of working on a boiler you should be able to carry out checks on the boiler on the electrical side (its in our scope)

but like tbs has said letting agencies are a nightmare to work for, better to get in with the owners rather than the agency they go through. I do a lot of work for regular landlords and they're fine as soon as an agency gets involved - they start passing the buck on payments.

Also maintenance firms who phone you to do work - they're a nightmare too, I've recently fitted cookers for tesco through a maintenance contractor supposed to be on 14 days terms - 4 months later 70 out of 300 pound they owe me has been paid - umpteen phone calls and it won't be long before i do the obligatory trip to there office and meet face to face. Even though its 200 miles away - one thing i hate are non payers and i will waste my money chasing it up out of principal - but by doing this you gain more experience on who you can trust and who you can't.

 

[Foodface]

No you're right, I should have had a better grasp of what I was doing. Gonna go do an electrics course and do some reading, wish we'd done more on it at college though.

Thanks for responses

 

[moony]

don't need to do a course mate - learn how to use a multimeter and away you go - if you have a problem phone the tech support for boiler manufacturer and get them to explain over the phone what to do - thats what they're there for.

 

[dontknowitall]

I work for two letting agencies and both are really friendly, and although I get nightmare jobs, they pay me quickly and via internet banking (a bonus).

One house has now gone private and they recommended me and have given me a really large job.

Not all letting agents are bad.

Landlords though are a different story. Last one I ran away from (a solicitor) and he accused me of taking his possessions (which he hadn't paid for).

Then again, I'm sure many would say they have great landlords!!