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lame plumber
went to a broken ariston combi on 28-12 and it was full of water, knackered. Quoted £1600 to replace with intergas 24/18 combi, 5 yr warranty etc etc. New gas run and condensate run needed, old boiler on gable end of attic in horrendous access poisiton as normal. Customer desperate to have his holiday home water back on so agreed to do it yesterday(monday). Got message sun night hes bought his own boiler,will I install it and he'll buy everything, followed by more what does he need to get calls until finally I call him back and tell him to look eleswhere for help!! if he's like this before I start, whats he going to be like when it breaks in a few months time, demanding I warranty somethings he has bought!!.
Stressed but calming down after a tipple went to bed. Popped into merchant on monday for a replacement pump (grunfoss15/60 being as its still 2012), to find a local builder/developer (jack of all trades) picking up a pottern promax for his mate, complaining about cowboys plumbers charging £1600 to install a boiler that only takes 4 hours to do!!!!!!!!!!
Put 2 and 2 together and saw merchants face collapse as he was worried I might have a chat with said builder in the sales area. Being full of good cheer etc,I let it go, theres a time and place for everything, revenge is better served cold etc etc. Turns out the merchant sold the boiler at massive discount, as builder is good custard over the year and he hadnt realised said boiler was replacing one I was going to install so he lost twice over now I didnt need one!
All in all a ****ty end to the year but reminded myself its not worth getting involved with tight wads anyhow and not having to crawl around a filthy attic will preserve the knees a bit longer. So theres one more boiler going in with the help of a builder who knows every thing and he'll have it in and done in 4 hours done to gsr and building regs standards!!
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Stressed but calming down after a tipple went to bed. Popped into merchant on monday for a replacement pump (grunfoss15/60 being as its still 2012), to find a local builder/developer (jack of all trades) picking up a pottern promax for his mate, complaining about cowboys plumbers charging £1600 to install a boiler that only takes 4 hours to do!!!!!!!!!!
Put 2 and 2 together and saw merchants face collapse as he was worried I might have a chat with said builder in the sales area. Being full of good cheer etc,I let it go, theres a time and place for everything, revenge is better served cold etc etc. Turns out the merchant sold the boiler at massive discount, as builder is good custard over the year and he hadnt realised said boiler was replacing one I was going to install so he lost twice over now I didnt need one!
All in all a ****ty end to the year but reminded myself its not worth getting involved with tight wads anyhow and not having to crawl around a filthy attic will preserve the knees a bit longer. So theres one more boiler going in with the help of a builder who knows every thing and he'll have it in and done in 4 hours done to gsr and building regs standards!!
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