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  1. Quotes from another site: After 33 years as a plumber I stillread the instructions. It's been chucked in as cheap aspossible. Remember I also said this guy is not a plumber. That lot needs sorting out properlyand there's no way the******** who did that is going to suddenly get goodenough to put it right. Aplumber has not done this work that is your main problem You keep referring to a plumber andwork being done by a plumber, a qualified plumber has not been near this job. Pipes hanging around,unlagged etc, is what you would get from some fly by night who knocked on thedoor. Could also dig out theBS of water pipes near electric sockets and obstructing electrical inspectioncovers into wiring terminals. If you had got aregistered plumber in, this would not have happened Ifthat's how bad the workmanship is in plain sight, what is it like where youcan't see it? 25years Ive been a plumber and all I can say is Oh dear.
  2. With them for 7 years and had all sorts of problems, not least being put onto a new contract every time I phoned up with a problem. Their monthly bills were rarely correct and eventually, I managed to escape without penaly at the end of the contract.
  3. Help the CAG!! Download our toolbar [/url] Cagger since Oct 2012Posts 13 Re: Which Forum? Cagger since Oct 2012Posts 13 Re: Which Forum? 1. 2. 3.4. Re: Which Forum? 5. 6. 7. 1. Avoid electrics. 2. Pump installed in too confined space. 3. White pipe in the background uninsulated and unsupported. 4. Note again, use of insulating tape. 5. Speaks for itself. 6. Unhygienic gap between cistern and toilet. 7. This pipe, unsupported and uninsulated was the feed from the cold water tank to the pump. Have reproduced the photos here for purposes of clarity. Quote (Kings website) - “We've developed an esteemed reputation throughout Aberdeenshire for our quality service and attention to detail”. Looking at the photographs above, would you agree with this quote?
  4. Been with them for about 10 years now and am more than happy with the way that they have dealt with any questions we have had including the excellant way in which they have dealt with claims. Phoned up just a few days ago to cancel the legal cover on my wife's insurance and the agent carried out the request efficiently and politely. I couldn't ask for more.
  5. I had and still have a problem with a local company which in tyhe course of carrying out a bathroom makeover contravened Scottish Water Byelaws 2004 by: · installing pipework which was not adequately supported or clipped · installing pipework which was not adequately insulated to protect against heat or frost, and; · failing to fit isolating or servicing valves to pipe work where necessary. Contacted SNIPEF who couldn't take any action because the fitter wasn't a member but suggested that I contact Trading Standards. Contacted Scottish Water and they also advised me to contact Trading standards. Spoke to 2 different laweres at CAB and they advised me to contact Trading Standards. After each of these conversations,I did try to get Trading Standards to do something about the problem but was advised that since they had no experts in plumbing, there was nothing that they could do about it. Then spoke to another person at Scottish water who expressed surprise the Trading Standards couldn't get involved and said that if they, Trading Standards, wanted to contact him by telephone, he would be happy to discuss the matter. I passed on the message but have no idea if they did, in fact, contact the Water Board. At the end of the day, although I did get some advice from Trading Standards, I more or less tackled the issue by myself with help from the CAB. However, I am still wondering how a company can contravene Scottish Water Regulations and Byelaws - the contraventions listed above are from a Water Board e-mail - and yet not incur the wrath of Trading Standards. Assuming that Trading Standards are correct, and I fully accept that they are, then in my opinion, this demonstrates, that there is a loophole in the Goods and Sevices Act that requires to be addressed.
  6. Two years ago, I was in the same boat. Bought a hob from Currys and then discovered the same one almost £100 cheaper with Comet. Complained to Currys and they matched the price. In much the same vein, John Lewis did the same thing for me when i bought a DVD player about 5 years ago. Nowadays, we buy all electrical equipment from JLs.
  7. It was none of these Hammy. The taps I was using became so worn and slippy that I fell in the sink. Anyway, have given up tap dancing for the time being.
  8. Tried twice now and still cant get the photographs to appear.
  9. Kings Kitchens and Bathrooms, Inverurie – A Word of Caution After entering into a contract for a bathroom makeover earlier this year, when proprietor himself arrived to do the job himself, I thought that my bathroom makeover would be exemplary. I was so wrong! A week later when he had finished, I discovered that the installation was so bad that I refused to have him back in the house and insisted that a SNIPEF registered plumber be called in to rectify the many, many faults. These included the failure to fit service valves, clips, pipe supports or pipe insulation, a sink that wasn’t screwed to the wall, a sink pedestal that was completely free-standing without any fixings whatsoever, out of alignment pipework for a towel warmer, a bath that took forever to empty and made loud clunking noises in the sink when it was being emptied, insulating tape used instead of clips to secure pipework, a flush-to the-wall toilet system which was not ‘flush’because the fitter installed it knowing that the wall was out of plumb, a failure to follow manufacturer’s instructions when installing a pump, so much so that the entire pump installation had to be dismantled and re-installed by another plumber, and a contravention of the Scottish Water Byelaws 2004, namely: · the installation of pipework which was not adequately supported or clipped · the installation of pipework which was not adequately insulated to protect against heat or frost; · the failure to fit isolating or servicing valves to pipe work where necessary. I got a letter from Kings stating that as per my request, my snagging list had been passed to another plumber and I checked to see that they were SNIPEF registered. They were. The new plumber did a great job of correcting many, but not all of the faults and the situation now is that Kings bill has been settled but there is still a fair bit of work outstanding. They haven’t appeared back in seven months. There were, and are, other problems which are not listed above but all have been captured on camera and it is fair to say that everyone who has seen the photographs has been shocked at the poor workmanship. I did ask Mr King directly, if he was a fully qualified plumber and he replied that he was. Why then, would a fully trained and qualified plumber almost completely botch a bathroom makeover, ‘forget’ to fit service valves, clips and pipe supports in contravention of Scottish Water Byelaws and be unaware that the same Byelaws require that pipework must be adequately insulated to protect against heat or frost? I don’t know why Kings, for the sake of cost cutting, expediency or whatever, decided not to carry out the work in my home in a workmanlike manner or with due care and attention. What I do know is that, as a result of my experience, I could never recommend Kings Kitchens and Bathrooms? Choosing them in the first place was the worst decision I have ever made. Quote (Kings website) - “We've developed an esteemed reputation throughout Aberdeenshire for our quality service and attention to detail”. Looking at the photographs above, would you agree with this quote? Edit: Photos didn't appear.
  10. Had big problems with a bathroom makeover carried out by a local firm and simply want to warn others to be on their guard after reading about my experience. Was therefore looking for a kitchens/bathrooms forum to post the message.
  11. Hi. Want to post a review on a bathroom makeover I've had done but am unsure as to which forum to post it in. Can someone help please?
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