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Re: sickness
Just because you didn’t answer does not mean you were not in, just too unwell to answer to anybody.
I have to say its a piss take calling to your property.
There seems to be a lot of unhappy people I speak to that work for brands and are fed up with the hassle since 2007, one thing is supporting a business through a crisis another is them abusing already worried workers.
One guy I spoke to is fed up with the hours, his contract states his daily working hours is 8hr a day. The bosses have them doing 9 hrs with no break, so there away from home min 10.5 hours plus any unpaid overtime due to calls being delayed, and there route mileage and call loading has increased by 2 extra calls a day and miles from 150 a day average to 350 miles, 4 extra post codes. There filling fuel has gone up, yet there completion rates and bonus has dropped.
Work that out Mr Dumbass Service Manager.
Case of kick the donkey it’ll kick you back. :rotfl:
I just wish one day people would realize employers are using people and wake up to the fact there just rats working to enrich the people at the very top.
Even billionaire bosses with amazing PR and a over active Twitter account promoting there charity work will make good employees jobless in a blink of an eye without remorse.
Hopefully post crisis engineers will leave these fools without coverage, but I fear there will always be an idiot willing to step into the lions mouth with the assumption he wont get bit.
Re: £3000 Miele
Really, looks like they used a cabinet from the 1980’s. For that money I’d want it looking modern.
I bet its made in China……. Miele where sourcing there 2011.
I’d hate to be the poor tech that has to call to repair it, you get enough grief from Mrs Bucket with her £799 washer from John Lewis, nearly 3 grand it’ll be your boll888cks if you cant fix 1st visit. :rotfl:
Re: Did you Megger it…..?????
I guess its what your use too, some engineers find it easier to change a component than faff about testing it with a meter, i’ve certainly got caught out meggering something to find it only fails on the product, but that could be discussed till the world ends.
At the end of the day there is no right or wrong, but it would be nice to have proper qualification and standard for our industry.
Although I fear our industry may become the way of the Kirby brand, that the guy servicing your product is a salesman only interested in selling a newer version, than maintaining your current product.
Re: Christmas Lunacy
Client today wanted 30 minutes notice before calling, rang at 11.55am to be told that her office party starts at 12 noon and can I call around 5pm. Told her no as my office party starts at 5pm and finishes around January the 5th. I put the phone down on her as she kept complaining about our lack of service and how she gonna manage with her oven not staying lit.
Re: Beko
A classic canary brand.
Considering they make for several so called Brands who have the same products but no recalls, why make yours worse than theirs, or are they just not bothering to inform them, i feel a storm may be brewing.
These are just the ones they no about, I’ve had to report a brand to both HSE and Gas Safe due to non gas engineer working on a gas appliance, failed to spot the wrong jets fitted and ignored the clients remarks about feeling unwell,the black sot in the cavity, he filled out the gas report as ok and left operating for 4 months before I got called. All due to gas engineer cut backs.
Nobody can do anything about before hand as the call centre can claim the client didn’t report a gas fault. Although had the client been killed the Directors would have needed to explain the companies actions in court.
Although this incident is now on record, so should a fatality happen in the future, there is more chance that someone will end up in prison.
As for complaining and investigating complaints Gas safe, the govt etc etc is useless regarding large companies and there poor management of staff and responsibilities.
The law regarding Gas and Electrical safety in this country is an arse. 👿
Re: Correct silicone for fitting hob in natural stone workto
Went to inspect a hob/oven combo the other day, found the fitter had wired both the hob and the single oven into a 13 amp plug, needless to say the plug lid didn’t screw down tight. Also granite top without any seal fitted.
Problem was a contractor had removed the oven as it was blowing the RCD, he’d removed the back panel and disconnected the faulty grill element for safety reasons but failed to spot the plug !!!!!!!!!.
I got called as burning smell was reported.
Re: Correct silicone for fitting hob in natural stone workto
oakleyjo wrote: It was simply sat on the top with four blobs of silicone holding it in underneath.
Whats that I hear “CRACK”. :rotfl:
Did one last week, client has crack across bottom right corner, covered by Insurance until I turn up.
Client gives me Homecare cover, only she never sent slip with payment on it, so even though her paperwork stated it was cover she didn’t have any OOOPPPPPSSSSS.
Client then gives me D&G policy, yeap you have Section A cover only, this is covered in section B “Accidental Damage” OOOOPPPPSSS second mistake.
I offered to let it slip, not charge her and simply leave it at that, but no this bright intelligent women wanted blood.
Her 3rd mistake after giving me grief was to ring D&G who explained to her the policy and would not be covered, then D&G informed her that she was going to be billed £92 call out charge. :rolls:
She is now trying to prove that it was installed incorrectly, her really really old work top is no longer level, nothing has been placed between the ceramic and the unit, only issue she paid Comet to install it. :boops:
Re: The Feminine Touch
BSH Appliance Care LTD has/had a Chick working Bristol area. Good engineer and didn’t take crap from anyone.
Re: Faulty cookers
Belling had the same issue around 2009 on the cookers they had built in Turkey with a complete seal instead of the 3 sided style.
Re: Top or bottom, you decide.
Martin wrote:
lee8 wrote:
Are you for real. 😥Oh yes and I really appreciate you having put my mind at rest. Your years of touring Europe armed with that syringe have not been in vain…….Saludos señor. 😀
They never gave us syringes in Spain.
Assumption is a poor trait to have. 😉
Re: Moral Dilemma…What would you do?
Twoten wrote:
When this happened I explained exactly what had caused it(I wouldn’t lie about it)
I applaud your honesty, but people make judgement’s based on what you say and in this case what its costs.
Most in my opinion would prefer a “Technical” explanation that sounds real with a correct price as opposed to “I turned it upside down and some obscure piece of plumbers pipe managed to short across it, as an Engineer I’m still struggling to believe this occurred, but your honest, pigs don’t fly and that does not really matter as long as you got it sorted in the end. 😉
Re: Correct silicone for fitting hob in natural stone workto
oakleyjo wrote:into the correct size recess and then silicone round the gap at the edges. This is specified in the manufacturers installation instructions as the correct way to fit.
Cheers, Jon
If this is correct then the info should have specified the silicone to use.
I would contact BSH and ask them for both the specs and supplier, if it is a requirement to satisfy the installation instructions this should pose no issue for them, but it could be a way of them passing responsibility for future damage onto you. :rotfl:
Its a common ploy, we’ll tell you what to do, but not what to use.
You may also want to have your sales terms specify that you wont take responsibility for any damage if the future as the last thing you’ll want is a cracked top to replace. 😉
Re: Dishwasher leg pressing against gas pipe
Are you sure its a gas pipe, I cannot see any PVC tape or other protective pipe.
If its laid above the base concrete covered in screed it should have double thickness PVC around the pipe, usually some is visible as the pipe comes out.
If its laid in solid floor it has to be placed through plastic tube or preformed duct.
I’d be more concerned with that, the leg is not going to exert enough force in that position to damage it.
Re: Top or bottom, you decide.
Martin wrote:The OP asked for the merits of turning appliances upside down so is that what lee8 is on about? Does he flip over those Baumatics and Haiers? TBH I can’t figure.
Are you for real. 😥
I’ll state the obvious, as I previously stated, yes I do place Dishwashers with base access panels upside down and have done so in several countries for BSH using the 200ml syringes provided by BSH, I have also seen Spanish engineers do it, although I have seen there engineers use there wrists to measure Earth leakage :rotfl:
There still alive and so are their clients, but thats another issue :offtopic:
