Originally posted by chicane
-
Ring up the local trading standards they do lists of ones which operate to their fair trading standards. The dodgy ones will also be well known to them.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.” -
It's like trying to find a decent IT contractor isn't it?
Everyones a fecking fly-by-night.
What we need are agents for plumbers.
Comment
-
I'll do that. Thanks for the advice, I hadn't though of any of these ideas.Originally posted by BagpussComment
-
Do not feck about with gas yourself.
If CORGI find out they will do thier best to prosecute to make an example out of you (I did a gig at CORGI a couple of years ago and know that they throw the book at you if they find out that you have had it fitted by somebody who is not registered with them).
Secondly is it really worth the risk? Gas is fecking dangerous if not done properly, ranges from your house blowing up to you never waking up due to CO poisoning. Either way you are fecked and won't get insurance to pay out if you have no certs because it was a fly by night job (not that it's much use if you are dead).
Also all gas work has to be reported to CORGI and they will then send you out a certificate, if you don't get a cert either the guy who has done it didn't bother to report it (dodgy), ot he's not qualified to do it (really dodgy).Comment
-
Good point, as anyone who has watched rogue traders knows. May also want to check with CORGI that anyone you hire is in fact CORGI registered, some have been known to forge or lie about this.Originally posted by BagpussMcCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
-
A google for "corgi gas" leads to...Originally posted by chicane
http://www.trustcorgi.com/findinstal...erlanding.htmxComment
-
Thanks for the suggestion. Unless I'm doing something wrong, this one reports zero results for central heating installers within 50 miles of Leeds. Nice.Originally posted by NickFitzComment
-
Originally posted by chicane
Maybe they've all gone off to work in Poland... there can't be many plumbers left over there.Comment
-
Did you know that corgi registered plumbers are in the top five earning professions in the country.
Read that in a magazine at the dentists.Confusion is a natural state of beingComment
-
i hate this whole corgi registered / certified electrician stuff, they have managed to set up barriers to entry into these "trades" which lets face it monkeys could, and do do, but because of the barriers they can charge a fortune
why arent the competition authorities looking into this?
why dont they have millions of pakistani contractors looking to undercut their jobs?Comment
Comment