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Moving a heating oil tank
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Originally posted by eek View PostSlow Oil leak over winter 2012/13 destroying back garden. Priceless.
Watch out! Oil thieves about!
A couple of weeks later came the bitter truth. The tank had sprung a leak.
The oil lost wasn't cheap either. It was a tank for a block of flats.
Twice.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostWhy would you expect a plumber (or Plummer) would be more fastidious checking for leaks than a motivated DIYer?merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by pacharan View PostJust to report that the job's a good ' un.
Original quote from local oil co. to supply and install new tank :£3800.
Pacha's solution:
Concrete base: £60
Building regs: £100
Tank from eBay: £120
Van hire: £80
Pipe and fittings: £25
Disposal of old tank: £0 (bloke who delivered my Cotswold path gravel took it off my hands)
Total: £385Comment
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Originally posted by eek View PostBecause that motivated DIYer is pacharan and every post of his demonstrates and confirms his gross *****ness and total incompetence.Comment
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