Tyre puncture repair report

Wig

pstuart wrote: »

What are your views on householders repairing their own gas boilers?

I'm all for it, if they want to do it. They'd be sensible to do their research and only repair if they were sure they knew what they were doing..... goes without saying really.
I would not do that myself, as I have no knowledge.

But I am happy to repair my car, I change/repair brakes, wheel bearings, suspension, suspension arms, engines, anything and everything on a car I will have a go at, because I am confident in my own knowledge. Thankfully the nannys haven't made that illegal yet.

pstuart

Goodnight Wig.

goldspanners

pstuart wrote: »

What are your views on householders repairing their own gas boilers?

whats wrong with fixing your own boiler?

if you have the confidence and knowhow then theres no reason why you shouldn't fix it yourself.

sometimes a little knowledge can be dangerous,i see it a few times a week when someone has thought they could fix it. soon they realise they can't then they need to call me out. some learn some never will.

but i'm all for folk trying to help themselves rather than just lifting the phone book.

i rekon a lot of this countries social problems are due to lack of confidence in all aspects of life,we've been wrapped up in p.c cotton wool with a health and safety overload,too worried about who might sue us next for too long.

cyclonebri1

pstuart wrote: »

What are your views on householders repairing their own gas boilers?

Nothing wrong with a householder who can prove competance doing their own gas work. Doing it for others? nn nn, that needs certification re gas safe.

wretch

National Tyres are offering free puncture repairs via a voucher on their website:

http://www.national.co.uk/images/puncturevoucher.jpg

I'd much rather have a free, permanent, professional repair than mess around with it myself.

pstuart

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a householder who can prove competance doing their own gas work. Doing it for others? nn nn, that needs certification re gas safe.

Is competence proven when it doesn't go bang, like wigs third world tyre repair?

cyclonebri1

pstuart wrote: »

Is competence proven when it doesn't go bang, like wigs third world tyre repair?

You don't have to prove it, you have to disprove it, but that's re gas.

For the cost re tryes I'd still go with the pack.

Wig

wretch wrote: »

National Tyres are offering free puncture repairs via a voucher on their website:

http://www.national.co.uk/images/puncturevoucher.jpg

I'd much rather have a free, permanent, professional repair than mess around with it myself.

Charge will be made for valve and balance, so that'll be about £8 then. I wonder if you could say "Don't rip off my valve and don't balance it"?

Actually the small print implies you can say this, as it is only their recommendation.

Mustard_Dave

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

You don't have to prove it, you have to disprove it, but that's re gas.

For the cost re tryes I'd still go with the pack.

Nope!

It works the other way. Any accident resulting from negligence that ends up in court (be it a dodgy tyre repair, tinkering with gas or shoddy building works) requires the person who did the works to prove their competence, assuming it is established who did the works.

jase1

Interesting thread this.

Some years ago I had a car with a slow puncture. Took it to a local fast-fit (I was a naive fool in those days) and it turned out that the tyre had a weird piece of string with glue on it to tap a puncture. No damage had arisen, but the tyre had to be scrapped as the hole was too close to the sidewall.

Now I know what it was! The guy in the place had no idea, which is worrying given that it was his job...