Daydream thread continues.....

rhiwfield

Dave, I wouldnt say a word, it will only get worse

Alfie, sad to say I well remember Corrie in black and white

Calm before the storm here with young and old parties all weekend.

Rummer

Shock horror :eek: it is a dry and clear day today! I think I may do a bit more in the garden although I have oodles of things to get done in the house

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

LIR.... under the sale of goods act you must be ntitled to "put good" the boiler ? i think you are entitled to compensation for all the inconvenience/cost related results you have suffered. OR is it worth you asking for bigger boiler/installation in lieu ? but then its where to put it as you based your building works on the size information THEY gave you..... def a case for any extra build work needed i would have thought ??

p.s. feel like im getting a flu'ee bug ....:mad:

We are going through the industry complaints proceedure, which specifically advises against having a third party do work before resolve is made as it makes assigns 'blame' difficult...who did what work is hard to assess afterwards, though we have taken loads of pictures.

I feel very soured about the technology, and it's difficult to know whether this would be different had this worked. I.e. we were told this would cope with a four day weekend away working pon the pellet store. It doesn't, it needs filling every second day to do not much. Is that because it is Not right, or is that how it is? How much are we prepared to gamble to find out?


I was put of air source by the notice, but this is not as quiet as we were told, I would have opted for airsource on noise.

I dunno. Up until yesterday we wanted them to fix it r replace for the next size up and make it functional. Now i wish they would give us our money back, take the machine and beggar off.

If we go for costs relating to the build I am pretty sure it will finish their business. I am only guessing this but the reason I think it may be so is because ion their communication yesterday they said they didn't think WE could afford to pay them and were making things up to evade this. That suggests to me that money is a concern for them. (money to pay them has never been an issue, we wouldn't have proceeded if it were, we have budgeted hard and frankly, while its a lot of money if we went to bare bones of spending its not that much if it worked. I don't really want to put it into relative terms of our income, because it's too simplistic, but it's 'easily affordable'.

They might ofcourse be confusing my refusal to pay for stuff that doesn't work and also my miserly ness and refusal to rush into spending decisions just to get things done in an order that other peoe might. (like kitchen flooring). Because otherthings matter to me more. I think they have made

Anyway, it's supposition why they have said that, but, it's a waste of time going after money they genuinely don't have if I am right.

Itismehonest

Take no notice of the "Can't pay" line. It is entirely irrelevant. The bottom line is that they were contracted to provide something which was fit for purpose (minimum to heat all the building plus provide hot water) & they have failed to do so.

Presumably Planning Permission for the extension was also prepared & granted on their calculations? You've not only ended up with a system which isn't fit for purpose but also a building (including cost of PP, design & build) which is now likely to be redundant.

Not sure if your natural reticence to bankrupt them is well-placed. They may well have the money to put it all right. They may even be cutting corners with other customers, too, just to get business & make profits.
Writing a letter suggesting you cannot pay is not the response of a reputable company, IMO. It smacks of trying to shift the blame.
I'd take my time over deciding what to do & find out more about them. It could be that innocent customers would be better off without them being in business.

alfie_1

Itismehonest wrote: »

Take no notice of the "Can't pay" line. It is entirely irrelevant. The bottom line is that they were contracted to provide something which was fit for purpose (minimum to heat all the building plus provide hot water) & they have failed to do so.

Presumably Planning Permission for the extension was also prepared & granted on their calculations? You've not only ended up with a system which isn't fit for purpose but also a building (including cost of PP, design & build) which is now likely to be redundant.

Not sure if your natural reticence to bankrupt them is well-placed. They may well have the money to put it all right. They may even be cutting corners with other customers, too, just to get business & make profits.
Writing a letter suggesting you cannot pay is not the response of a reputable company, IMO. It smacks of trying to shift the blame.
I'd take my time over deciding what to do & find out more about them. It could be that innocent customers would be better off without them being in business.

quite agree but i get [i think] where LIR is coming from... if too big a claim [for every spanner and fart] they COULD fold ... its a gamble that could end up with them having nothing but a duff boiler ! i agree check out company at company house, see if dif co.s under unbrella, wether history there but it is difficult.

bit like me [tho not as expensive] and this house...buy, do up or walk away...:(

lostinrates

Fwiw, they are at a trade show in a couple of weeks. I am thinking of asking a few friends to go and ask about the systems, then ask about why their friends one doesn't work.....nothing offensive you understand, just...um, fact finding.

Fencers came and were nice, will quote this week, but they are not sure they can do it before the end of the financial year. We might just have to suck that one up I think...took our eye off that ball for too long.

lucielle

Can anybody recomend a rotable compost bin?

L

Davesnave

rhiwfield wrote: »

Dave, I wouldnt say a word, it will only get worse .

A word about what? ;);););)

I agree that it's a case of moving carefully step by step with the boiler co, lir. 'Winning' isn't much good if they have no £££ after the receiver has apportioned what they do have.

Davesnave

Now some news regarding the errant the telegraph pole on our land. This morning I e-mailed Openreach and said that I'd keep doing so every day until they proved there was someone at the other end. An hour later, having untied herself :p, DW took a call from them.....

She was told Openreach had not set up a wayleave for the pole because their records show it as on Mr Dog's land, serving his property. They're sorry it's been on our land since 2008, but they were only acting on the info given to them.

So, I wonder who gave the false info:

(a)Mr Dog?
(b) Mr Dog's alleged mate working for Openreach?

Apparently, we can ask to have the pole moved, but I'm not so naive as to think that wouldn't cost serious money. Rather conveniently, the man couldn't comment on that.

I think we shall simply point out to Openreach that now we know there's no wayleave, it would be in their best interests to move it. This is because we shall fence the area robustly, as if the pole were not there, because technically, it isn't. Clearly, we must do this soon, as we have a neighbour who is trying to claim adverse possession.

Go Pete! 7' posts at dawn! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Davesnave

lucielle wrote: »

Can anybody recomend a rotable compost bin?

L

Rotable or rotatable?

I wouldn't want one that rotted!

Mine are all 'borrowed' I'm afraid. No idea what they are. Just green & look like Daleks, but they don't rotate anyway. We also have a huge pile of chicken poo.