Young plumber of the year.

[tweakyboy]

Glad to hear you could give some inside info on the tasks . What other faults did you have in the bathroom installation?

I hope you gave that guy from Wales some stick after the comments he made!

Congrats btw.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Well i did 6 yes in the industry mainly on industrial and commercial...i then did some air con. I now work for Alpha Boilers.... so i have to say Alpha because i know them inside and out

ahh,alphas good boilers but not one of my favourites as a example the expansion vessel on the cd is twice the cost of a baxi 105 and if you cant fit a external for cosmetic reasons not a nice price,expensive spares

 

[aimee.patterson]

Glad to hear you could give some inside info on the tasks . What other faults did you have in the bathroom installation?

I hope you gave that guy from Wales some stick after the comments he made!

Congrats btw.

Thanks

shower hose was too long and went into tray....cistern was leaking on toilet on cw inlet and from syphon.....double check valve was in the wrong way... my trap washer was snapped too ...i think Charlie had a leak on his basin waste too

 

[mkflow]

oh yeah that bloke from wales. i totally forgot about him! he was the one that gave it the big one straight way and his solidering was sxxx!
bet that well pxxxxxd ya off when he was slagging ya off.
when ya won the prize did ya get a nice bug cheque from charlie?

 

[aimee.patterson]

ahh,alphas good boilers but not one of my favourites as a example the expansion vessel on the cd is twice the cost of a baxi 105 and if you cant fit a external for cosmetic reasons not a nice price,expensive spares

The price is good at the moment and they have the free TF1 with them and standard 5years..... we have a new range out next year...it looks really good and is all ready for the new EU protocols on efficiencys!

 

[aimee.patterson]

oh yeah that bloke from wales. i totally forgot about him! he was the one that gave it the big one straight way and his solidering was sxxx!
bet that well pxxxxxd ya off when he was slagging ya off.
when ya won the prize did ya get a nice bug cheque from charlie?

No i wish! just the crystal thing

 

[tweakyboy]

Thanks

shower hose was too long and went into tray....cistern was leaking on toilet on cw inlet and from syphon.....double check valve was in the wrong way... my trap washer was snapped too ...i think Charlie had a leak on his basin waste too

Good to see there were some other faults inside the bathroom. Did you still have the 45 minutes for all of those faults?

In the new year I'm off to do some Alpha training, hopefully become a service engineer for the Bristol area . Hopefully it can get me off site once and for all!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

The price is good at the moment and they have the free TF1 with them and standard 5years..... we have a new range out next year...it looks really good and is all ready for the new EU protocols on efficiencys!

yes buy price may be good,but spares.........got to look at long term,if like me you offer service contracts but i understand you cant really comment much on the pros and cons i did once consider going over to alpha not impressed when the rep did not return my call went over to potterton performas and baxi duotecs haven't looked back

 

[aimee.patterson]

Good to see there were some other faults inside the bathroom. Did you still have the 45 minutes for all of those faults?

In the new year I'm off to do some Alpha training, hopefully become a service engineer for the Bristol area . Hopefully it can get me off site once and for all!

I think that was a hour....

You must know Mr Stacey then?

 

[mkflow]

these always ebay lol

 

[aimee.patterson]

yes buy price may be good,but spares.........got to look at long term,if like me you offer service contracts but i understand you cant really comment much on the pros and cons i did once consider going over to alpha not impressed when the rep did not return my call went over to potterton performas and baxi duotecs haven't looked back

Where about are you from? Can you remember who it was?

Its hard with the market how it is and most manufacturers will not make a lot of money on boilers if any....and spares will be the area where they can re coup costs. They are doing meg warrantys now so all parts will be covered.

They have a boiler with a 10 year warranty but it has to be serviced every year......so you could set up that with the customer and then if it did go down the parts would be covered....

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

maesteg,south Wales about 10 miles from Bridgend were your competitor came from,cant remember the reps name it was 5 years ago

 

[tweakyboy]

I think that was a hour....

You must know Mr Stacey then?

Not to sure, my boss mentioned something to me the otherday that I'm off on the training course in the new year.

I'll ask him tomorrow, I hope it happens because repairing boilers/heating is so much more satisfying than installation.

 

[SimonJohns]

hiya all

Would just like to say thanks for all your nice comments about the show, it was very hard and cut in such a way to portray us all differnt to the way we normally act/work

I really enjoyed the competition and wish you call all see the way i really have to work with realistic time scales and real jobs (ive never gone to someones house and found the basin plumbing in the wrong way round, that appeared as an overnight fault lol

simon johns

 

[dontknowitall]

Great to hear from another contestant!! Well done in getting to that final and hope you enjoy the chatter here.