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Exactly the same here bud not in great shape got a empty bungalow to fit heating in but really not got a clue best thing to do , Mrs is in the high risk category and should really self isolate but we need to have some cash coming in. Kop
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On a lighter note maybe people will start having bidets fitted again chaps we could all be busy again soon add that to us website see how many hits ya get ha ha . Kop
Shhhhh ! KOP there will be a run on bidets now, the shelves will be emptied of the things as people (sheep) stock up. I have a chocolate brown one buried in the depths of the far garage complete with gold Roman banding and faux gold fittings Centralheatking
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The Sloop Inn at St Ives yesterday, clearly no panic or self isolation here are the press trying to panic everybody hmmm.
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At least their all outside CHK I am gonna carry on till forced into staying at home just use common sense social distancing with customers and the public, regular hand washing and gloves when needed we all have freedom of choice here till forced to lock down which I am sure will come as and when this virus gets out of control . Regards kop.
 
My point is, it's not enough to advise people to avoid crowds. If the UK government were to close pubs by order, landlords could potentially claim on the insurance policies that some of them have. If not, the landlords just lose out if people stop going.

In practice, even the Draconian measures in place in Italy are nowhere near enough to stop the virus, but they do seem to have prevented an exponential growth in numbers of new people catching it. It's still not funny when you hear from a friend in Bergamo that her mother in law is at death's door on oxygen and will probably die and another of her friends is seriously unwell, but there are, of course, limits on what can be done.

A friend of mine in Colchester informs me she spent the other day at a fair and then at the swimming pool. So much for social distancing. It only works if everyone does it.

By contrast, in Italy, I'm allowed to go food shopping if I have to, and for a walk in the woods: alone.

I sadly predict exponential UK growth that will well overwhelm the NHS. At least plumbers are meeting a limited number of people and rarely have to get within spitting distance of their customers.

Wishing you all lots of work in empty houses!
 
Shhhhh ! KOP there will be a run on bidets now, the shelves will be emptied of the things as people (sheep) stock up. I have a chocolate brown one buried in the depths of the far garage complete with gold Roman banding and faux gold fittings Centralheatking

The image of such a piece of kit has brought a smile to my face. It seems it is both hideous and amazing at the same time. I am not worried about bog roll, I will use one of our ormer shells as a scraper.
 
The image of such a piece of kit has brought a smile to my face. It seems it is both hideous and amazing at the same time. I am not worried about bog roll, I will use one of our ormer shells as a scraper.
It gets worse we put the fully co ordinated bathroom suite with all the fittings ..bog,cistern,basin & ped, Bath on the grass out the ft of that job one morning and some fella gave us £50 but didn’t want that bidet ...that was in early 90s that’s how old it is...I will try and find a pic Centralheatking
 
So we can't go to the cinema, theatre or the pub

BUT you can go to an overcrowded supermarket...

Puzzling to say the least

I suppose that one of these things is not like the others and more important for one's well-being. We all need food. That said I could lock my front door and not leave the house for two months at this point and we'd eat OK. I did not go mad stockpiling and clearing shelves but the last three weeks did two shops per week instead of the usual one.

I feel well prepared. What I do not like right now is that yesterday and today our schools links program is still running and we've got another bus load of secondary school kids coming to the workshops. How getting dozens of kids from three separate schools together on busses and bringing them to what are rather small workshops fits in with current advice I do not know!
 
Bet Boris does the same this afternoon.
 

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So we can't go to the cinema, theatre or the pub

BUT you can go to an overcrowded supermarket...

Puzzling to say the least
I really don’t like the great unwashed anyway, loath sitting in cinemas with them eating etc.I go to Aldi early to avoid them. I am very carefull where I drink and never in the suburbs and on,y with farmers etc that talk about real stuff ..drains, vehicles my local will not close we already know ..back door
Centralheatking
 
Schools are closing on Friday, only kids with parents who are key workers may attend (police, nhs, essential delivery drivers)

Tough times are on the horizon lads..... stay safe please.
 
Have to say I don't watch news at all since about 3-4 years ago. I live in London and was only aware of the virus from other people and just tv/ radiao in background. Actually sat down last night to watch 30 mins of news and my corona virus alarm meter went from 0 to 100 in that space of time. Reminds me of the terrorist stuff, I am not trying to trivialise the virus nor terrorist but just the way I felt after watching them news was same as when they cover terrorist attacks it makes you proper paranoid.
Really hard to predict what will happen, if it starts dying down there will still be long terms reprocussions just due to the whole frenzy that has been whipped up. If the virus escalates the world just might change forever
 
Watch this space lol

I agree it's just a matter of time. My elderly Ma was released from a London hospital about 10 days ago where they were initially struggling to find her a bed. She wasn't in intensive care but the critical datum for all the action taken over the virus is the ability of the hospital system to cope while it's still also recovering from seasonal traffic. I suspect it's probably at near capacity at the moment so as soon as the tipping point nears they'll lock down London hence the recent mobilisation of troops.
 
The problem is that, once they lockdown, numbers of new cases do not start to fall very quickly. Italy put in quite severe measures last Wednesday and Thursday and cases are still rising, but very slowly instead of exponentially like they were before.
 
You know what, I think they got this virus lockdown all wrong...surly only folks at risk should be isolated?

Seems bizarre shutting down everything when most folks would only suffer cold like symptoms....this virus is being put before gas safety in some instances also in the form of cancelled inspections.
 
You know what, I think they got this virus lockdown all wrong...surly only folks at risk should be isolated?

Seems bizarre shutting down everything when most folks would only suffer cold like symptoms....this virus is being put before gas safety in some instances also in the form of cancelled inspections.

Problems if only the elderly or people with health issues are isolated, there will be some who will have severe symptoms and require medical care.
Also not everyone is careful and many healthy people will carry the virus and pass it on to others including to elderly.
I have some customers at present who seem to think I should be going to do their unimportant jobs, just because they have decided to renew something and means I would have to call at merchants and come in contact with people.
The expert medical advice across the world has clearly been to shutdown as much as possible in each country to reduce as many extra infections as possible. Seems this virus typically doubles infection, so one person getting it spreads to at least two other people, then those two spread to another four people, ....etc
 
It’s a interesting point...kids off school though? Have a heart mate.

I had that virus that Soded all over the Corona virus...shivering, sweating in bed and afraid to move half inch! Survived that so feel confident going forward....
 
I had that virus that Soded all over the Corona virus...shivering, sweating in bed and afraid to move half inch! Survived that so feel confident going forward..

Swine flu? If so I caught that in 2009 and ended up in hospital for 5 days. I almost croaked due to dehydration before I got ambulanced to hospital and put on a drip. Every muscle in my body hurt so much but especially back and legs. I didn't even get a cough or runny nose, just shivering, pain and vomiting. I could only drink tiny sips of water and once I got about half a glass of water down it all came back up, every time for 2 full days and nights. It was absolutely hideous and I really felt like I might be dying.

I hope this new one is not as bad as that if I am unfortunate enough to get it.
 
Just confirmed on T.V from no. 10.
THERE WILL BE NO LOCKDOWN OR RESTRICTIONS OF MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF LONDON.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL NOT SHUT DOWN, THERE MAY BE SOME DISRUPTION DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGES.
 
3 of my old farts who used to do medi gas have been contacted by our old sub contractor to see if they would go and put some streets in. Now they want me to factor the work like I used to do...
ie pay them and wait to get paid...It was a yes as Gordon the Moron who used to run the outfit in Brum has long gone and the new fella is offering way less than 100 days ...they do oxygen and vac all brazed with a nitrogen flood to blow any crap out. It appears there out of date certificates do not matter so it might be men in transits all over again ...my Mrs will go ballistic we used to disappear for 12 14 days
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Aren't the retired NHS staff being recommissioned for this going to be in the age range that are most at risk?
 
Had my first job cancelled today the retired couple and their family have put the job on hold till we all know whats going to happen with this virus its going to become a serious problem if it carries on longer than a few months , my wife has now been told she cannot work for 12 weeks and has to stay at home and limit contact as she has diabetes and is high risk , grim times ahead chaps. Stay well people. Kop
 
I’ve noticed customers delaying bigger jobs. Simply because they don’t want to be in the middle of a kitchen refurb and no one turn up for 4 weeks!

I’m getting maintainance work, in fact one customer said “ I don’t think British Gas will be doing my gas safety checks and that made me think do you do them?” Yes thanks!

I’ll be working until I either have it or the work dries up. But I can’t see that happening, people need plumbing, heating and gas. Some jobs just won’t wait.

Another customer called me the 5th emergency service!

Remember guys. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. The media is acting irresponsibly imho. It’s a minor flu in 98% of cases....
 
Aren't the retired NHS staff being recommissioned for this going to be in the age range that are most at risk?

The retired / left at a younger age staff will be used in non critical non at risk of Virus areas.
People will still get sick with other ailments and need hospitalisation.

There are a lot of younger Nurses no longer working on the front line.
My Daughter in law who's only 40 is qualified and still registered but doesn't work in hospitals, she's in Public Health for a local authority, but needs her knowledge and qualification to do the job.
She has at least 2 part time, qualified but no longer registered, Nurses that work with her.
Her and her staff have moved into bigger offices and gained extra staff twice so far

Amongst hundreds of other things they've been planning community testing, which was always going to happen.

Some people think U.K Gov and others have been sitting back and not doing much, there has been a massive effort behind the scenes.
 
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I’ve noticed customers delaying bigger jobs. Simply because they don’t want to be in the middle of a kitchen refurb and no one turn up for 4 weeks!

I’m getting maintainance work, in fact one customer said “ I don’t think British Gas will be doing my gas safety checks and that made me think do you do them?” Yes thanks!

I’ll be working until I either have it or the work dries up. But I can’t see that happening, people need plumbing, heating and gas. Some jobs just won’t wait.

Another customer called me the 5th emergency service!

Remember guys. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. The media is acting irresponsibly imho. It’s a minor flu in 98% of cases..

I often lose jobs because people are just too busy with work.
Surely sitting at home will divert people's attention to their er home. Suddenly they will remember that dripping shower and that the boiler is on the last legs. Logic dictates its highly improbable a plumber with a full blown corona will turn up at your doorstep.
 
FM another customer just been laid off from potters leisure resort still wants his heating done but have to save where possible, kop
 
FM another customer just been laid off from potters leisure resort still wants his heating done but have to save where possible, kop

Go and 'crunch' you suppliers.
See what they can do.
They may want your 'assistance' in moving or ridding themselves of stock.

We've only been in Covoid - 19 meltdown for a week now.

I have a small commercial plant to replace in the next couple of weeks.
One supplier called me today to negotiate on the price of the equipment.
Long story short - requoted almost 15% cheaper than they did 2 weeks ago.

You might be under pressure from you customer for a cheaper price - your suppliers may be under more pressure!!!
 

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