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A domestic worker is a person who works within the scope of a residence. The term "domestic service" applies to the equivalent occupational category. In traditional English contexts, such a person was said to be "in service". Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual(s), from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly dependents, and other household errands.
Some domestic workers live within their employer's household. In some cases, the contribution and skill of servants whose work encompassed complex management tasks in large households have been highly valued. However, for the most part, domestic work tends to be demanding and is commonly considered to be undervalued, despite often being necessary. Although legislation protecting domestic workers is in place in many countries, it is often not extensively enforced. In many jurisdictions, domestic work is poorly regulated and domestic workers are subject to serious abuses, including slavery.Servant is an older English word for "domestic worker", though not all servants worked inside the home. Domestic service, or the employment of people for wages in their employer's residence, was sometimes simply called "service" and has often been part of a hierarchical system. In Britain a highly developed system of domestic service peaked towards the close of the Victorian era, perhaps reaching its most complicated and rigidly structured state during the Edwardian period (a period known in the United States as the Gilded Age and in France as the Belle Époque), which reflected the limited social mobility before World War I.
Hi guys.
I normally only work on domestic stuff so all my tools are obviously geared to that.
My question is what sort of tools do you guys use for working with 54mm compression fittings? And copper threads?
Thanks.
In 2013 we had a problem with our domestic hot water, the plumber came and informed us it was an airlock that was formed because an out flow pipe from the hot water tank was running down slightly to where it connected to the vent pipe. To relieve the airlock, he released the nut that joined the...
Hi, just after a bit of advice really. I am struggling to understand how i can become gas safe registered. To do this i need to evidence gas installations i have worked on but i am not allowed to work on gas with out being gas safe registered. Can i work under the supervision of a gas safe...
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Im in desperate need of some help completing my domestic gas portfolio!
Im based in sandwell westmidlands (oldbury) and im willing to travel if need be.
I need to complete maintenance, installation and servicing on the following:
Room sealed boilers
open flued boilers (including spillage...
Wife comes in today, cold, having spent afternoon chopping kindling in backyard. Says axe is no good. Being reluctant to supply her with new axe to grind, will get her vintage gas poker for Xmas. Does anyone know where I can locate gas poker. Preferably one that will work of the propane bottle...
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Approx 2 years ago we requested our housing association to move us out of our large family home into a small bungalow as we need level accommodation due to disability.
Suddenly in the past 2 weeks one has come up which we have been offered.
Our problem is this several months ago we...
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I am looking for advise and suggestions on courses to learn domestic electrics, i.e. putting in spurs, re-wires, testing etc. As a gas installer I am finding it increasingly annoying that I have to wait on electricians to complete jobs or even get back to me.
I understand central...
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can anyone offer any suggestions about possible causes behind a recent failure of 15mm copper in domestic CH duty? Piping was installed 15 years ago in an extension. Floor structure is concrete slab sealed with bitumen, pipework sleeved in polythene / fibre insulation and resting on...
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I went to a property today for a boiler breakdown, easy enough to diagnose as a faulty gas valve. Problem is, the house it pretty large, it has a 35kw combi (used as a system boiler), another 40kw conventional boiler, an andrews water heater and an aga, all connected to a U16...
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I was looking at this tool Milwaukee M12HPT ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaZDj_FUVU0 ) and thought I should ask my fellow traders if anybody uses one in a domestic environment and if its any good? The reason is, it seems a lot faster, no need for solder, flux, fire, and no need...
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I have a Grant Combi 90 Outdoor oil fired boiler, installed in 2004. I don't know if it's a Mk2 or a V3 or if it matters in the context of my question below.
I'm rebuilding/renovating an old house, and am about to start running new pipes for the radiators. I work 9-5, so this will be done...
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I was thinking about doing a groupon deal in my area offering a complete inspection of the owners property from gravity systems to pumped and pressurised systems.
Whilst doing day to day maintenance you notice storage tanks full of debris/insects, unvented cylinders that have never been...
Since mid November 2015 we have experienced air in the oil feed pipeline. The problem occurred after its annual service, a Danesmoor 12/14, prior to this visit the boiler was operating beautifully. Including Worcester Bosch who caused the problem, 4 other oil heating contractors have failed to...
HI GUYS.<br>the acs domestic gas exam was the hardest and most stressful thing i have ever tried in my life and lucky for me i passed it with flying colours. i bet you would like to know how exactly i did it for those of you who is not gas safe registered and still dreaming of becoming...
Went to price job today, current boiler 55kw, customer wants a single large output boiler and was already quoted for 2 domestic boilers linked together which he didn't sound too keen on. His current setup is Ideal Concord C 55kw for heating and a separate water heater for 300L unvented with no...
I have recently moved properties, my old property had a coal heating system and the domestic water was constantly hot. The new property is gas central heating and fitted with a Worcester Greenstar 30Si Combi Boiler, the problem that I have is that it takes ages for the domestic water to get hot...
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Hi there am looking to install, or have installed a water softener. Fairly hard water where I live and my daughters are struggling a little bit now with a dry skin. Can anyone recommend best ones to have either for me to do myself (quite competent around plumbing) or to have installed. Thanks...
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