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    Bad start to 2012

    Yea gonna take lots pictures anyway. Insurance company also said that my neighbour would have to claim her own car insurance?? Surely that's not wright after all it was my roof that landed on her car..??
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    Bad start to 2012

    I was surprised when the wife told me the assessor wouldn't be out till Thursday!! ( later changed to Wednesday afternoon). I don't know how insurance companies work but a first response team sure would be nice. Anyone got similar experience ?? This is the first house insurance claim I've made...
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    Bad start to 2012

    Six houses in my estate. Barrett houses, seven years old, all with ridge damage. No they said assessor would have to come out first??? So if I didn't do all that work today damage would be alot more with rain.
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    Bad start to 2012

    Yea, got house insurance although excess is 250. Insurance assessor due out tomorrow afternoon. Heavy rain forecast tomorrow. Better get the buckets ready..:mad:
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    Bad start to 2012

    My ridge blew off in the storms this morning and smashed down on the front of the house breaking at least six tiles. So now my roof is open to the elements right down the ridge and where it smashed through the front. Spent most of the day putting up tarpaulin in the loft,( to wild to go onto...
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    Promises kept!

    Remember and forward the invoice onto the wife...!!!!!!! :rolleyes:
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    Car Battery Prices....... Gawd I nearly wet myself!!!!!

    Get the old battery down to your local scrapyard ... The last time I was there they where giving a minimum of
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    Intercom advice.

    We use Gdx door entry systems, easy to install ,will do exactly what you want. A little dear but worth it!! Google Gdx or ask at your local trade counter..
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    Connecting to generation meters

    Sealing the meter was brought up when we completed mcs accreditation by auditor. So we always seal it. Does anyone else???
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    So have your Christmas holidays started?

    The previous government set up these tariffs??? The 2009 Renewable Energy Directive sets a target for the UK to achieve 15% of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020.
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    So have your Christmas holidays started?

    I'm not disputing the fact that the pv market won't grow after this cut . I am however disputing the way they went about it , as my previous post says why would you not have built up the industry more progressively. And save this dumping of all these jobs already. As the carillon workers will...
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    Connecting to generation meters

    Yea I also use KME method of placing above ac isolator space permitting. It saves you a bit of time ,without the need for all that trunking, depends also on the ac isolater used !! Remember and seal your meter when finished..
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    So have your Christmas holidays started?

    Exactly the government offered far more than they could afford and completely stuffed it up. They started off with a fit to good to be true . So what happens high demand, lots of orders ,lots of jobs in training wholesalers ,electricians ,roofers etc. Then they drop the fit to half with all...
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    So have your Christmas holidays started?

    Mmmm, not so sure, but who knows really .Gorden spent the money but do you not have to speculate to accumulate. Anyway we have to meet renewable targets as a country and today the biggest growth in the renewable market solar pv !! was dropped like a hot brick.
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    So have your Christmas holidays started?

    Just finishing up some snagging really. !! Pv orders on the lower tariff , a big fat zero. Looks like I need to find some other work!!! A few heat pumps happening but not much really.. Nice one Cameron...
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    Practice what we preach!!!!!

    Three port valve chucked it!!! Plus one gu10 in bathroom... Ahhhhhh!!! The list is getting bigger ...
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    Practice what we preach!!!!!

    3036 board...!!!! best so far.... :Salute
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    Practice what we preach!!!!!

    Calling all you sparks , Do we practice what we preach in our own homes? :| . Are all our consumer units up to date? :| . Any sockets broke,hanging off the wall with one screw. Or does it feel to much like bus mans holiday when we get home and put our feet up. Come on be honest now:innocent. I...
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    We have rouge traders but what about rouge customers?

    No he wasn't . Makes a change!! Ha ha..
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    We have rouge traders but what about rouge customers?

    Installed pv system in customers house, all went well didn't even need to kill power as there was spare breaker in board( lucky). System was up and running in house with no problems, happy customer, so I thought. Got home( 57 miles later) and I get phone call from office to say mr! Had problem...
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