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Hi everyone. I have spoke with my father in law about heating up his cafe. It is quite a big place and he currently has no heating system installed. He does have the pipe work and radiators in place for an old central heating system, but currently only has an immersion heater installed for hot...

Just thought I’d put this out there. I’ve always been on the books and quite like the fact that I get a van and fuel payed for, holiday pay etc. especially seems as thow I’m not the most financially stable person. and you have work most of the time. I get the approved JIB rate so nothing...

Yes it is like this everywhere now mate. I’ve been doing this job 18 years now and it’s getting worse every year. And the extra pound an hour you get for being a black hat ain’t worth the hassle. 

It’s more the pidgeon-poop that comes with it. And I would be in less money if I did hang up the black hat. I’ve worked on some big jobs and have a lot of experience. If certain things improved then I feel that the jobs would progress a lot quicker. But half the time we don’t get the info we...

In my experience all companies are the same. They want as much out of you as possible and want to pay you as little as possible. It’s never been any different. I think I just need to try and get my head down and get on with it until next year. They have lots of work coming up so I doubt they are...

Never been a subby. Always been on books. 

Direct mate

This is a good point And I totally agree. We don’t get board squedules to work with, no elevation drawings. Nothing in writing. It’s all a phone conversation. We are going in blind and therefore are not covered for comebacks. They could say do it one way, realise it’s wrong then tell you they...

I have no issues with responsibility. But tasks take as long as they take to complete. 

I’m already putting in all the effort that I can. Everyone on the firm is pushed. We have all spoke about it and we all agree. There’s simply not enough time to do everything. This is due to problems on site, labour or timescales being cut short. I am 100% sure that I can’t work any quicker. And...

Just wanted to get some opinions on this really. I’m in a situation where a job comes towards the end  and it requires a certain amount of time to get it over the line, make sure the test sheets and as fitted drawings are spot on, finish all the practical work etc. In this scenario there never...

Thanks for all the replies. I will see how things play out in the new year. Kind regards to all

There’s a bit. But it would probably be nearer to Birmingham. I see lots of jobs on indeed. But as others have said I will have to do a good job of selling myself. 

This is my world all over. Especially at the last firm I worked for. Not so bad now. But they still push too much. I’ve just been pulled off  a job and haven t had chance to finalise the A’s fitted drawings and paperwork. So that will be the next bollocking when I tell the office today. 🤮🤮. 

Don’t maintenance work in two man teams? Will a company let me shadow someone to learn? Is this something that normal happens? There’s got to be install sparks who move to maintenance, surely?

I used To love the job and all the responsibilities. Was seriously ill two years back and was off for over a year. I’ve never felt the same about work since. Can’t seem to find my way back to it. 

I’ve had it worse than I have it now at a company I used to work for. But I’m realising that all companies are the same and just push push push. Then when the **** hits the fan they hang you out to dry. So what do we do? All I can suggest is telling them it will take longer. But as we all know...

It’s not really what I’m looking for. I want to learn something new. Working in houses would be even easier and boring than what I do now. I’ve heard some bad things about working for councils. The tenants you have to deal with being a nightmare etc

I just want to add that If I’m coming across like I’m not willing to work hard anymore that’s not the case. Neither do I see maintenance as an easier job. It is just something that appeals to me, contracting no longer has that appeal 

To be honest I know nothing about what would be expected from me. That’s why I asked the question on here. Is maintenance as physically demanding as install? Or just more thinking? I’m guessing you need to use your brain more in maintenance to fix a machine. I can’t see me being able to keep up...