British Gas Electrical Tests

[TaffyDuck]

Yesterday I went out to a small block of flats to deal with a fault on part of the landlords supply and discuss fitting a fire alarm system. I pointed out to the landlord that the building as a whole, 4 flats and the communal area had never been tested and that he should consider having an EICR done. He informs me that he has a contract with British Gas who do the gas checks annually and check the electrics every 2 years so he is covered. This for 4 flats and the landlords supply takes, apparently about an hour!!!!!. Well I thought I was pretty hot but thats 12 minutes per system. I`m assuming that they do a quick Zs and an RCD test then tick the box and walk away.

Anyone else come across this?

 

[jay sean]

some of the customers were peed off when you turned to them to say its not covered in the t&cs, I did not like that, and 'you are not a salesman', when you had to hit targets,

 

[oldtimer]

The guys in BG who give it Oooooo there a major problem here are termed as "Churners" who are on between 5-10% of the cost I have bo problem with this but I think they should be legally obliged to declare a financial interest . Also the customer should be given a cooling off period so they can evaluate the work and cost. The big thin that is not on BG service contract is the state of the fluid in the pipework/radiators does not get checked so surprise surprise when they tell you it is all gunged up and the cost to "power flush" the system is £750 me I just spend £10 on treatment and flush the sytem every 5 years.

Also not to knock BG if your car breaks down the AA will take you to a "national" garage what they dont tell you is that they used to own it and they get paid a "fee" for the garage to be AA approved

 

[telectrix]

The guys in BG who give it Oooooo there a major problem here are termed as "Churners" who are on between 5-10% of the cost I have bo problem with this but I think they should be legally obliged to declare a financial interest . Also the customer should be given a cooling off period so they can evaluate the work and cost. The big thin that is not on BG service contract is the state of the fluid in the pipework/radiators does not get checked so surprise surprise when they tell you it is all gunged up and the cost to "power flush" the system is £750 me I just spend £10 on treatment and flush the sytem every 5 years.

Also not to knock BG if your car breaks down the AA will take you to a "national" garage what they dont tell you is that they used to own it and they get paid a "fee" for the garage to be AA approved

had exactly that with BG. central heating under maintenance contract, pump died. their fitter came out and fitted new pump. when we put the heating on, we got banging in the pipes and hot water feeding back into the header tank. called them back, fitter came next day and said pipes were gunged up, needed flushing £750+VAT. phoned a mate who's a retired heating engineer. he found the fault was incorrectly modified pipework when the new boiler was fitted 5 years previous by guess who?

 

[oldtimer]

had exactly that with BG. central heating under maintenance contract, pump died. their fitter came out and fitted new pump. when we put the heating on, we got banging in the pipes and hot water feeding back into the header tank. called them back, fitter came next day and said pipes were gunged up, needed flushing £750+VAT. phoned a mate who's a retired heating engineer. he found the fault was incorrectly modified pipework when the new boiler was fitted 5 years previous by guess who?

Its the pensioners I feel sorry for they seem to get targeted for this mind it was funny when a churner turned up at my house about 4 years ago and said A yep a classic system that is gunged up this could cost as it is not covered on your boiler only contract so I went to the kitchen got a glass and an air vent key walked over to the radiator in the lounge bled the it and then handed the class of slightly pale water and mentioned that I did heating controls for 20 years Nuff said