Checkatrade, Mybuilder, Myhammer ratedpeople etc etc.. Your views?

[alexg]

Are they amu good as I am thinking if joining and one of their reps is coming next week!!

Keep the cash and have xmas or spend it and have a bonanza Xmas next year?!?!!?

 

[Pete999]

I have a list of these now..not that it helps me much. Come on NICEIC! And, you guessed it.. Checkatrade. This one was incorporated in 2012, so five years trading to learn to get it right.

The householder said "The electrician was confused about the earthing rod".

Property "earthed" through bonding and neighbour's PME. (I actually get 0.15 which isn't bad disregarding that minor detail). Confusion was clear because the field had been "Tippexed" a couple of times.

Ra to the rod is 650 Ohms.

DNO visiting to provide (hopefully) a MET soon.
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Not sure what you are asking 1Justin

 

[Octopus]

What's check a conman got to do with this?

 

[1Justin]

Sorry, genuinely hoping not to offend. (So I apologise in advance to the more proficient members of said organization). It just seems an odd coincidence that each time I take a note of something fairly serious where work was recently done (Not small stuff or compromises), they have all been Checkatrade without exception.
- Am I digging myself a hole here? Perhaps I should delete my post..

 

[westward10]

Nine times out of ten on TT the earthing conductor to the rod does no more than earth the rod.

 

[telectrix]

Nine times out of ten on TT the earthing conductor to the rod does no more than earth the rod.

not on my shift, Mr. Cynic. I aim for <50 ohms, even if i have to bury a scaffold pole. .

 

[Wilko]

Nine times out of ten on TT the earthing conductor to the rod does no more than earth the rod.

Yeah, you tell him @telectrix !
I normally belt in 2.4 m of 14mm and round here thats <20 Ohms . Even better if I hit the water supply ...

 

[Pete999]

Sorry, genuinely hoping not to offend. (So I apologise in advance to the more proficient members of said organization). It just seems an odd coincidence that each time I take a note of something fairly serious where work was recently done (Not small stuff or compromises), they have all been Checkatrade without exception.
- Am I digging myself a hole here? Perhaps I should delete my post..

No No mate I was just wondering what your post was trying to put over, not a fan of check a trade either.

 

[1Justin]

No No mate I was just wondering what your post was trying to put over, not a fan of check a trade either.

A fit of irritation, just getting it off my chest. It was a CU install as well.
Not only that, the Smart Meter installers then came along and offered the householder an earth connection more or less as an "optional extra". Householder thought it was earthed (well there was a new CU and certificate after all), - and declined.

 

[Pete999]

A fit of irritation, just getting it off my chest. It was a CU install as well.
Not only that, the Smart Meter installers then came along and offered the householder an earth connection more or less as an "optional extra". Householder thought it was earthed (well there was a new CU and certificate after all), - and declined.

You might find it strange, but in some of these cases, it's not the meter fitter, it's the guidelines they have to follow, poor training I would suggest, I went on an induction for a meter fitters job, believe me, some of the Carp, quite relieved I didn't get the job really, I would have got in to all sorts of hot water my my loquacious attitude.

 

[The Ghost]

PFC is 2k? what am I doing wrong?

 

[PEG]

Imagine someone promises you a fiver.
They show you the fiver,and plunge it in to your pocket.
Their hand comes out empty...

You later check your pocket,and there is no fiver.
The twenty that was in there,has also gone.

.....and that's cheekatrader

 

[Wilko]

PFC is 2k? what am I doing wrong?

I'm going for extra popcorn

 

[Pete999]

I'm going for extra popcorn

Have a word with camerabloke, he has plenty.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

A friend who is a heating engineer who i sometimes work with on larger jobs where the customer wants central heating as part of the refurb has just had his new price to stay on checkatrade and his annual fee has gone up from £750 or thereabouts and been told its now £1650! to be part of a online directory... thats before any fees for leads i assume...
It appears that homeserve the reactive maintenance firm has bought the company and is trying to recoup its costs...
I know people have mixed feelings about these sites but my mate has got a lot of high paying work from it and has paid for itself many times over, but the new fees were too much and hes left the site out of principle.. so much for loyalty and customer retention...
Would be interested to know if any other people on here use checkatrade and how much they are now paying at the annual renewal??
If you are on checkatrade and havent had the renewal yet then be prepared!

 

[Spoon]

So a rip-off merchant has been taken over by a bigger rip-off merchant. Sounds about right.