The oven heating element stopped working last week. I got a new one online and it’s a few minutes work to take off four cover screws and then three screws holding the element itself. It’s no more complicated than changing a plug.
Well today it stopped working again, throwing the RCD on whichever of three oven elements I switch on. I suspected a wider fault. I rang the local repair man For him to look at it and decided to be upfront in what I had done so he could allow for the possibility of it’s not being a straight element change. However he says he won’t touch it as it’s been interfered with by someone non qualified, breaching his insurance.
I can understand a tradesman being annoyed when a punter makes a hash of something and then comes for help with a bag of bits but this is a user replaceable part. I also might expect to pay top rates as a rap on the knuckles but was disappointed that he refused point blank. I just don’t buy the insurance angle.
Any way I will just need to put the faulty one back in and callout someone else without saying anything.
A cautionary tale for all us diy folks.
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