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Thread Author: martin aston Replies: 11

 Honesty not always best policy - martin aston
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.
 Messages Author Date
 Honesty not always best policy new martin aston 23 May 20 11:38
 Honesty not always best policy new Zero 23 May 20 12:25
 Honesty not always best policy new smokie 23 May 20 12:36
 Honesty not always best policy new martin aston 23 May 20 14:51
 Honesty not always best policy new hawkeye 23 May 20 16:08
 Honesty not always best policy new sooty123 23 May 20 16:23
 Honesty not always best policy new smokie 23 May 20 16:31
 Honesty not always best policy new zippy 23 May 20 19:59
 Honesty not always best policy new No FM2R 23 May 20 20:14
 Honesty not always best policy new legacylad 23 May 20 21:34
 Honesty not always best policy new zippy 24 May 20 12:50
 Honesty not always best policy new martin aston 24 May 20 12:55
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