Yeah I'd agree with all that. It's amazing we still don't have a CORGI style system here. In the UK it is simply illegal for a non-CORGI to do anything with gas. I feel that's the way it should be here too. Gas is just too dangerous to have amateurs tinkering with it.My comments were not to knock "polish plumbers", a good trades man is good in any language, but there are some very good Irish plumbers out there. As someone who only deals with gas boiler installations when they go pear shape,i am put in the position of having to identify installation errors, other faults and than have them rectified, so to be honest my(non national) view would be from the more technical end of things and not the day to day plumbing, i find the working practices on how a installation is fitted of some non English speaking engineers can cause me problems, probably no more so than a Irish installer, but i know when i have got my point over with an Irish installer. I do feel sorry for the Irish consumer, as when a plumber or gas man Irish or not, turns up at your door it's hard to determine there skill level, so the sooner there is a registration system like corgi the better because if your not competent you can't work and do any work that isn't right you lose your ability to work, giving dodgy installers a incentive to be less dodgy. On the issue of pricing where do you start, when you can't trust bard Gais not to over charge(charging 880 for a job that should be 290) it's very hard for decent engineers who are going to charge the correct amount, i charge 80 an hour i could be out in 15 minutes, thats because i have been doing this for over 20 years, i am sure some people will feel a little short changed.
... In the UK it is simply illegal for a non-CORGI to do anything with gas. I feel that's the way it should be here too...
A friends' mother was recently charged €800 for a days work by a gas fitter to change a gas burner (labour cost). This is what I have an issue with. I know there are many honest people out there who charge a fair rate fot their skills. And I have no problem paying a professional fee for a professional service........
sidzer, what you do in your own home is your business, and self praise,well you know. what puts me out is people who have experianced an under par tradesperson and then tars all tradespeople with the same brush. If you went to a bad doctor would you say all docters were quacks? or a hotel etc. there are loads of good tradepeople who employ staff, pay tax and insurance and guarantee their work. next time you want a skilled person get a recommendention. Or just use a lot of the spare time you seem to have and take a year to learn all the trades!
To be fair 800 euro to change a burner is madness, thats a 90min job max.
(my emphasis)A friends' mother was recently charged €800 for a days work
You may have read my previous post bemoaning the unreliability of a succession of amiable and recommended plumbers. They just wouldn't keep appointments or return calls and had no interest in finishing the job.
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