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Saw a bit of this last night when I was down the gym. so no audio.
Anyway, some dodgy geezers were doing a garden feature for a little old lady. It had lights and a water pump. These were all powered from what looked like unprotected T&E that was fed through a newly drilled hole in the house and attached by some means to a double socket. At least it's not a permanent connection. This cable then ran the length of the garden to the feature that they had constructed. All the electric connections and pumps etc. seemed to be wrapped in plastic bags, sealed with tape and buried a few cm's under the earth. Nice. A testimony to the effectiveness of Part P. |
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:06:35 +0100, Rob Horton wrote:
Saw a bit of this last night when I was down the gym. so no audio. Anyway, some dodgy geezers were doing a garden feature for a little old lady. What amused me was that after the program makers did a "this is how it should be done" feature where they installed a new water feature and pavement someone stole the lot. Hmm, which dodgy character with a truck had recently been at the house? |
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:53:56 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:06:35 +0100, Rob Horton wrote: Saw a bit of this last night when I was down the gym. so no audio. Anyway, some dodgy geezers were doing a garden feature for a little old lady. What amused me was that after the program makers did a "this is how it should be done" feature where they installed a new water feature and pavement someone stole the lot. Hmm, which dodgy character with a truck had recently been at the house? Also it would have been interesting to know what they spent on the replacement rockery. Me thinks a tad more than the £2500 the customer wanted to spend. Andy |
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 10:02:54 +0100, Andy Cap wrote:
On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:53:56 +0100, Steve Firth wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:06:35 +0100, Rob Horton wrote: Saw a bit of this last night when I was down the gym. so no audio. Anyway, some dodgy geezers were doing a garden feature for a little old lady. What amused me was that after the program makers did a "this is how it should be done" feature where they installed a new water feature and pavement someone stole the lot. Hmm, which dodgy character with a truck had recently been at the house? Also it would have been interesting to know what they spent on the replacement rockery. Me thinks a tad more than the £2500 the customer wanted to spend. They needed double the number of workers to finish the job in the alloted time. That said, the sort of project i=involved is hte sort of thing I've done in a weeked by myself. Much of the re-work was ********, for example the renting of a skip. Why in the name of $DEITY? When I did a similar water feature and rockery at a previous home the dug up old concrete pavement was used as the structural element in the new rockery, saving a fortune in good stone which only needs to be in a location where you can see it. The new scheme also used hundreds of bedding plants which is damned silly in a rockery. |
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"Andy Cap" wrote in message
... Also it would have been interesting to know what they spent on the replacement rockery. Me thinks a tad more than the £2500 the customer wanted to spend. My thoughts exactly! Yes the 'little old lady' was ripped off by 'Water features R Us' but they never said how much it cost to do it right, I bet it would have cost a lot more than £2500 if she was paying for the labour etc. I do like the program and agree that rouges should be 'named and shamed' but sometimes I think the examples are programme biased. Cheers John |
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In message , Rob Horton
writes Saw a bit of this last night when I was down the gym. so no audio. Anyway, some dodgy geezers were doing a garden feature for a little old lady. It had lights and a water pump. These were all powered from what looked like unprotected T&E that was fed through a newly drilled hole in the house and attached by some means to a double socket. At least it's not a permanent connection. This cable then ran the length of the garden to the feature that they had constructed. All the electric connections and pumps etc. seemed to be wrapped in plastic bags, sealed with tape and buried a few cm's under the earth. Nice. A testimony to the effectiveness of Part P. I also remember the baldy beardy **** saying (about the roof tiles) something along the lines of "Even a DIYer could have done better Got my back up, that did, when I get the exact wording, I shall write in and complain ****** -- geoff |
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In article , John
wrote: I do like the program and agree that rouges should be 'named and shamed' but sometimes I think the examples are programme biased. Always the way in TV. I would normally take any opportunity to knock the aerial cowboys featured. I agree that he was a con artist, but take issue with the fact that "A new aerial was not required". Maybe in the strictest sense, but we would have advised that the aerial was obviously a cheap "contractor" type and so would be unsuitable for reliable digital performance, bearing in mind the analogue closedown not far away. She would then have had the option of repairing the existing rig. or replacing to full digital spec. One other point was the lashing. If he had replaced that, he would have been critisised for more non required work! If it was in good condition, there would be no need to replace it. The brief glimpse I saw, looked fine, but maybe it was u/s? -- AJL |
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John wrote:
I do like the program and agree that rouges should be 'named and shamed' Whoops, spell checker strikes again... Certainly rogues should be named and shamed, but it's wrong to persecute rouges. -- Ian White |
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from Ian White contains these words: Certainly rogues should be named and shamed, but it's wrong to persecute rouges. Nah, hound the pinkos. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember raden saying something like: I also remember the baldy beardy **** saying (about the roof tiles) something along the lines of "Even a DIYer could have done better Right old ****ed roof that was; looking at it sideways would have had the tiles off. -- Dave |
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