almost ten years ago, we had the boiler replaced and part of the job
involved for some reason, replacing a perfectly good and working wired
room stat in the hall. Replaced with a wireless one, mounted over top
of the original, but not fixed to the metal back box. I have just
upgraded to a Vaillant VCR 407F, mounted at a more accessible height
and place, than the original, so to keep things tidy I decided to
remove the original stat. and fit a blank in its place.

That wireless stat was fixed to the brick/plaster with 1.5" screws,
installer had only drilled the holes a touch over 1" deep, far too
shallow - plugs then tightened up. I have just spotted that his
tightening up the two fixings, managed to blow a 9x9 section of the
plaster off the wall. Only the wallpaper was hiding it, this was not
that old, perfectly sound plaster.

On getting home, after the install, I spotted the boiler was half an
inch vertically out true and he had forgotten to install a condensate
drain. So he had to be called back to finish the job. He still failed
to straighten up the boiler, but it was hidden in a cupboard. This,
despite my drawing a perfectly vertical line for him, right next to the
boiler for him to work with.

This - the same installer who was originally insisting he would have to
run a new pipe all round the outside of the house walls, all along the
back of the house, then halfway down the side, to the meter - because
the 28Kw original boiler's supply was not adequate for the 18Kw one he
was there to install. That is until I did the pipe flow calcs for him
and proved him very wrong.

On Friday, 25 January 2019 15:44:12 UTC, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
almost ten years ago, we had the boiler replaced and part of the job
involved for some reason, replacing a perfectly good and working wired
room stat in the hall. Replaced with a wireless one, mounted over top
of the original, but not fixed to the metal back box. I have just
upgraded to a Vaillant VCR 407F, mounted at a more accessible height
and place, than the original, so to keep things tidy I decided to
remove the original stat. and fit a blank in its place.

That wireless stat was fixed to the brick/plaster with 1.5" screws,
installer had only drilled the holes a touch over 1" deep, far too
shallow - plugs then tightened up. I have just spotted that his
tightening up the two fixings, managed to blow a 9x9 section of the
plaster off the wall. Only the wallpaper was hiding it, this was not
that old, perfectly sound plaster.

On getting home, after the install, I spotted the boiler was half an
inch vertically out true and he had forgotten to install a condensate
drain. So he had to be called back to finish the job. He still failed
to straighten up the boiler, but it was hidden in a cupboard. This,
despite my drawing a perfectly vertical line for him, right next to the
boiler for him to work with.

This - the same installer who was originally insisting he would have to
run a new pipe all round the outside of the house walls, all along the
back of the house, then halfway down the side, to the meter - because
the 28Kw original boiler's supply was not adequate for the 18Kw one he
was there to install. That is until I did the pipe flow calcs for him
and proved him very wrong.

Was he Polish?

harry formulated the question :
Was he Polish?

No, he was from the north east, a Geordie.

I doubt it, most of them know what they are doing, more likely English and
used to be a chef and went on a course.
Brian

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On Friday, 25 January 2019 15:44:12 UTC, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
almost ten years ago, we had the boiler replaced and part of the job
involved for some reason, replacing a perfectly good and working wired
room stat in the hall. Replaced with a wireless one, mounted over top
of the original, but not fixed to the metal back box. I have just
upgraded to a Vaillant VCR 407F, mounted at a more accessible height
and place, than the original, so to keep things tidy I decided to
remove the original stat. and fit a blank in its place.

That wireless stat was fixed to the brick/plaster with 1.5" screws,
installer had only drilled the holes a touch over 1" deep, far too
shallow - plugs then tightened up. I have just spotted that his
tightening up the two fixings, managed to blow a 9x9 section of the
plaster off the wall. Only the wallpaper was hiding it, this was not
that old, perfectly sound plaster.

On getting home, after the install, I spotted the boiler was half an
inch vertically out true and he had forgotten to install a condensate
drain. So he had to be called back to finish the job. He still failed
to straighten up the boiler, but it was hidden in a cupboard. This,
despite my drawing a perfectly vertical line for him, right next to the
boiler for him to work with.

This - the same installer who was originally insisting he would have to
run a new pipe all round the outside of the house walls, all along the
back of the house, then halfway down the side, to the meter - because
the 28Kw original boiler's supply was not adequate for the 18Kw one he
was there to install. That is until I did the pipe flow calcs for him
and proved him very wrong.

Was he Polish?

I wonder if he is still alive? :-)
Brian

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harry formulated the question :
Was he Polish?

No, he was from the north east, a Geordie.

on 25/01/2019, Brian Gaff supposed :
I doubt it, most of them know what they are doing, more likely English and
used to be a chef and went on a course.

Quite likely..