I have workmen in my house at the moment and I am so over the moon with the guy I picked. He has not patronised me one single time, listens to me when I explain the things I know about my (ancient) pipework and wiring, and genuinely consults me on decisions. At no point has he asked me where my husband is or told me 'what you wanna do is...'
This guy could burn my fucking house down and I'd still give him an exceptional review.
I used to be a builder and have supervised many a job in the past so I know a bit about what I am talking about.
We had a central heating engineer round servicing the boiler and he started berating me over the fact that the pressure in the system was miles too high. I assured him that no one would have even thought about increasing the pressure in the system (it was so high that the pressure release valve was blowing off excess pressure) and he absolutely insisted I was lying! I didn't take that very well!
A couple of days of deep thought and I had an answer - the only thing it could possibly be was a defective hot water cylinder. The problem then was persuading the landlord, firstly that that really was the problem and secondly that the bill for in excess of 1000€ really would fix the problem.
