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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fly on April 07, 2014, 05:43:17 PM

Title: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 07, 2014, 05:43:17 PM
Got home from work today and here's what we find. Not a word from the council.
I did however report the chimney stack to the council. About 3 years !!

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_6897_zps6cc6ac04.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_6897_zps6cc6ac04.jpg.html)

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_6896_zps3889253e.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_6896_zps3889253e.jpg.html)

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_6898_zps349b564d.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_6898_zps349b564d.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Old Cruser on April 07, 2014, 05:46:18 PM
Shouldn't take them long Fly but I have noticed that there are a lot of new roofs going on around the Chesterfield and district area.
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Slacker on April 07, 2014, 07:42:54 PM
Grass could do with a cut :)
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 07, 2014, 07:50:47 PM
It gets better. Next door neighbour(left of genal), has just come home.
Was stood on the street looking skyward and bemused.
Apparently they'd contacted the council when we had the high winds earlier this year.
A part(slate), of the stack came down and landed on the back yard. So they contacted the council.
Sounds like the council are doing something now it's actually breaking up, but ignored me when I told them it looked dodgy.

Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 07, 2014, 08:03:50 PM
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Grass could do with a cut

Was going to do it this Sunday afternoon, but didn't feel too well.
Doctors Thursday for blood test and an ECG. Daren't push myself too far :)
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 08, 2014, 05:41:36 PM
Coming on a treat, still heard nowt from the council  ;D

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_6910_zpsb5a0a087.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_6910_zpsb5a0a087.jpg.html)

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(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_6912_zpsc19568cb.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_6912_zpsc19568cb.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 26, 2014, 09:14:57 AM
Chimney stack's been pointed and sorted whilst we've been away, scaffoldings still there LOL  ;D
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Alsatian on April 26, 2014, 09:33:27 AM
Chimney stack's been pointed and sorted whilst we've been away, scaffoldings still there LOL  ;D

Which way have they pointed it Fly?!!  >;
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 26, 2014, 09:51:31 AM
Which way have they pointed it Fly?!!  >;
   

Correctly hopefully  ;)
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: therealjr on April 26, 2014, 10:26:47 AM
Which way have they pointed it Fly?!!  >;

Up would be a good start!!
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 26, 2014, 01:46:37 PM
Useless council workers, just found out this morning, the phone's packed in.
Broadband still works though. Bought a new phone, still nothing.
Had a gander up at the phoneline and can see it's been pulled to one side of a scaffold pole.
Even though we're with TalkTalk, I've phoned BT and reported a damaged line outside of our property  ;)
It's not the scaffolding firm's fault, all was well till the council came to do the repairs whilst we were away.
BT can charge the council for the repair to the line, I ain't paying owt  :!
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Alsatian on April 26, 2014, 04:23:27 PM
Useless council workers, just found out this morning, the phone's packed in.
Broadband still works though. Bought a new phone, still nothing.
Had a gander up at the phoneline and can see it's been pulled to one side of a scaffold pole.
Even though we're with TalkTalk, I've phoned BT and reported a damaged line outside of our property  ;)
It's not the scaffolding firm's fault, all was well till the council came to do the repairs whilst we were away.
BT can charge the council for the repair to the line, I ain't paying owt  :!

Good luck with that Barry, I had a fault with our phone which miraculously cured itself 1/2hour before engineer came. They still charged me!  :(
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on April 28, 2014, 07:24:03 PM
Photographic evidence of the moved out of the way phone line.

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_7900_zpsc6c2f334.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_7900_zpsc6c2f334.jpg.html)

The scaffoldings half down now. Most of it is laid on next doors lawn  :o ::)
You can just make out the phone line in this shot.

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Was only then that I saw the smashed paving stones. Upside down triangle on bottom of full slab and crack off to the right.

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_7894_zpscc9854d6.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_7894_zpscc9854d6.jpg.html)

Crack top to bottom and crack running right/down from top.

(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/100_7896_zps7a23dde6.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/Barry_Fly/media/100_7896_zps7a23dde6.jpg.html)

Even visible from inside the house. Just to prove the photo's were took with the scaffolding in situ  :)
Slab with dandelion visible is the one with the triangle on but photo taken from other side.

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Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on July 19, 2014, 06:21:55 PM
So I got my latest bill from TalkTalk Monday. It included a £50 engineer fee  :o
Half an hour on the talktalk online chat and was told all was sorted.
Checked my account last night, still says I owe them the extra £50.
Just been back in touch, was given a number to call and finally got it sorted, I think.
I'm not paying £50 for something that wasn't my doing :(
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Umpire on July 19, 2014, 08:13:32 PM
Talking about talktalk after having the same password and e-mail address it is now saying that one of them is incorrect.After three half hour calls going through the same crib sheet they say nothing can be done and I will have to create a new e-mail address.
It goes a lot deeper than that but it would take me ages to detail the full story.I have sent a formal complaint to their Head Office in Southampton and I am awaiting their reply with baited breath.
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on July 19, 2014, 08:21:54 PM
I have a Yahoo email address stored with TalkTalk. I have to use this to access my TT account.
I have to use my TT email address to access my TT email account.
I also have a seperate TT account for the online helpline and forum LOL.

Now I know why I get confused easily. Idiots are running my day to day life LOL
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Old Cruser on July 19, 2014, 08:31:52 PM
Umpire - the only sense I could get from TT was from the Southampton Office.
We had no internet for 2/3 days and to cal the help line number is a nightmare.
Title: Re: Looks like we've got the builders in ??
Post by: Fly on July 25, 2014, 05:55:56 PM
Sure I'd already posted this, but can't find it.

Rechecked my account on the 21st, day of direct debit. Still got a £50 engineer charge showing.
Our_Lass checked at the bank Thursday, £50 paid out. Emailed TT, got an auto reply same day.
Later that night got another email asking how we would like the refund, back to card or cheque, I asked for a cheque.
New email today telling me the cheque is in the post. Let's see LOL  (y)