clive

My go to plumber is Jafar at Portrait Plumbing (07401262071), localplumber, gets back to you quickly, does a great job, does not overcharge and is a nice guy to boot

If you are still looking then I would highly recommend Jafar from Portrait plumbing, a local plumber, He's my go to plumber and could definitely help you.  07401 262071   [email protected]

Again, if you are still looking we use Stephen Butt or Lendel Stephens for our planning permission [email protected]; 07825 698749

Fured up toilet cisterns whose flushes then overrran, led me to get a water softener installed. Jafar from Portrait plumbing, a local plumber (07401 262071), did an excellent job under difficult circumstances. We didn't have much space in which to install the softener but Jafar managed to find a softener that fitted and adapted our kitchen cabinets to do so whilst retaining as much of our previous storage capacity as possible. We had called on his services before and found that he is always polite, easy to contact, extremely knowledgable, works to a high standard, cleans up afterwards and is also a nice guy to have around. He provides invoices rather than working cash in hand which is essential if you are making an insurance claim. He is now our go to plumber. 

My go to plumber is Jafar from Portrait plumbers (07401 262071). He is very polite, responsive, extremely knowledgeable, does high quality work and is a very nice guy to boot!

Whilst bleeding a rdiator after my air source heat pump service by another plumber the bleed valve started leaking. I knew that if I recalled that plumber it would be a few days before they would attend so I rang Jafar first thing in the morning. He picked up straightaway and despite a packed schedule managed to fit me in at 7 pm that evening when he fixed the radiator and another fault on my system. Yet another example of Jafar's fast response and willingness to go the extra mile.

Thanks to everyone for recommending Jafar - he's a star! My central heating packed up completely - Jafar came out within the hour and quickly diagnised the fault. It required a replacement part that turned out to be a rare breed. Jafar spent ages googling for it (he doesn't give up!) and eventually tracked it down. He helped me get next day delivery and changed his schedule to fix the fault and reboot my system. This took a couple of goes as my system is powered by an air source heat pump that eventualy required a complete reset. Although Jafar hadn't worked with an ASHP before he stayed with it and finaly cracked the code. Result lovely warm house again!. 

Not only is he brilliant in fixing stuff he is also a lovely person to have around who really cares about fixing things for you. Now my go to plumber.

 

Hiya

I have a Daikin air source heat pump and need to have it serviced as a condition of receiving the Renewable Heat Initiative grant. I wouild welcome any details of reliable contractors and roughly what will they charge.

Clive

Hiya

Brilliant idea, thanks for getting things going.

Whilst both my partner and I are over 70 and hence make get caught up in the new move to longer term self isolation we can still help out with any stuff that we can do to help others either on line or by phone.

Whilst not being religious ourselves we do know through friends that lots of religious organisations are already gearing up to help. Does anyone have local contacts?

Foodbanks are an essential lifeline for low income households but with dropping footfall to supermarkets their donations are falling. Does anyone know what help we could provide to our local foodbanks and how to get in touch?

Schools are also an essential source of meals for children in low income households. Does anyone know what plans, if any, are in place to keep meals provision going should we get to the stage of school closures?

Apologies, more questions than answers but I realise there are lots of people on the forum who already have the knowledge and contacts we all will need so would love us all to be able to tap into them.

Clive

Thanks to everyone who recommended Pavel and AndMove (www.andmove.co.uk, 07877 720526) as a removals service. They have just completed the third leg of our removals. The first leg involved moving part of our stuff to our new house and part to store. The second leg moved all our stuff into store to let the builders renovate our new place. The final leg involved moving all of our stuff back into our partially renovated house. Each move was complicated and it was very difficult to give Pavel fixed dates. His patience, unflapability and ability to be flexible greatly reduced the stress of the whole moving process. We used their packing service for part of the initial move resulting in zero breakages. They were also very careful with all of our furniture ensuring it was well wrapped and avoided any bumps and scrapes. We used the storage facility that they recommended which was by far the cheapest available and provided us with easy access to our stuff throughout. Moving back in Pavel and his crew made sure that everything went to the right rooms and moved stuff around when we had got it wrong. They also ensured all of our beds were reassembled. Not only were Pavel and his crew unfailingly polite and easy to work with, they also provided us with the most competitive quote. A final bonus was that they used two smaller rather than one large van making it much easier to park a boon in East Dulwich streets.

Thanks to everybody who recommended Steve. I rang him when after following the manufacturers instructions about an error message my machine still would not work. Steve's first reaction was, at no charge, to talk me through what to do. This enabled me to get my machine going again. Unfortunately my machine later developed another fault. This time Steve came out and fixed it straightaway, since then no further problems. So I'd have no hesitation about contacting Steve should I have other problems in the future.

Many thanks to everyone for recommending AndMove. The move couldn?t have been better. No cancellation charges and an incredibly accommodating company took away the worry as we had to change our completion date a number of times. Our move involved some of our belongings going to store and the rest to our new house this Pavel and his team took in their stride as well as providing us with, through Simply Storage, very well priced storage with walk in access. Their packing service was well worthwhile as we had lots of glass and other breakables to pack as well as books and so on. The packing was not only done with great care but also thoughtfully ensured that we always had a survival kit of belongings to get us through the multi stage move. The move itself went very smoothly with great care taken to ensure no damage and lots of attention being paid to which furniture and belongings went into which of our new rooms. The cherry on the cake was, at the end of the move, a room by room check on whether everything was in the right place. This included helping us to rethink configurations in some awkward spaces and moving furniture from one room to another. To cap it all Pavel and his team are really nice friendly, polite and helpful people who are well aware of the stresses and strains of moving.