Has my dishwasher been ruined?

[telectrix]

handy man is a pillock. he broke it. sue him.

 

[nicebutdim]

IMHO... you have two choices...

1) Spend the next 5-10 years pursuing some sort of legal remedy through the courts.
2) Put it down to experience and move on.

I'd go with option 2, but would still be inclined to ask for details of his insurer as a means of putting the wind up him and, hopefully, making him think twice about future 'work'.

 

[telectrix]

ask hanyman to dig out for a pond in the garden. once he's down to 6 ft. whack him with his spade, drop him in the hole, fill in after.

 

[Wilko]

Hi - the door can be removed, but only after disconnecting the wiring loom, which is a bit of a job. No one cuts the loom off and and joins it up afterwards. Sorry, I mean no one I knew of till now.

Sorry to say it, but I think the DW is for the recycle as it’s now got 2 significant faults - the original heat pump tripping and a damaged wiring loom.

 

[buzzlightyear]

You really couldn't make it up

who the Andy man frank spencer .mmmmm. i got anadder word .lol

 

[James]

Whilst the broken machine is out.

I suggest that you measure the internal space, compare this with the recommended space required for new washer.
If it needs to be made bigger, now is the time.

The choice of tradesman for altering the cupboard is up to you but I think you might have already started a list of people not to use again!!

P.s. it is perfectly acceptable to ask someone over the phone before they come wether they are insured to undertake the work.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Technically, the wiring loom can probably be repaired by someone good with a soldering iron, but what you will then have is a non-Bosch-authorised modification, which is why Bosch guy won't do that. The loom could probably be replaced instead, but he probably doesn't want to do that either as he will be suspicious that the machine casing and door might be distorted too. By getting involved he could end up with a nightmare repair that costs nearly as much as a new machine, but ends with the customer calling back to complain it leaks and getting him back endlessly with the machine never being satisfactory. I'm sure he's thinking what I'm thinking and doesn't want the risk.

 

[DPG]

ask hanyman to dig out for a pond in the garden. once he's down to 6 ft. whack him with his spade, drop him in the hole, fill in after.

Dont forget to place warning tape above the body 'caution, cretin below'.

 

[aroominyork]

Thanks all - no-one here is defending the handyman... so nether will I!

Checking the Companies House website he is not registered, and his bank account (which I paid) is in his personal name. My guess is that he has no insurance. Also, unfortunately he is not on Checkatrade so I cannot threaten a bad review. So other than a small claims threat what are my options? (I have no problem with a small claim - it would take less than an hour and would put the wind up him).

Your question may be - what do I want? For a £569 dishwasher which, used about three times a week, would last about ten years, I would want half the value (£280) plus a refund of what I paid him. Is that fair?

 

[buzzlightyear]

Checking the Companies House website he is not registered, and his bank account (which I paid) is in his personal name. My guess is that he has no insurance. Also, unfortunately he is not on Checkatrade so I cannot threaten a bad review. So other than a small claims threat what are my options? (I have no problem with a small claim - it would take less than an hour and would put the wind up him).

so now you have start digging for information ,so where did you get him from ,and how do you
know if he got none insurance ,before you start saying this, you need to find out ,he could say
for argument sake you gave him the authority to get the appliance out .