LadyG

That hole cutter is excellent thing, have you got the plates that sit in the holes? [not an expert but being supportive!]

lol, the clothes pegs are blowing off the washing lines, no chance of hanging out my undies!

boats have a lot in common with sheep: they spend their lives trying to find novel ways to die. What I mean is, why is it more important to remove more oil with higher spec oils?

why would that be? PS I used to buy tractor oil for my Yanmar YSB boat engine, it came out of a girt big oil drum, and I paid about a tenner for 10 litres. I knew nothing of this...............

I'm not one to exaggerate [hic], but I was pushing my bike [wind too gusty to ride], when I was all but shoved in to a parked car, it was pretty bad, not far from Greenock, where these humengous cruise ships disgorge their pax. Windfarms shut down as they become heliocopters in this weather

https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/cOnTheWater-p1.html

After some cowboy had fiddled with my wiring [how can anyone think they should just start work with no instruction?], I had quote of £2K to fix the wiring on my yacht by yet another cowboy, this time I had to leave the boat for 14 days [liveaboard], and they could not provide a wiring diagram. I got a proper guy to do the job. It took him about four hours actual labour on the boat, it cost less than £600 [included Garmin], and I never ever needed another electrician after that, come hell or high weather, everything worked. I also got some education on electrics, batteries, and lifestyle choices, great guy.

Yes Dearie, but you are just [ ] a "numptie", whereas Rose are a business. Bad news spreads faster than butter on a hot teacake. Good customer services pays off: I purchased a Tecsun radio last week, and it did not do as I expected from the advert . They offered to take it back, but it is a cracking thing, so I declined, they THEN refunded a tenner for inconvenience! Amazing! I will buy another radio from them, they do "all singing all dancing" as well as my £30.00 portable radio.

hi Wayne, I understand your frustration, had it myself when knee gave up in the middle of a kitchen floor job. Do you watch SAIL LIFE on youtube: Mads is renovating a 40 foot GRP yacht over a period of 2+ years, and has tackled most jobs along the way, is an expert in "sanding". I can't help out, but sending you [hugs].

Yes, trust plus common sense. I have used local garage for a succession of old work vans, I know that he assesses the cost of a job versus the value of the vehicle, so last MOT was £600, rather than the norm of £250. HOWEVER, he did not charge for the last work done as, quote "you have spent enough on this vehicle". The [electrical] problem is not fixable, so I have to scrap the thing or sell it on to some unsuspecting buyer. When its going its fine, but it frazzles batteries like a Duracell Bunny on speed. I think it sounds like the guy who looked at the job had little or no concept of the work involved, and took his estimate from the OP's assessment.

the point us that there is no such thing as an estimated quote.

wot is this T charge of which you speak?

This could be correct, I was once asked to help load a donkey in to a trailer, how hard could that be? He fixed his legs, all four, and so we had to lift him in, I think he liked his summer home better than his winter quarters.

A quote is a quote, is the price for the job. An estimate is a guesstimate, legally means damn squit.

Really? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=JANET&rlz=1C1SQJL_enGB798GB798&oq=JANET&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.12531j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8