Order is restored
The sparks arrived early after phoning me that he was in the area
. Good man! Customer service an' all that. He's got his own porter's trolly to take away the old 'un and soon has it out and the space clear.
Problem #1, the power lead is not long enough because the Zanussi's connector is on the other side to the Bosch
. No worries, he's got some cable in his van and can extend the connection. (That would have held me up some because I don't have those bits and pieces lying around).
Tell you what I'll do he says; I'll take the old one down and pick up the cable. Off he goes ... I wait ... I hear a crash outside ...
As he's negotiating the steps outside the entrance the oven door handle brakes off, the oven rolls down the steps and the glass window shatters. I am sooooo glad that was not me doing that!
Eventually he returns with the length of cable and explains the story... all in a day's work he says
The new oven is fitted into place with the connection in place... turn it on at the mains... and... POP! .... ooops! It's blown the fuse. We reset the fuse at the fusebox and out comes the oven again. He checks everything and decides that a cable is being pinched a little at the back. Cabling re-arranged, oven back in and Bingo! It works!
No extra charges; the price quoted was the price paid and cheaper than the delivery company quoted. Jim the Sparks has about a ton more rabbit than Sainsbury's. During the fitting we covered bank charges, immigration, racism, 3* hotels in Spain, nudist beaches, Eurostar, cheap holidays, daughters, sons who get better qualifications than you do, kitchen tiles - the fitting thereof, good tradesmen, the Concierge at that apartment block in Sloane Square, car parts, uncomfortable seats on coaches, her wot lives upstairs, suntan lotion, the weather, Boris Johnson, Page 3 girls, getting old, retirement, ... take a breath
bits of paper that you forgot, mobile phones, plasma screen TVs, laptops, BOGOF deals, that shop down the Elephant, good breakfasts, eating too much, drinking too much, the price of Spanish booze, the Sun, page 3 of The Sun, German screwdrivers, Phillips screwdrivers, 6mm cable, mother-in-laws, the size of your box room ... and the beauty of ready cash!
Get a Man in. You know it makes sense
