I just got back from Australia working for a small electrical company, they used tradify. It was really good, they had a PA who put all the jobs in and it allowed the engineers to invoice the clients on site.
Hello Thomas, I'm a electrician from the US and I was just in London for the first time. (Bucket list). London is beautiful. Keep posting videos my friend. Take care.
@Wayne Henson I'm sorry, but The US is beautiful. Travelled widely there, Virginia is heaven. So is Deliverance/Occoee country in Tennessee. God's perfect land. Other hand, London is a total toilet, full of the world's mongrels. and gangsta hoods.
Them boxes will never move with expanding foam , foam is great stuff 👌 myself and dad are only doing callouts only in these difficult times , got an empty flat to rewire in bexhill but we are going to leave it as there’s people above we don’t wanna upset
Kind of the same here.. I'm very lucky to have a town and countryside on my doorstep. I feel sorry for people living in high rise buildings...it must be awful!
when testing the immersion to see if the element has gone you can do a continuity test between line and neutral on the element and it should be around 17-19 Ohms if not you know that is shorted or died. Top tip from from a great knob head!
Always good practice to change both elements at the same time. I've done quite a few but I prefer to leave it to a good plumber. Stay safe Tom and keep your distance 😘👍.
Just covering callouts/emergencies only myself for social housing , not been called out yet but we have to phone the tenant before entering their home and have them move into another room before we enter, wear ppe gloves mask coveralls etc and after the job has been fixed leave and phone them to say they can leave the room.
So I'm an electrician in the US that does mainly residential work/ troubleshooting, and have recently started watching your videos. It's really interesting to see the similarities and differences between. Anyways, you seen like you do squared away work and enjoy the your videos, keep it up
I work for a small company and we use ‘my office’ by intuitive solutions ltd for all our bookings, works great, never failed on us and can create a database of customers so you always have addresses and phone numbers on you, plus details of previous works done by other engineers which can be added whilst on site. It is very well priced too, Might be worth a look. Stay safe out there Tom 😁 love the vids
Tom you could have just checked the resistance of the heating element. It should be between 15- 25 ohms. Above that indicates a faulty heating element. Great work and excellent channel.
This wasn't element not heating. It was element shorted to the pipework due to corrosion. If things hadn't been properly earthed and protected, every water tap in the house could have become live. RCD detected the problem, so now the plumber needs to replace the corroded tube separating the hot water from the electricity.
Microsoft Outlook calendars. Main email to office and mirrored to phone. You can also synchronise Apple calendars and Contact lists across multi devices with outlook. Mark the contacts by the job number and details are easy to retrieve. Now items in calendars will appear on lock screen with an announcement or sound.
@ Thomas Nagy, Did you not try Simpro? We use that here, it is problematic every now and then, but 9 times out of 10, you can schedule a lot of jobs for multiple people within your company. Good to see you back, mate, I got stopped by a cop this morning, asking me where I was going, I told him I was going to rebuild a switchboard in a dairy shed after it caught fire last night. Cable and parts are a real problem at this end of the lock-down, I hate to think how it's going to be in 4 or so weeks. It's just like the supermarkets, except, there is no Twin and Earth or Neutral-Screened in the common sizes anyware in town. And the thing that really pisses me off is, you have to stand at the door with your N95 mask on and ask them if they have such and such part, cable, whatever and it's almost like Carol saying "Computer says no". What great times we live in.......
Hi Tom, possible fix for booking system is using Google Calendar. The name could have important details and then the location of the job and description with extra information in. Then also you can add google docs or sheets to the calendar event. Just one calendar with your events on then the calendar can be shared with everyone who needs it. Possibly use gsuite Hope that helps
ServiceM8 can’t recommend it enough. Quotes, invoices, add pictures to individual job, notes scheduling, directions, texts the client. Really good system and keeps getting better. Great for 1 man bands or companies, we’ve got 15 guys across London and South East., does everything you can think of and more. Only down side is they stick with IOS so they don’t have to worry about different platforms. Which makes sense to me. I’m not paid by them BTW 😂 Keep up the good videos Tom ⚡️
So I know I am late to the party here, but your permitted to let the electrical cables in contact with the copper piping? Thanks, keep up the good work.
Regarding expandable foam and it's strength. I once took out a 9" wide door lining that had been put in with Expandable Foam. The language wasn't pleasant to say the least. I have never struggled so much removing a bit of wood in all my life. The wood was splitting away rather than the bond breaking. It is plenty strong enough.
Hey Tom! Good video as always. Question. Do you think this is going to have a similar impact as the 2008 recession / cause another recession? I remember hearing you say in an older video when the recession hit it was like your phone just switched off. Do you think you're in a better place position now than then? I'm currently working from home and have heard from friends and family that they have either barely enough savings to last for too long or have been left go. (a friend of mine, her boyfriend has just been let go from his welding job today) I would be interested in your thoughts. I Hope things go well for you during this difficult time.
Nice to here you making it clear between essential and none essential I work for a larger firm and they really are abusing this grey area that’s seems to have been created we are carrying out work this just not essential in the slightest and I have never felt so under pressure to be at work
I find the outlook calendar is very good for the lads on the road. I have one shared with everyone to look at and they see what jobs they have and where they are next and it can be linked with one note for keeping lists of gear needed for jobs etc
It's been unclear as to what they really want from us. Just watched Rishi Sunak address and one of the questions was what if people just stay at home and claim benefits. So I guess, the general public is as confused as we all are here. It's much safer to stay at home but what's gonna happen to the economy? We're all digging a hole for ourselves if we avoid work at all cost. According to Boris Johnson from a couple of days ago all but essential work but Nicola Sturgeon says go ahead and work outdoors if you're a gardener our a window cleaner. This has to be clarified. What if you're proven you could've gone to work and idled inserted and are denied benefits in June?!?
Some tradesmen in the USA are telling customers they will only attend to what you call 'breakdowns' if there is no one else in the house when they arrive. Just leave the door unlocked and leave, and they'll lock up behind them. However, a major problem is supply houses closing.
We use Google calendar for work schedules. We shared each other calendars and allowed each other to edit. You can add events from the app or desktop. For payments we use a service called splink it comes with a app on the phone and we can send payment request to phone numbers and email addresses. It also sends a reminder everyday if they haven't paid. You can also setup recurring payments for contract customer that are paying you monthly. We've found this allot more convenient than direct debits and chip and pin machine. Before splink we were using a machine like yours from company called sumup. Check out splink we haven't looked back . Being using for about 8 months now. No issues.
If you want to keep on top of scheduling and job management Tradify is great and it's what we have been using for a few years now or servicem8 is good but more complex, it has far more features than Tradify. Have you seen the gorilla adhesive in a tube, brilliant stuff ! That will fix your boxes.
Changed loads of immersion heaters. Are usually OK cold but once start to warm up the insulation starts to break down internally and trips out. Bottom element can take a while to drain specially if a lot of limescale in the bottom of the tank. .
Great video, we only just met Laura, now there is Sarah, you will have to get her on camera, before you replace her 😂. I totally agree with sticking the back box's in, dry lining adhesive is very good too, can be a little messy, but sets well. Anyone who says they will come loose, obviously doesn't know what they are doing. Keep up the good work, stay safe.
We've just started using one called Freedcamp for our engineering divisions. Whilst its had a bit of a learning curve it has been pretty useful if the info has been input onto the system correctly.
Check this 35mm downlights don’t have transformers mate because the fitting will fit but you won’t be able to fit the drivers in after plaster boarding
Hi Tom, try using GSM Task for booking on your jobs. My company use it to assign work to everyone. You can upload job details, client info, addresses and the client even gets a text message when you are on route to the address with an eta. Might be worth a try. Harry
Try a sum up machine , very easy to pair up to your mobile , no monthly fees , only 1.69% charge , you buy the terminal , choice of 3 different ones , not dear , I use mine loads , every customer carrier a card , no reason not to pay , money paid in the bank between 1/3 days normally
Try google calendar for bookings. You can add address and it will sync to all devices right away. You can add notes if you ever get called back Edit, get a microsoft365 account and you get loads of apps that you can use. At work we use teams all the time and microsoft planner. 1Tb of onedrive storage and loads of other apps
Tom how you doing with the whole situation will you and your tam be going into lock down or will you still bee working doing emergency call outs. if you are indeed going into lock down will you get help from the government to subsidise employee wages ?
where your cables run through the timber 3 x 2 a bit too close for comfort and hole diameter seems to be close to same size as timber! and when plasterers screw board up they will more than likely screw your cables?? would it have not been easier to channel above the timber your opinions?
Hi Tom, I use field motion for my jobs. They are put on at a PC in the office and how urgent can be set and this comes on to my tablet. Also you can have forms designed. I hope this might be useful
Are plumbers allowed to disconnect and reconnect electrical feed(s) to the tank/heater? Living in Canada, my first call would be a plumber /hvac'er to fix the heating not an electrician. I do HVAC and work on 600v 3 phase and below all the time as it pertains to the HVAC equipment.
Hi Thomas, In regards to the job booking system problem. Have you tried JobWatch it’s by a company called BigChange. I am am mobile tower crane engineer and our office uses this system which works well, I would highly recommend.
Use salesforce . You can record customer data , it has a job portal it can generate quotes etc , its amazing. You will have to develop it but its worth it.
Has to be a sum up machine for me Tom , no monthly rental , you buy the terminal (cheap) , and only 1.69% charge paid quickly into bank , keep tools safe , they make you money , us self employed guys have no clue what we are gonna do , I finish Friday as most of my suppliers are already closed , plenty to do at home , stay safe !!!!😷😷😷😷 cheers
To clarify the governments terminology. "Self-isolating" = I am staying at home because I, or someone I live with, has symptoms "Shielding" = I am staying at home because I, or someone I live with, is in one of the very high risk groups "Social-distancing" = I am staying at home because I do not want to catch or spread anything and it's the right thing to do (i.e everyone not in the other two groups) You are not isolating if you don't have symptoms, or have not had contact with someone that does. You are just social distancing. People please stop confusing the terminology, you can still go to the shops for food when social distancing, those who are isolating must not go out at all for any reason. Confusing the terminology leads to people who are potentially infectious going out when they really shouldn't. More specifically for tradesmen these definitions become more important. You may perform urgent/essential work for those who are "social distancing". You may only perform work that is immediately life-threatening for those isolating, or shielding, with specific precautions as provided by your trade body. This is because you, or they will be particularly at risk. You may work according to the above if you are social distancing. You MUST NOT WORK if you are self-isolating, as you will spread disease. You should be self isolating if you have, or a family member has, symptoms. You must do this for 7 days, or until symptoms subside, if you live alone. For 14 days for everyone in the household of someone showing symptoms. If a member of the household gets symptoms towards the end of that 14 day period they should isolate for at least 7 days or until symptoms subside.
Technically yes.. it does share a similar chemical to polystyrene, or exactly the same. Even some of the intumescent (fireproof) foam on offer isnt compatible with pvc cabling which is quite unknown to most people
they are 4g radios. They are linked to both the handheld radios. they use the 4g network so dont have a range. Think two way radio but without the range issues
1:44 - That cable running over the top of that copper pipe towards the top left is really making my skin crawl! In all seriousness though, stay safe, and hope all goes well with the business.
Google calendar is great for booking, share with all ppl and syncs very nice and quick... They just click on the location and the GPS already give directions.... No need for any ££ fancy systems I guess. Also does have notes, where I usually post some info on materials, requirements etc for the boys..
Question- the two "builders" you spoke to. Were they builders and if so, was it their building site? Just curious after your video consists mostly of warning against five finger discounts
Great that you have a chip and pin terminal, just remember the unit you have cost the supplier less than £300, most suppliers have a nasty habit charging you more than the cost of the thing each year in rental. Learned this from a mate that sells them.
man sometimes i just watch your videos to calm down, your voice is better than therapy.
keep up the good work.
I just got back from Australia working for a small electrical company, they used tradify. It was really good, they had a PA who put all the jobs in and it allowed the engineers to invoice the clients on site.
Hello Thomas, I'm a electrician from the US and I was just in London for the first time. (Bucket list). London is beautiful. Keep posting videos my friend. Take care.
@free speech is no more fascism is alive and well 2 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Wayne Henson I'm sorry, but The US is beautiful. Travelled widely there, Virginia is heaven. So is Deliverance/Occoee country in Tennessee. God's perfect land. Other hand, London is a total toilet, full of the world's mongrels. and gangsta hoods.
london is a shithole
All the best Tom, stay safe!!
From safe isolation to self isolation we have done it all !
Stay safe Tom, and everyone else here
@free speech is no more fascism is alive and well 2 no, you
Them boxes will never move with expanding foam , foam is great stuff 👌 myself and dad are only doing callouts only in these difficult times , got an empty flat to rewire in bexhill but we are going to leave it as there’s people above we don’t wanna upset
Finally Tom! Been waiting for a video for ages
i will be surprised if the plasterers dont screw either a cable or a pipe in that flat when boarding the ceiling
More impressions please. That was brilliant. 🇨🇦👍
See you today over by the cricket ground, queens terrace. Glad to see your out still working mate
Hi Tom, we used Tradify for 3 years and now moving over to servicem8. Both very good and will save huge amounts of time. Stay safe!
Nice to see you online. Keep safe and well buddy
Self employed sparky also out of work now 😔 no income, stay safe everyone.. It will get better. Time to sort my screws out 😁
Haha, just came in for lunch after starting exactly that...
Kind of the same here..
I'm very lucky to have a town and countryside on my doorstep. I feel sorry for people living in high rise buildings...it must be awful!
when testing the immersion to see if the element has gone you can do a continuity test between line and neutral on the element and it should be around 17-19 Ohms if not you know that is shorted or died. Top tip from from a great knob head!
Safety is paramount Tom stay safe
Always good practice to change both elements at the same time. I've done quite a few but I prefer to leave it to a good plumber. Stay safe Tom and keep your distance 😘👍.
Perfect diagnostic to failed immersion heater. Thomas !👍🏻
Tom I’m an electrician in Newcastle upon Tyne we use workforce to manage all of our jobs and addresses we have never had any issues with it 👍
Just covering callouts/emergencies only myself for social housing , not been called out yet but we have to phone the tenant before entering their home and have them move into another room before we enter, wear ppe gloves mask coveralls etc and after the job has been fixed leave and phone them to say they can leave the room.
best of luck coping with a difficult time . Keep strong.
Ive not been outside since Sunday, actually loving it
Thanks Tom Stay safe and all the best
All the best pal; keep tuned.
This video has saved me from boredom!
So I'm an electrician in the US that does mainly residential work/ troubleshooting, and have recently started watching your videos. It's really interesting to see the similarities and differences between. Anyways, you seen like you do squared away work and enjoy the your videos, keep it up
I work for a small company and we use ‘my office’ by intuitive solutions ltd for all our bookings, works great, never failed on us and can create a database of customers so you always have addresses and phone numbers on you, plus details of previous works done by other engineers which can be added whilst on site. It is very well priced too, Might be worth a look. Stay safe out there Tom 😁 love the vids
Tom you could have just checked the resistance of the heating element. It should be between 15- 25 ohms. Above that indicates a faulty heating element.
Great work and excellent channel.
This wasn't element not heating. It was element shorted to the pipework due to corrosion. If things hadn't been properly earthed and protected, every water tap in the house could have become live. RCD detected the problem, so now the plumber needs to replace the corroded tube separating the hot water from the electricity.
I saw one of your vans in Lewisham last week ! Keep up the good work!
15:00 Tom Nagy just turned into Tom Hanks from The Terminal. You need to do more of these, they're hilarious.
Microsoft Outlook calendars. Main email to office and mirrored to phone. You can also synchronise Apple calendars and Contact lists across multi devices with outlook. Mark the contacts by the job number and details are easy to retrieve. Now items in calendars will appear on lock screen with an announcement or sound.
@ Thomas Nagy,
Did you not try Simpro?
We use that here, it is problematic every now and then, but 9 times out of 10, you can schedule a lot of jobs for multiple people within your company.
Good to see you back, mate, I got stopped by a cop this morning, asking me where I was going, I told him I was going to rebuild a switchboard in a dairy shed after it caught fire last night.
Cable and parts are a real problem at this end of the lock-down, I hate to think how it's going to be in 4 or so weeks.
It's just like the supermarkets, except, there is no Twin and Earth or Neutral-Screened in the common sizes anyware in town.
And the thing that really pisses me off is, you have to stand at the door with your N95 mask on and ask them if they have such and such part, cable, whatever and it's almost like Carol saying "Computer says no".
What great times we live in.......
Who wants to bet Tom makes it one day in the house before he's sat in his van outside his house :)
Hi Tom, possible fix for booking system is using Google Calendar. The name could have important details and then the location of the job and description with extra information in. Then also you can add google docs or sheets to the calendar event. Just one calendar with your events on then the calendar can be shared with everyone who needs it. Possibly use gsuite Hope that helps
ServiceM8 can’t recommend it enough. Quotes, invoices, add pictures to individual job, notes scheduling, directions, texts the client. Really good system and keeps getting better.
Great for 1 man bands or companies, we’ve got 15 guys across London and South East., does everything you can think of and more. Only down side is they stick with IOS so they don’t have to worry about different platforms. Which makes sense to me.
I’m not paid by them BTW 😂
Keep up the good videos Tom ⚡️
So I know I am late to the party here, but your permitted to let the electrical cables in contact with the copper piping? Thanks, keep up the good work.
Best of luck. Stay safe, look forward to videos of you rescuing cats from trees.
Wow Tom. Puts things into perspective
Great video as always Tom, you mention Harry, is he your new apprentice? Have I missed something or have we not met him yet? 👍
Regarding expandable foam and it's strength.
I once took out a 9" wide door lining that had been put in with Expandable Foam.
The language wasn't pleasant to say the least.
I have never struggled so much removing a bit of wood in all my life. The wood was splitting away rather than the bond breaking.
It is plenty strong enough.
stuff is great for squirting up exhausts of people that piss you off :)
Hey Tom! Good video as always.
Question. Do you think this is going to have a similar impact as the 2008 recession / cause another recession? I remember hearing you say in an older video when the recession hit it was like your phone just switched off. Do you think you're in a better place position now than then?
I'm currently working from home and have heard from friends and family that they have either barely enough savings to last for too long or have been left go. (a friend of mine, her boyfriend has just been let go from his welding job today)
I would be interested in your thoughts.
I Hope things go well for you during this difficult time.
Nice to here you making it clear between essential and none essential I work for a larger firm and they really are abusing this grey area that’s seems to have been created we are carrying out work this just not essential in the slightest and I have never felt so under pressure to be at work
I find the outlook calendar is very good for the lads on the road. I have one shared with everyone to look at and they see what jobs they have and where they are next and it can be linked with one note for keeping lists of gear needed for jobs etc
You can still carry on working, especially if job is empty, can still work in occupied as well, just use the right ppe.
chris hughes Not for long, there will be stronger restrictions soon because no one is listening
Correct. Crack on working. If anyone complains, ask them if they're paying the bills
@@mattthompson8657 the Bill's can wait in a crisis like this, listen to the rules and abide.
It's been unclear as to what they really want from us. Just watched Rishi Sunak address and one of the questions was what if people just stay at home and claim benefits.
So I guess, the general public is as confused as we all are here. It's much safer to stay at home but what's gonna happen to the economy? We're all digging a hole for ourselves if we avoid work at all cost.
According to Boris Johnson from a couple of days ago all but essential work but Nicola Sturgeon says go ahead and work outdoors if you're a gardener our a window cleaner.
This has to be clarified. What if you're proven you could've gone to work and idled inserted and are denied benefits in June?!?
Some tradesmen in the USA are telling customers they will only attend to what you call 'breakdowns' if there is no one else in the house when they arrive. Just leave the door unlocked and leave, and they'll lock up behind them. However, a major problem is supply houses closing.
We use sim pro management system. Fully mobile for engineers and office staff. Well worth using
Same here, I found it crashed a lot when I ran it on my old android phone though.
We use Google calendar for work schedules. We shared each other calendars and allowed each other to edit. You can add events from the app or desktop.
For payments we use a service called splink it comes with a app on the phone and we can send payment request to phone numbers and email addresses. It also sends a reminder everyday if they haven't paid. You can also setup recurring payments for contract customer that are paying you monthly. We've found this allot more convenient than direct debits and chip and pin machine. Before splink we were using a machine like yours from company called sumup.
Check out splink we haven't looked back . Being using for about 8 months now. No issues.
If you want to keep on top of scheduling and job management Tradify is great and it's what we have been using for a few years now or servicem8 is good but more complex, it has far more features than Tradify.
Have you seen the gorilla adhesive in a tube, brilliant stuff ! That will fix your boxes.
Changed loads of immersion heaters. Are usually OK cold but once start to warm up the insulation starts to break down internally and trips out. Bottom element can take a while to drain specially if a lot of limescale in the bottom of the tank. .
After years of cable tying stuff to roof rack I eventually got rhino pipe and ladder hooks,highly recommend👍🏻
Great video, we only just met Laura, now there is Sarah, you will have to get her on camera, before you replace her 😂. I totally agree with sticking the back box's in, dry lining adhesive is very good too, can be a little messy, but sets well. Anyone who says they will come loose, obviously doesn't know what they are doing. Keep up the good work, stay safe.
Are you actually going to do these daily I hope so that will be so cool
We've just started using one called Freedcamp for our engineering divisions. Whilst its had a bit of a learning curve it has been pretty useful if the info has been input onto the system correctly.
Hey Tom, great vid. Also, whats with the white marc/lump below your right eye?
Stay safe.
Check this 35mm downlights don’t have transformers mate because the fitting will fit but you won’t be able to fit the drivers in after plaster boarding
Have you tried ServiceM8 for your booking system? Works for us
Google calendar works great. Set time, day and location. You can even set different colors for different types of jobs or workers.
Hi Tom, try using GSM Task for booking on your jobs. My company use it to assign work to everyone. You can upload job details, client info, addresses and the client even gets a text message when you are on route to the address with an eta. Might be worth a try. Harry
4:31 .. that cut clip had me in stitches for a good hour
True though :-)
Thomas hope you are well you have very good videos. One suggestion why not use ladder clamps instead of cable ties for securing your ladder?
I keep forgetting to buy them... They are in my basket on Ebay now.
Tried the foam filler to secure my boxes and they are solid, thanks for the tip! What company do you use for the chip and pin?
Try a sum up machine , very easy to pair up to your mobile , no monthly fees , only 1.69% charge , you buy the terminal , choice of 3 different ones , not dear , I use mine loads , every customer carrier a card , no reason not to pay , money paid in the bank between 1/3 days normally
Hope you manage to keep your business afloat during this crazy period. I know many self-employed trades guys are in real trouble. All the best.
Try google calendar for bookings. You can add address and it will sync to all devices right away. You can add notes if you ever get called back
Edit, get a microsoft365 account and you get loads of apps that you can use. At work we use teams all the time and microsoft planner. 1Tb of onedrive storage and loads of other apps
Tom how you doing with the whole situation will you and your tam be going into lock down or will you still bee working doing emergency call outs. if you are indeed going into lock down will you get help from the government to subsidise employee wages ?
where your cables run through the timber 3 x 2 a bit too close for comfort and hole diameter seems to be close to same size as timber! and when plasterers screw board up they will more than likely screw your cables??
would it have not been easier to channel above the timber
your opinions?
That's exactly what I want to know. Here in the States we'd use nail plates. That's a whole mess of nail plates.
Hi Tom, I use field motion for my jobs. They are put on at a PC in the office and how urgent can be set and this comes on to my tablet. Also you can have forms designed. I hope this might be useful
Hey Tom....why can't you use anchors to mount those metal boxes?
Keep safe Thomas.
Are plumbers allowed to disconnect and reconnect electrical feed(s) to the tank/heater? Living in Canada, my first call would be a plumber /hvac'er to fix the heating not an electrician. I do HVAC and work on 600v 3 phase and below all the time as it pertains to the HVAC equipment.
Take care out there Thomas.
Hi Thomas,
In regards to the job booking system problem. Have you tried JobWatch it’s by a company called BigChange.
I am am mobile tower crane engineer and our office uses this system which works well, I would highly recommend.
Use salesforce . You can record customer data , it has a job portal it can generate quotes etc , its amazing. You will have to develop it but its worth it.
Service Fusion man. Integrates with quick books and is designed for service companies. It also allows you to run payments on the job site.
Has to be a sum up machine for me Tom , no monthly rental , you buy the terminal (cheap) , and only 1.69% charge paid quickly into bank , keep tools safe , they make you money , us self employed guys have no clue what we are gonna do , I finish Friday as most of my suppliers are already closed , plenty to do at home , stay safe !!!!😷😷😷😷 cheers
To clarify the governments terminology.
"Self-isolating" = I am staying at home because I, or someone I live with, has symptoms
"Shielding" = I am staying at home because I, or someone I live with, is in one of the very high risk groups
"Social-distancing" = I am staying at home because I do not want to catch or spread anything and it's the right thing to do (i.e everyone not in the other two groups)
You are not isolating if you don't have symptoms, or have not had contact with someone that does. You are just social distancing. People please stop confusing the terminology, you can still go to the shops for food when social distancing, those who are isolating must not go out at all for any reason. Confusing the terminology leads to people who are potentially infectious going out when they really shouldn't.
More specifically for tradesmen these definitions become more important.
You may perform urgent/essential work for those who are "social distancing".
You may only perform work that is immediately life-threatening for those isolating, or shielding, with specific precautions as provided by your trade body. This is because you, or they will be particularly at risk.
You may work according to the above if you are social distancing.
You MUST NOT WORK if you are self-isolating, as you will spread disease.
You should be self isolating if you have, or a family member has, symptoms. You must do this for 7 days, or until symptoms subside, if you live alone. For 14 days for everyone in the household of someone showing symptoms. If a member of the household gets symptoms towards the end of that 14 day period they should isolate for at least 7 days or until symptoms subside.
I'd be applying sanitizer to the keypad of your chip and pin unit, too. Good way to spread germs between people is money and keypads.
"Immershion heater" @11:13
You wouldn't mind but every phone has some way of spell checking.
Oh, wait a minute, Romanian phones may not spell check in English.
What camera are you using to film?
One of the worst things about being self employed is working by yourself all the time, especially doing rewires etc.
What’s the radio? In the van? I can see a mic hanging down.
After hearing about the troubles with a booking system. Have you tried workforce. This works great with our guys
Day 1? I've been self isolated for almost a month now. It's getting old.
Is expanding foam safe in contact with PVC cable? Heard PVC must be separated from polystyrene, wonder if the same applies to foam?
Technically yes.. it does share a similar chemical to polystyrene, or exactly the same. Even some of the intumescent (fireproof) foam on offer isnt compatible with pvc cabling which is quite unknown to most people
What type/model is your two way radio in your van? Is that new?
they are 4g radios. They are linked to both the handheld radios. they use the 4g network so dont have a range.
Think two way radio but without the range issues
Hi Tom what wire stripper do you use as standard?
1:44 - That cable running over the top of that copper pipe towards the top left is really making my skin crawl!
In all seriousness though, stay safe, and hope all goes well with the business.
Touch and go at the moment; i'll keep you posted in a few days ;-)
Love your vids keep it up!!
Must be the extra H in "Immershion Heater" that's making it trip.
Maybe 007 installed it?
I'm watching this video whilst stranded abroad.
Zip ties to hold the ladders on.....I thought you were past that Tom
I know! Why no straps. madness
Ladder Clamps?
How do you get on driving and parking in London, it's probably as challenging as the work itself?
Google calendar is great for booking, share with all ppl and syncs very nice and quick...
They just click on the location and the GPS already give directions.... No need for any ££ fancy systems I guess.
Also does have notes, where I usually post some info on materials, requirements etc for the boys..
Have you had hassle from builders to get you to work where they are ignoring guidelines and working on residential extensions/ loft conversions?
Question- the two "builders" you spoke to. Were they builders and if so, was it their building site? Just curious after your video consists mostly of warning against five finger discounts
Try team up calendar for booking jobs in mate. Highly recommended 👍🏻
Do you not come under the builders senerio which at the moment is allowed?
I saw one of those benders on sale in London recently 🤔. Wonder if it was the same one .
I wanted to get a second hand one and i was scouring ebay and gumtree and sods law i couldn't find one, so i had to get a new one.
@@thomasnagy to be fair it was in bad condition and £200
@@thomasnagy yours looks nice and clean compared to this one
Great that you have a chip and pin terminal, just remember the unit you have cost the supplier less than £300, most suppliers have a nasty habit charging you more than the cost of the thing each year in rental. Learned this from a mate that sells them.
Just signed up to Tradify Tom after seeing Nick Bundy and Dan of DSS use it. Looks good. The day after I signed up Boris dropped the bombshell 🙈
My concern taking on where somebody left it, would be that you become responsible for all of it when completed.