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Post by boilerdoktor on Apr 30, 2018 20:51:32 GMT
I'll piss this one, 1992 I was working for servowarm, I'm in this house full of fish tanks with reptiles in << shiver>>> anyrode i went into the kitchen and saw the boiler, its an Elite 50, the front bottom pulls out to reveil the screw for the front panel and inside the bottom of the boiler outer panel is a fuckin' big boa constictor, I shouted " Fuckin' Hell' the bloke instantly knew why, the snake likes it in there cos its warm, He came in the kitchen smiling and said, It won't harm you, you've probly frightened it, he put it round his neck and took it out, I said " there's no more in here is there ? ,,No mate, he said, all the dangerous ones are in locked fish tanks, I was fuckin glad to get out of there I'll tell ya, You win ! Hey tom my father in law worked for servo warm, Norman from stockton heath , Warrington. Proper old school plumber time served, he’s 75 years young now. Did you ever come across him runs in the family my grandad was head plumber at Eccles council when he returned from the war
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Post by tomplum on Apr 30, 2018 21:00:31 GMT
I don't remember a Norman, The branch i worked at was in Warrington, well cultheth actually 1990 to 1993 when they got in trouble, they were charging too much, too many over heads and they wanted ruthless engineers, I don't do ruthless so I was given an early send off, Servowarm had many innovated ideas, I believe they invented the very first fanned flued boiler, the serento, A pig of a boiler to service but good for its age,
I had some good times there and learned a lot from Servowarm,
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Post by boilerdoktor on May 1, 2018 19:25:11 GMT
Norman enjoyed his time there, but says the pressures of fitting so many installs a month and targets became mad.
Did someone buy up servo eventually or did they fall by the wayside. They were huge in their day , even before their time in many ways
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Post by tomplum on May 1, 2018 20:03:44 GMT
I believe its now homeserve, i don'y know that for a fact, I just remember someone saying,
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Post by boilerdoktor on May 1, 2018 20:30:23 GMT
Interesting tom, thanks pal
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