The War Against Entropy

[poliphilo]

It's been raining these past few days- sometimes heavily- but the gutters haven't overflowed and the water hasn't cascaded down the wall and  the kitchen hasn't flooded- all thanks to Carl. It's nice to win a skirmish in the war against entropy.

And then there's the step lift. It stopped working in March- when an engineer walked off with the circuit board, promising to be in touch. Ailz has been ringing the council regularly. Recently, as a last resort, she enlisted the help of a Lib Dem councillor and his wife who wants to be a Lib Dem councillor. They rootled and it turns out the Council paid  £2,000 for the job- after the lift company assured them the work had been completed. Since then there has been action. The engineer came yesterday with a new circuit board- which turned out to be faulty. I was going to end on a cynical note, but since I started this post the engineer has come again- with a third circuit board- and is down in the cellar now, hard at work...

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

It's just as well you complained! If they don't drop them entirely, I hope the council keep a very close eye on that company in future.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

The weather here has been nice for the last couple days, though it was rainy before that. I'm hoping the farmers get the rest of the crops harvested quickly; they're behind this year.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

No sign of winter...or even Autumn...here. One day of rain in two months does not an Autumn make. It's tragic. The world's climate is rather unfairly distributed.

I'm glad you've had no flooding!

I hope that step lift is finally put into working order for you.

[oakmouse]

Yay Carl!

Good luck on the lift. I hope that company gets their comeuppance.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

By the time I read this, your engineer will have come and gone. Here's hoping it's all fixed now - at last!
How about that company, asking payment for a job not finished -- and lying that it was!