Garages

Slowly getting there

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And I have had the response from the MD - any reason not to post it here?

10:1 it says "very sorry you have found our service less than 100% satisfactory, we aim to delight and do not take any responsibility for this unfortunate understanding, please accept our apologies for any inconvenience and a credit note for £50"

or similar.

I'm hoping it's a better response.

The above was pretty much what I got when I had a similar situation with something constructed not as agreed, but no written agreement to fall back on.

I ended up getting £250 knocked off a bill of a few £k and having to accept the not as intended work. It still annoys me now, but everyone else says it looks fine.

Their offer is "you didn't get what you ordered but frankly we don't care, full payment please".

I'd like them to knock 20% off, so the next episode is going to be that discussion.

That’s really frustrating, and have had a couple moments like that during my project. Sickening, especially when hard earned money is heading out the door. If it’s any consolation at all it’s looking really good! And you’ve at least in a good negotiating position with them if you’re sitting with a chunk of the invoice still to pay

I'm going to rent a garage 5 mins from my house, it's one of those ex council garages so no electricity etc. Anyone running a leisure battery + light setup and can recommend something?

@Dammit sorry just realised Ive hijacked your personal thread..!

Not at all - go ahead, it’s an interesting subject/something I’d like to hear more about.

My current idea is to invest in a portable power station, then I can run led lights with it and the added benefit of being able to use other appliances/tools. For my usage I can't see having to charge it that often.

I've looked into it a bit as I'm in a similar scenario, council garage/lockup with no power or water.

The thing with the portable power stations other than the £500 price, it seems that once you calculate mAH, you actually don't get many minutes of power tool time before it needs charging. Unless I'm doing my calcs wrong and someone wants to correct me. So it probably makes more sense (although I think it's more money) to invest in battery powered tools rather than corded, and individually battery powered LED lights.

If you've already got the corded tools, it's not ideal.

I'd be with you on this one, battery powered tools are the way to go and if you have the opportunity to add some PV for charging maybe that would be a great way to go!

Surprisingly happy with the condition, a few things in there but offered 3 weeks refund for removing them myself... Plenty of room for bikes and tools, think I agree on battery power for now.

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i can imagine someone getting tortured in there...

Yes, the owner of the bike failing to get the approval of the bdhu lfgss police.

The hole in the chair... Haha

Due to lots of handwork from my girlfriend the garages are looking less like a pound shop spray-booth/murder location.

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Sadly the dick-head managing agent has spotted my extension cable and demanded that it be removed. Looks like project Solar Garage is back on the cards.

I got the big power bank out of the van and plugged it in, just running the inverter is a 7w draw, running the door maxes out at 75w, and takes around 15 seconds.

Which means I'd need a panel that can cope with that draw through winter, plus some headroom for door use.

I've got a 20W panel that I was going to use to keep the car battery topped up, but I think that's going to be hopelessly outgunned in this scenario.

https://www.sunstore.co.uk/product/200w-12v-1-2kwh-professional-off-grid-solar-kit/

I'm looking at this:

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victron stuff is well thought of among boating people who use solar. can't make out the brand of battery. i recently bought two Yuasa leisure batteries which seemed good vfm.

where's that selection from?

Company called Photonic Universe.

Testing.

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