I have suffered problems with my central heating system for many years and tried most of the…read moreplumbers in Kidderminster in an attempt to get it working. Result - same problems with heating and hot water, less money in bank account. With the weather dropping colder and my wife giving me grief, I called Central Heating Services for a quote. The guy came around on a Saturday morning and looked around for 2 hours. I was then told that some of the pipework was wrong, the system needed flushing and a new boiler fitting. He then told me how much the work would cost! (I think he guessed that I considered it expensive as I stood there open mouthed) He did assure me that the system would work fine and my gas bill reduce if he did the required work. I agreed we settled on a date when he would do the work. To his credit he did turn up when he said he would and after 3 days of taking up the floor, drilling and banging it was done - and it worked!!!!! Central Heating Services are not the cheapest plumbers I've found by any means. I paid out £3200 to other plumbers over a period of 2.5 years without any results - lesson learned, should have called them first. The new boiler etc was fitted over 4 months ago now and I've just had the bill for the quarter. My gas costs have reduced by 21% since it was fitted so they did what they promised I guess. By no means the cheapest plumbers around, but the best I've found and worth every penny. I would recommend them.

There's nothing that bothers me more in life than a vacuum cleaner that doesn't work properly…read more There's also nothing that bothers me more than paying ridiculous amounts of money for a Dyson. So what's to do? Well, I discovered, head to Midland Vac. Amongst many other domestic and industrial floor-cleaning related services, they recommission Dysons that are brought to them for repair, and then sell them on for approximately half the price that a brand new one would cost. Which, for me and my dilemma, is genius. I get a Dyson in good working order and don't have to break the bank for the privilege. The staff all seem to know their stuff and can talk to you about guarantees and warranties and random vacuum cleaner parts, should you feel so inclined. I didn't - I just wanted to get the bad boy back home and try it out. Which I did, and it works perfectly. I am now feeling quite smug, courtesy of Midland Vac. Obviously, I could actually give them 5 stars, considering the fact that all I had was great customer service in buying a great product at a great price. However, I feel a bit of a geek for giving my only 5 star review to vacuum cleaner specialists. It hasn't actually changed my life. But it's certainly made it a little cleaner.

Like so many of the outlets on the Strichley High Street you look at this one and think: "How does…read morehe survive?". Afterall, we live in a culture that throws away anything that doesn't work, and even more so with household appliances that are (usually) so cheap to replace. Repairing things seems to belong to a bygone age. Then, of course, your hoover breaks and you're glad the place exists. What happened in our case was that a friend told us they needed a hoover and, amazingly, that very same day we saw that someone further down our street had left a hoover out with a sign saying "Free to a good home". We picked it up and gave it to our friend and, of course, it didn't work. A quick and cheap visit to this place later and our friend had a fully functioning hoover. So, I can recommend this place!

Baxi boiler stopped working. Waited on a local plumber but he let me down & couldn't diagnose the…read moreproblem. Looked up plumbers who are Baxi specialists & contacted this chap via an email enquiry. He quickly called me & we spoke about the problem. Arranged a call out to my house for Monday. By then I'd had no hot water or heating for 6 days. He arrived promptly & identified the issue quickly & within a few minutes problem solved. No hassle, no jargon - straightforward workman who knows his stuff. Thank you so very much. No hesitation to use this firm again & recommend to others.

Dampco executed and project managed an extensive refurbishment of previously unused space in our…read morebasement. The Project Manager was outstanding, managing appropriately our requirements and the range of crafts (i.e. tanking, plumbing, electricals, decorating, etc.) required to complete the job. We were particularly impressed with the candor/clarity from the project manager for a job we were not familiar with and the quality of the craftsfolk he brought to site. All subsequent documentation/guarantees were supplied immediately upon final payment ensuring that we had continuous insurance coverage. I would thoroughly recommend the Dampco team to anyone looking to professionally convert their basement.

DAMPCO undertook extensive work at my property on the recommendation of my builder. At first the…read morepipe taking water away from the property was sited so that it gushed out gallons of water several times an hour onto the pavement. It is a very busy street and I was legally liable for damage to persons or their property, eg. a woman passing by with a pram on her way to the school opposite the house. The builder finally got the owner of the company to come and view after missed appointments. He said the pipe should be re-routed and that was done. I paid the bill - around the £6,000 mark - immediately after completion of the job. However it then took 6 months for me to get a proper guarantee for the work. The reason this was important was that I had been told that the water pump needed servicing every 6 months and I wanted to ensure that I maintained the conditions of the guarantee. The builder thought that this was rather frequent so I made many phone calls and sent recorded delivery letter to ask about the need to service and the cost from DAMPCO. No reply ever. The company has refused to answer questions and has clearly not shown interest or consideration of customers or aftercare of their products. This is a company which, once it has your cash, you may as well forget about. Damp proofing is a long term and expensive piece of work to undertake so do not take any risks.

What a fantastic way to save a few pennies! Borshch, which is hard to spell but easy to remember,…read morereally took the expense and hassle out of buying appliances for us. Borshch is a family run discount appliance store open to the general public. From fridges to freezers, AGAs to tumble dryers, any and all appliances a family could want are found here. There are two types of item to be found at Borshch -- discount items, which have minor dents, scratches or small beauty damage; and new items. The new items are priced competitively, but not vastly lower than Comet or Curry's. The discount items, with minor surface damage, are heavily discounted, at 20% to 50% less than you'd find anywhere else. The warehouse is located in a slightly dodgy, very run down part of industrial Birmingham near Digbeth. The shop itself, however, is very neat and nothing out of order. The sales people are all very friendly, and know their appliances. Borshch also deliver within a 20-mile radius, for a flat fee. We took our fridge/freezer home ourselves, and the man very graciously helped us load it in the car. They have a very large selection of items, including American tumble dryers and top-loading washing machines (Maytag! OMG!).

This is a brilliant place, especially for the present Credit Crunch times. They sell a vast range…read moreof electrical white goods like washing machines, fridges, cookers, etc. The catch is that each one is slightly imperfect, but they sell them at greatly discounted rates, and some of the problems are very minor - for example, you might get a minor dent on the side of a washing machine or something like that. It hardly matters if you're going to have it built in, and you can save a lot of money. It's well worth a look if an appliance has broken down and you're a bit short, or even if you're a property developer or something like that.

Earlier this week my low wattage night light stopped working. I looked first on the internet and…read morefound that a similar light was only available in sets of two and would cost about eleven pounds. It seemed wrong to just throw the old one away and i didn't need two lights anyway so I decided to pop into Warmeads, whom I have always found helpful, and see if they could sort the problem for me. Straight away the young man on the sales counter examined the light, got out a screwdriver, tested first the fuse then the bulb. It was the bulb. He got me a new bulb screwed it all back together and there it was: good as new in five minutes. The cost? Only £2.26p. I do not know the young mans' name but I know that he could not have been more helpful so, Thank you, Warmeads.

I am glad that I am not the owner of this store - you are wasting your money buddy. My wife and I…read morearrived at 5pm Thursday 6 September 2018 looking for wall lights. We were not greeted by any of the 3 women supposedly serving. 1 stood behind the counter (leaning), 1 in front and 1 sitting. Not a word to us. They were busy talking with each other. We spent 10 minutes looking around, looked at them - did they look back? No. Found a lamp we liked (we would have bought 4 - not a word or look from the staff). Owner you can see them busy at "work" in my picture attached. If you have a job like this for me where I can talk with my friends all day and get paid please let me know! Needless to say we left without a purchase