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Taylors Boatyard Threaten To Flood Couple
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| Plates being tacked on before the MIG welder was deployed. Picture by Canal Angels |
It's 4am on the morning JP Marine at Taylors Boatyard have threatened to flood the dry dock and asked the customer to leave in a boat that's full of holes- holes that JP Marine have put in their boat. They have advised us they are in a hotel in Chester (The Coach House next to the town hall which is superb).
After Inspection Consultants Ltd (their independent surveyor) re-visited the site yesterday and confirmed "this was the worst welding they has ever seen", the unhappy customer went to their lawyer and served written notice on the boatyard that should they flood the dock that it would constitute criminal damage. They also informed the police of the situation and lodged a complaint with Trading Standards.
According to Incon, it will cost between £6,000 and £7,000 to rectify the damage JP Marine at Taylors Boatyard had caused, which was roughly what our unhappy customer had already paid them. All the welding needs grinding out and starting again- this time with a competent welder. When unhappy customer asked Incon if they could commission them to oversee the project if JP Marine rectified the problem, they advised "there's simply no point" if they did the same thing again with their own welder. Let's hope they now see sense and bring in qualified people to complete the job.
The customer states that he probably looks stupid, as in hindsight he really should have had independent surveyors from the outset. But when our unhappy customer proposed bringing in Incon for the survey at the start of the project, Yvette Askey reportedly assured them confidently that her husband Peter Askey was a qualified marine surveyor. We have not been able to verify this claim. "He has also been present each day throughout the re-plating process and personally overseen everything his welder John has done...even helped him cutting out the steel and lifting it into place. So who's the stupid one, do you think?" said the couple.
Our Unhappy customer advises us they're now preparing themselves for a proposed flooding at midday today.
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