non stop double glazing

[plasticpigeon]

I keep getting double glazing salesmen ringing my doorbell. This practice should not be legal. How do I get them to stop?

 

[JohnB]

Get rid of the doorbell? :lol:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Shoot a couple a leave their corpses on posts either side of the door.

 

[JohnB]

Put up an advertising board for a fictitious double glazing installer, and leave a few ladders, old windows and bits and pieces lying around in the front garden.

 

[philpjuk100]

I know a chap who works nights,he was woken mid morning by a double glazing salesman,he opened the door to the salesman,explained he was a night worker and asked for the chaps card so he could phone him when awake.He phoned the salesman at 2.30 in the morning who even at that hour launched into his sales pitch!

 

[tobydog]

You could always invite them in, sit them down with a nice cup of tea and a kitkat and educate them on the merits of lime over cement. That's normally guaranteed to put most non-PPUK'ers to sleep pretty quickly whereupon you can remove them and dump them in a taxi to somewhere a long way away .

 

[LadyArowana]

Offer them some copies of Watchtower magazine and ask if they would like to hear all about your faith?

 

[JohnB]

Give them a lecture on the evils of uPVC, and all the things dioxins and all the other stuff in it do to you. You might turn them into oak window makers, so Biff isn't so overworked!

 

[Flyfisher]

Nice thought, but I reckon FWs suggestion is more likely to actually work.

 

[wobs]

I usually ask them if they do real windows as well as pretend ones.

 

[JohnB]

Nice thought, but I reckon FWs suggestion is more likely to actually work.

As far as I know, the law regards double glazing salesmen as human beings. I can't imagine any of them being able to knock on the door of your cell though!

 

[Moo]

We used to tell them that our house was a listed building in a conservation area (which was true) and that invariably stopped them in their tracks.
We are now neither listed nor in a conservation area, bit I intend to lie through my teeth...

 

[tobydog]

Two nights ago I got a phone call from an 'energy' company trying to offer me grants / free cavity wall insulation and loft insulation. I promptly said that he should not be calling because we had Preference Calling (or whatever it is) and that our house is 400 years old, listed, timber framed and thatched. He wouldn't shut up so I told him I was hanging up, which I did. Would you believe that the guy actually had the cheek to call back and pick up on where I abruptly ended the conversation?. "So you say your house is.........". I promptly hung up again and heard no more. Looking back I had to laugh in admiration.

 

[middi]

Just tell the DG caller that you only rent the place and give them the phone No of the owner

( make sure you have a few phone No easily accessible, for PPI, life insurance, more DG, raffle lucky winner, etc...with a bit of luck they should be able to keep themselves chatiing for a lifetime )

Middi

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Just tell the DG caller that you only rent the place and give them the phone No of the owner

( make sure you have a few phone No easily accessible, for PPI, life insurance, more DG, raffle lucky winner, etc...with a bit of luck they should be able to keep themselves chatiing for a lifetime )

Middi

I like Middi's idea the best. 8) it is a pity though that shooting them is frowned upon.

 

[biffvernon]

Two nights ago I got a phone call from an 'energy' company trying to offer me grants / free cavity wall insulation and loft insulation.

This may stem from the fact that the big six energy suppliers are obliged to spend money on improving the thermal performance of the nation's housing stock and have to do it by giving grants to people in certain categories of need. If they don't do this within a certain time they will be fined. They have to give the money away. They are having difficulty giving the money away fast enough, hence the telephone calls to try to find eligible households.

If you want to find out if you can get this free money start at http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/Energyandwatersaving/Energygrants/DG_10018661

 

[tobydog]

Biff - thanks. I've looked at this before and still don't qualify unfortunately. Not only do I not fit the criteria as a individual, our house doesn't either.

I would be interested to know though if anyone has found a way around these.

 

[MdB]

The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), is the government's recommended system for measuring the energy rating of residential properties. To be eligible for Warm Front your home must have a SAP rating of 63 or below. Please note the minimum SAP rating qualifying component does not apply to mobile homes.

I worked out what the rating of our house was before we started the building work. It came out with a figure of 3 :shock:
After all the work, we should come out with a figure of 73 (or better) which is just a little be of an improvement - and our fuel bills are showing the effects already.