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TL;DRA fire door is certified as a complete doorset: leaf, frame and ironmongery tested together. A rated leaf hung in an untested frame is not a fire door.FD30 holds fire and smoke back for 30 minutes, FD60 for 60. FD30 covers almost everything in an ordinary house.The gap around the leaf should never be more than 4mm, and as small as practicable at the floor. That one measurement fails more doors than any other fault.Glazing is allowed, but the glass, beads and seals have to be part of the same tested assembly. A glazed fire door is not an ordinary door with fire glass dropped into it.Short version: the leaf is the cheap part. What makes it a fire door is everything bolted to it, and that is the part most people buy last. A glazed leaf at the foot of a stair is exactly where a loft conve...

TL;DRA rescheduled trade job is almost never one job running late. It is one job running long and three bookings behind it movingTrade scheduling apps sell in Australia from $75 per user per month, with $350 charged once at setup, and the tier that tracks quotes against actual time costs $125Businesses have to keep most records for 5 years, and company and some employee records for 7, so the quote you were sent should still exist long after the jobThe clearest sign a trade business runs on software rather than memory is that you get told about the delay before you notice itShort version: you are not being deprioritised. You are third in a queue nobody has drawn.A job paused mid-run. Whatever comes next in the diary has already moved.Booked a plumber, an electrician or a builder in the last...

TL;DR The diagnostic visit is a flat fee, often around $89, and the better shops credit it back against the repair. Ask which it is before the van leaves the yard. The working rule most technicians use: if the quote comes to more than half the price of a comparable new machine, stop and replace. A fridge older than 15 years can cost about $95 a year just to run, and a certified replacement saves roughly $150 across its 12-year life, according to ENERGY STAR. A professional repair carries a written warranty. 90 days on parts and labour is the common floor, and a quote without one is not comparable to a quote with one. Short version: the callout fee is the number everyone asks about and the one that matters least. Age and running cost decide it. Most appliances giv...