What do you do while waiting for workmen to arrive?

The short answer from me is - 'stress'!!!

However, as they have said they will call, cannot you take the dog out for a walk pretty locally, ensuring you have your phone with you.

Send them a message saying’will be out until 5pm’ then you can take the dog out and relax until they arrive.

I’m the same though, if they need to go through the house I have to clean first , but now you will have to clean everything they have touched when they have gone.

Open all of your windows and doors before they arrive.

We had a new cooker delivered yesterday and had originally been given a 4-hour time slot for between 7.06-11.06 (so precise!).

So, in case they arrived earlier, I got up at Ridiculous O'Clock and got myself ready, only to discover they'd texted me while I was in the shower quoting a new time of between 9.30-10.30, so I could have stayed in bed a bit longer!

They then texted again bringing the time forward and they arrived at about 8.30. Full marks to the company for all the updates. It makes such a difference when you have some idea of their arrival time.

Good luck kathsue, I hope you get your waterworks sorted quickly and easily!

Hope they actually arrive!

Thought about that Franbern but the last time when I was waiting for electricians I had dog on lead heading for front door when they suddenly appeared without notice.
I've just put lunch in the oven so that might bring them

Always frustrating, I don't know whether it's just me but it always seems to be towards the end of the time scale rather than at the beginning!
At least when British Gas fixed my boiler they split the day into two so could choose a morning appointment. They were very good at bringing to.
I think the issue they may have is they cant say for certain as may not be sure how long each job take.
Frustrating though. I'm waiting for pharmacy to deliver meds. I'm extremely grateful for service and nowhere else to be,but theres that element of keeping an ear open for door bell etc!

Ringing ?

It would never occur to me cleean for workmen coming in, unless there was a very good reason.

CH boilers were serviced on Monday, I moved the laundry basket and scales in the bathroom to give maximum access to the boiler, otherwise did nothing. As for the one in the garage, I did nothing.

I know the service man well, we get the same one every year. The company he works for are a local company with offices a couple of hundred yards away and, after 25 years, we are all on christian name terms.

Were doing the very same Katsue and i`m getting fed up as it`s lovely and sunny here in Staffordshire.
They didn`t turn up at all last week grrrrrrrr.
Hope they do turn up for you.

Have a canary fit as they never turn up on time or they don’t turn up all! I leave my DH to deal with anyone coming to the house before Covid of course.

I was right about making lunch....just as the oven beeped the phone rang "I'm outside your house, just ringing to check you're in". I felt like saying Of course I am I've been sitting here waiting for 5 bl**dy hours.

I just can't make any sense of it. If he'd rung before he'd left his last job he might have saved himself a journey or given me some notice.

Anyway, he was a very nice man with a mask on, took his shoes off in the house etc. Spent nearly an hour listening for leak. Decided it is under garage floor so he will be coming back when I've had time to move all the shelving units etc. (Job for DGS I think).

He's just left so it's time for walkies while the sun is out.

Wonder if I’ve got time to go to the toilet!

Faff!