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In another thread gasbanni said:
There was the plasterer/s who:
I have gone on, and I could go on and on, but I won't. I know that the vast majority of tradesmen are experienced and competent, but I seem to have the knack of picking those who are not. And some of these had been recommended by friends.
The end result is that if I can do a job myself, I will. Taking gasbanni's advice however, in future, I will stick to maths and not try to help others with their diy problems here.
and I replied:I do this for a living. I've told you how to do it, what do I base this on .....experience!
Sadly,much of that was bad. Now I have absolutely no doubt that gasbanni is an experienced and competent person because I have no evidence to the contrary. But let me list some of the experiences that I have had with 'experienced' tradesmen.Gasbanni, I have had very, very, great experience of 'experienced' tradesmen
There was the plasterer/s who:
And the same plasterer/s who:cut/or buried all of the wiring for an alarm system which had been pre-wired when our house was being built
And the painter who, instead of reporting the 'lump' to either the plasterers or site foreman:in skimming a wall, created an egg shaped mound a metre long and half a metre wide and about 35mm deep in the centre
And the site foreman who, in his inspection for snags:simply painted over it
and the plumber who:failed to see the mound in the middle of the wall
And the other plumber who:fitted a single 15mm pipe to feed 2 sinks, 2 showers and a toilet when the architects drawings clearly indicated the use of 25mm, 18mm and 15mm feeds
And the joiner who:stood on the plastic decorative corner pieces of our shower cabinet, broke of the lugs so stuck them is place with mastic without saying a word
And another joiner who:took 8 hours to fit 2 doors because he didn't have another job on that day!
And the dentist who:working on our extension, cut all of the door facing short and cut 'slices' to fill the gaps
And even the my bank's Financial Adviser who was demoted after:after I complained, was reprimanded by the BDA. As a result of that complaint, all fees paid by me over the 4 year period I'd been registered there, were refunded.
the bank had to pay me £600+ after he forgot to transfer an investment
I have gone on, and I could go on and on, but I won't. I know that the vast majority of tradesmen are experienced and competent, but I seem to have the knack of picking those who are not. And some of these had been recommended by friends.
The end result is that if I can do a job myself, I will. Taking gasbanni's advice however, in future, I will stick to maths and not try to help others with their diy problems here.
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