Recent content by Auctorel

You are right. He came today and rubbed it down. When I paint it he says he's going to come back and snag it for me. I was going to argue with him but my wife wanted the easy life and for the sake of arguing over 150 quid it wasn't worth it. However he won't be getting the work to build a...

So he's gone now, he says he's coming back in the morning to give the filler time overnight to dry and set. Plan being to rub it all down tomorrow. Still haven't paid him any of the outstanding money. To be fair, it's an improvement on what it was. I've gone down the walls with a...

Well he can have a go... if it's still no good when he's finished then I just won't pay him. So technical question, should filler be used like this on areas this size? How durable will it be?

So he turned up and has admitted he hasn't done a very good job but he wanted a chance to put it right. He's using this stuff And this is the work so far. He's now gone out for 40 minutes whilst that sets to run an errand. I've asked him about the durability of this type of filler and...

I've already started confronting him. He's coming round today so I can discuss the job with him. I just wanted to work out if I was being unreasonable with my expectations before he came.

Thanks Steve. I'd value other people's opinions as well but also would anyone ask him to fix it or get someone else?

Thought some photos might help. I'm not sure if it fully shows up. But I think you can clearly see the bends in the wall. The lump isn't so easy to see. It's on the wall with the sanding, between the sanding and the left edge, the sanding is a raised section from the corner. Also...

I've had some building work done. A fairly straightforward job, basically a supporting wall knocked down and an RSJ fitted. Then the RSJ and the supporting bits of wall have been plastered. The wall was knocked down on the Wednesday and then as far as I can tell the supporting walls have had...