Hey
I asked a friend of a friend to do some work on some sash windows in the kitchen.
The first nightmare was coming home last night after work and fine white powder (from sanding and painting) coating the kitchen and hallway. It was in all the drawers and all that. I spent 3 hours decontaminating the whole things and threw loads food and the toaster away.
But today I had a look at the windows. I don't know what the hell he did. I just asked him to make sure the window opened because it was sticking and he 'painted' it as a favour.
He filled with polyfila all the decorative woodwork on the 100 year old window and well put filler everywher in a big mess (then i guess he sanded it all to hell) and then painted it; he also put paint on the wood kitchen units, table, chairs, boiler, fridge. The windows are now totally stuck and wont budge, but thats the least of it.
I don't know what to do with the sash windows. The wooden mouldings, some parts are filled, some not, it looks absolutely ****. I think the whole thing needs to be stripped back to the wood and the mouldings replaced, you can't get the polyfila out of them can you.
Any advice is useful.
I paid him 500 quid the day before - he also did some other work in the flat which was alright. But I paid him before because I felt intimidated, and I wanted to trust him.
Jesus. Last year I had some electrician look at a blown CB and he cut through all the rings in the circuit before realising it was the washing machine.
I paid him 90 quid as well - I felt guilty that he and his mate had spent all day on it.
Last week I painted one of the rooms myself - it looks perfect. When I do it everything is ok, it's tiring, but it looks alright. When I pay someone else it's a disaster.
I feel like an idiot. I don't know what to do about the sash windows.
What am I supposed to do - never hire anyone else ? I can't do everythign myself. Maybe I am just a soft touch, a bloody idiot who never learns anything. Time to shoot myself.
I asked a friend of a friend to do some work on some sash windows in the kitchen.
The first nightmare was coming home last night after work and fine white powder (from sanding and painting) coating the kitchen and hallway. It was in all the drawers and all that. I spent 3 hours decontaminating the whole things and threw loads food and the toaster away.
But today I had a look at the windows. I don't know what the hell he did. I just asked him to make sure the window opened because it was sticking and he 'painted' it as a favour.
He filled with polyfila all the decorative woodwork on the 100 year old window and well put filler everywher in a big mess (then i guess he sanded it all to hell) and then painted it; he also put paint on the wood kitchen units, table, chairs, boiler, fridge. The windows are now totally stuck and wont budge, but thats the least of it.
I don't know what to do with the sash windows. The wooden mouldings, some parts are filled, some not, it looks absolutely ****. I think the whole thing needs to be stripped back to the wood and the mouldings replaced, you can't get the polyfila out of them can you.
Any advice is useful.
I paid him 500 quid the day before - he also did some other work in the flat which was alright. But I paid him before because I felt intimidated, and I wanted to trust him.
Jesus. Last year I had some electrician look at a blown CB and he cut through all the rings in the circuit before realising it was the washing machine.
I paid him 90 quid as well - I felt guilty that he and his mate had spent all day on it.
Last week I painted one of the rooms myself - it looks perfect. When I do it everything is ok, it's tiring, but it looks alright. When I pay someone else it's a disaster.
I feel like an idiot. I don't know what to do about the sash windows.
What am I supposed to do - never hire anyone else ? I can't do everythign myself. Maybe I am just a soft touch, a bloody idiot who never learns anything. Time to shoot myself.
