I am a fool

[Paul Barker]

That one made me laugh most this morning.

Then there is falling through lofts. I came through once lowered myself the rest of the way down into the bedroom walked back through the lounge to get back up into the loft. "Sorry, I'll have to get your bedroom ceiling redecorated".

Had one of these "assistants" once. I saw him upstaris in a house we had some biggish bits of floor up, sawing through a piece of wood with it held on the joist. I was about to say, thinking the saw might plunge through the ceiling, "I wouldn't do that Steve", but then I realised he was standing on the ceiling one foot either side of the joist he was using as a saw horse.

 

[doitall]

Apprentice I had spent all morning drilling a hole for an overflow pipe, tank was at high level in the bedroom.

Drilled about 6 holes through the back wall, Into the neighbours

I called at this house to install a flue liner, all scaffolded, the foreman shows me where everything is, and I do the job and goes home.

Office phones and wants to know where I got too Turns out its the wrong house and the one I want is a few hundred yards up the road

 

[BoxBasher]

My old stop tap key used to fit perfectly on the body of mains stopcocks. Was great for screwing down, but when opening up used to screw the guts out...

 

[ollski]

Wasn't me but a friend of mine was doing a lazy check on a gas fire. Put the smoke bomb on the shelf on the flue outlet of the fire and went outside to check the chimney. Saw a wisp of smoke but not too much so went back in after a few minutes to check. The room was full of smoke not only from the smoke bomb where it had rolled out but also from the rug it had landed on and set fire to.

 

[holty]

hope this topic never ends. good to know even us pros get it wrong DRASTICALLY now and again

 

[dan the man]

awsome thread !

just handed my notice in at work..gona go it alone..oh the joys