correct woody.
Once the skirting is off the wall its not a problem... the are easy to remove.
Its getting them off the wall in the first place.
Is this a normal method if fixing skirting with these???
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correct woody.
Once the skirting is off the wall its not a problem... the are easy to remove.
Its getting them off the wall in the first place.
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Lazy bodge.
Why is it a "bodge"?
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Every bent/hidden nail is a boobytrap waiting from the next poor sod who wants to nail/screw/saw/file/sand into the thing that's full of nails. In this case it may be wall behind a skirting board, but you never know what work may be done in the future. If you have the perfect opportunity to remove nails, you should always do so. Leave the material as virgin as you can for the next guy (which may be you). It's just good practice.
Be kind. Rewind.
Yes. The mentality of "out of sight, out of mind", and "do the minimum necessary to get the job done today; don't worry about the future" is common among jobbing builders, rather than craftsmen.A bent nail behind skirting board is a booby trap?
Then he has even less excuse to cut corners! He has the time, and the personal investment in the fabric of the property.
Try reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. You might be surprised.
Diy'er or not I agree with gerry on this one.
Ive lost count of the number of times ive had to invest lots of extra time and effort to sort out some else's 'shortcut' before I can get on with a job proper.
I appreciate tradesmen have to get stuff done fast. But that sometimes means the next person working on or in that area has an unexpected amout of extra work. (I guess folk are of the opinion once they complete a job and leave the site, the jobs a good 'un)
Anyway ive always tried to make my jobs as future proof as possible.
If anyone can tell me one "future" problem that bending a 1/8 clasp nail over, behind a bit of skirting, then I'd love to hear it and will include it in my memoirs.
An actual problem though, not some obscure 'might-do' with lottery winning odds.
An actual problem though, not some obscure 'might-do' with lottery winning odds.
Off the top of my head, someone wants to saw a hole through the wall for a waste pipe, or cut an aperture for a new door, or chase a cable.
I don't understand your resistance to the idea. You already have the claw hammer in your hand, how hard is it to lever rather than hammer?
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