Getting "the professionals" in to do a job!

Whats the biggest fuck up a builder, plumber, electrician, gardener etc etc has done that you've had to put up with , put right yourself or get another professional in to sort it out.

The bloke that put my kitchen in has hidden all the friggin sockets for the cooker behind the units, nailed the units into the wall l so they're not accessible, Put the draws in upside down, fucked up the tiling to hell and back, put socket in dangerous places I could go on forever.     

Most builders I've encountered want the money, but dont want the job, and haven't 2 brains cells to rub together to think maybe, just maybe, there be be the need for maintenance at a later date      

Nothing happened to me but I remember when my school was going through massive refurbishment- building new science and art blocks and a new canteen.

They built everything and it all looked fantastic however realised you could only fit a small amount of people in the canteen.

Turns out they'd missed '0' off the measurements and built it half the size it was meant to be!! Can't believe the retards only noticed once they'd built the entire thing!!

builders are usually the worst, i'ev just had some work dona and got me old man to supervise the crew so they did a good job.

Knew a bloke who trained to be a plumber and kept setting fire to things, fuck knows how

Doh!!!

I've done my plumber training and that's one the first things they teach you not to do.

thats why then, by the time you've learned the rest, you've forgotten the first bit

Interesting way of looking at it
I'd have thought that having a client to go back to would be a good incentive to do a good job.

you'd think so wouldn't ya, he had to field his calls in the end he was that bad

The liitle old lady across from me had the builders in to do some crazy paving in a area 10 by 10. The bastards charged her £600!!!

It's attitude when it comes down to it.  People are generally lazy and just want money for nothing.  If some people have enough new customers they can happily get away with it.  Now if there was more competition it may force some of these people out of business.

I have always thought that there should be some sort of forum or place people can go to find services/workmen where they have been reviewed by previous customers etc.  I personally haven't had any bad experiences with them (yet) but have had many with dodgy car mechanics/garages.

I once got a plumber in who wanted about £80 to fit a washing machine that he pointed out had the points ready and just need a hole for the waste pipe.  By being vocal about what needed doing he effectively told me so I did it myself and have done a couple more times after house moves

Depends when the unit of measurement is there.  If you talking kilometers thats a bargin

Try 10 foot by 10 foot. I hate seeing old people ripped off by builders.

I think it was Jack Dee who made a joke about builder being thick once.  He said they only have clear lunch boxes so when they are driving they can check whether they are going home or to work

that is a fuckin discgrace

If a jobs worth doing, do it yourself!

John - check out http://www.trustatrader.com/

Don't believe it. I'm sure there are soe good ones in there, but everyone makes mistakes and people get pissed off with job if it aint as easy as they thought.... and there lies the problem. You'd be surprised at what people think they can get away with.

so do you all hate all builders then or just knuckle dragging ones

He just has a phobia about builders arse cleavage

got an escort to service the missus. made a right pigs ear of it

When we moved to this place, we had a new shower put in. No problem with the actual shower but the stupid wanker who put it in didn't upgrade the electric wire from a 6 to a 10, or something like that. Anyway, I could smell burning when I was showering. I thought it was part of the shower having to 'break it self in' Luckily it just blew the fuse and not the actual shower and me with it Thankfully got it sorted

as long as its only the knuckle draggers, some of us do have pride in our work

the thing with some (well a lot) of builders is that because so many of them are undercutting each other. they tend to put in really low prices and know that they will have to do the job quickly to make their money. the only problem is only about 10% of the builders can do a job both quickly an well

Agreed on that one.
Everyone in East London seems to be a dodgy builder.