my pet hate on jobs

[buzzlightyear]

my pet hate pulling floor boards up ,tell client dont go near those floor boards cause you might fall down them ,so next minute customer just about fell in , mrs customer please stick to one room only . trying to pull cables through ,with out dragging them has well .
and now you have pet in the mix has well ,ok where is the cat .
FFS the cat down the hole has well ,I start telling the customer try a get the cat out of the hole before I drill the floor boards down ,and why your at it looking for your cat under there ,you may has well stay down there has well.

 

[Squid]

Still a pain to find though if no cables showing... @telectrix good idea!

Not if you let it hang out,

 

[Squid]

try and stick one of those in house ,it would be like crime area.

You need more affluent customers that have the space to fit the barriers.......

 

[John Preston]

Not if you let it hang out,

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They still tuck them in to make it easier to plaster... don't get me wrong I like plasterers

 

[Squid]

They still tuck them in to make it easier to plaster... don't get me wrong I like plasterers

Spreads you mean........

 

[John Preston]

Spreads you mean........

Actually no I meant "make a mess"

 

[FatAlan]

My pet hate as a customer is the trades person who's a miserable sod that always tuts, moans and complains a lot, have we ever met Buzz?

My plumber is like that. You’d think he’d never fitted a tap in a tight spot before. Still some of the crap us customers want fitting these days!

 

[sparkdog]

Customers on the phone for ages just when you need to speak to them.

 

[Squid]

Customers on the phone for ages just when you need to speak to them.

I always tell the person I'll call them back as for 1 thats rude and 2 you are costing me money..........

 

[Toneyz]

Should have scrunched up some newspaper and placed it in the back boxes, school boy error.

yoozy boxes. then you can 2nd fix old, used sockets temp.

Should not have to.

 

[telectrix]

i use the yoozy boxes when ever it's required to have working sockets before plasterer gets in. usually in kitchens where freezers etc. need supply without trailing extension leads all over the house for the cat to trip over.

 

[DefyG]

Not if you let it hang out,

??? Let what hang out ???

Oh the newspaper!

 

[Toneyz]

i use the yoozy boxes when ever it's required to have working sockets before plasterer gets in. usually in kitchens where freezers etc. need supply without trailing extension leads all over the house for the cat to trip over.

I can see the idea there, I was more referring to putting something in the boxes any good plasterer (and yes there are a few) cleans out the boxes if needed. I was always taught to coil cables up into the box.

 

[telectrix]

once had a total rewire. customer ran a bit short of cash, so was left with kitchen completed but rest of house left as 1st fix for 6 months.called back then to complete. upstairs rfc good. downstairs rfc ...no end-end all 3. checked every socket connections, all good. then vagualy remembered fitting socket box on a certain wall in lounge. all plastered and papered. bosch metal detector finds back box. careful cut ot reveals box with 2 T/E tucked inside.

 

[Toneyz]

once had a total rewire. customer ran a bit short of cash, so was left with kitchen completed but rest of house left as 1st fix for 6 months.called back then to complete. upstairs rfc good. downstairs rfc ...no end-end all 3. checked every socket connections, all good. then vagualy remembered fitting socket box on a certain wall in lounge. all plastered and papered. bosch metal detector finds back box. careful cut ot reveals box with 2 T/E tucked inside.

Hence the testing prior to energising had the same the other day with a buried box (on a radial) old metal detector out didn't make a fuss over it as all the other boxes were cleaned out.

 

[gutterball]

Left 2 boxes for shaver socket and heated mirror in bathroom. Returned to find tiler had tiled over them, and had pushed the 2 pipes for the shower into the wall and tiled over them as well.