Other Trades Persons

[Pete999]

Reading thread just now reminded me of a job I helped my Lad out on, we were wiring some down lighters, anyway we got to the jobsite ealy to make a start, about 09:30 this Muppet turned up, no introduction, nothing but "how much longer youse goin to be ere matey" all day we replied with that he upped and fox trot oscared, well the project manager ( he was a first class ********) gave us a right testicling "who were we to throw someone off site, too dumfounded to reply Prat. Which brings me to another episode with a tiler (wall tiler that is) we had our tools stored out of the way, and this pillock turns up sets his cutter out and immediately filled the tool bag up with ceramic tile dust ( another pillock) Has anyone else had any blatantly uncaring mishaps with other trades. I f it didn't mean my Lad would have gotten into trouble with the PM I would have hsd a go, but calm down Pete it ain't worth it, is it???:behead:

 

[uksparks]

trev, you are right, everyone is different and most are fine, but some do like to think they rule the place.

 

[davesparks]

Your not calling me a Electrical Trainee.

No I'm not, I was replying to Trev

 

[Knobhead]

And when you’re in charge of the job, how do you view the other trades then?

You may despise them, unfortunately you need them.

 

[SparkyJoe]

I tend to find its not the other trades who are the problem, but the people who draw up the plans and put sockets behind radiators etc, or set the trade times to clash so you're trying to plumb/wire/install a stair case at the same time and just getting in each others way all day.

 

[Lagentium]

It's the plasterers and dry liners that sometimes make my blood boil sometimes, last job we were on there were a few crossed words let's say! But it's not fair to tar them all with the same brush, the ones we had problems with were a gang of 3 subbies brought in to push the job along - they didn't. As for coordination, everyone needs to be working together and to the program of works, but that never happens does it!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

A plasterer seemed to follow me from job to job for weeks. He used to take some sort of pleasure in filling my boxes up with his filth, I pulled him about it and he said he'd stop but didn't.
I lost my rag one day, he'd left a wall ready for a final polish with all my boxes filled yet again so I raked my fingers all over his work looking for them. It looked like artex by the time I'd finished.
He went spare but learnt his lesson

we had some plasterers that kept trappin cables in the ceiling at this site...

eventually got hammer out and smacked through ceiling...

found my cables..

i just dont care...out comes the hammer...i dont care...

 

[PEG]

To be honest,most tradees are working lads and most issues can be sorted via banter,explanation or even a straightener...the dudes that DO infuriate are architects...not keen on being in the dirt,like the comfy gap a phone gives em',blind CAD faith,and,end any un-winnable argument with "conditions to be assessed on site..." i have reams of drawings that look great but could only be formed in a 4th dimension...

 

[CockneyReject]

Ducters are the worst, you can never reason with them, they always need finished first, everything has to move for them and they are always rough as a badgers

ALL trades have lads who give it a bad name I have to say though over the years I've not had that many run ins with other trades and the ones I have had were usually sorted with one big bust up and then it was back to banter and having a laugh


Also divvy site agents, project managers etc that never overlay drawings or co-ordinate work properly and cause no end of hassle for all of us

 

[Pete999]

One job I was on3 compartment trunking all around the office, "what height do you want it" I asked the project manager? floor level, OK bish bash bosh 34 lengths all fitted wired tested livened up, job done. Furniture arrived " Oh flip the desks have modesty screens from floor to desk top" Project Manager, er sparky can you move the trunking to Dado height? can I flip, Chippy sorted it with a jig saw