Are builders a less evolved sub-species ?
08 March 2013, 11:20 PM
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As for all your hard man talk I hope karma does its thing
09 March 2013, 09:08 AM
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What the **** do you know about it. Im a joiner for a well established construction and ive worked on hundreds of sites and let me tell you its not the lads on site that are responsible for all the cockups its the pen pushing clowns that sit behind desks that havent got a ****ing practical bone in their body that cause most of it.
09 March 2013, 09:30 AM
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there is probably a sarky reply regarding that comment
along the lines of
"well i havn't noticed a building collapse in London but seem to recall a Banking one"
but I suspect builders are too thick to make it
(that looks like a double alienation post)
along the lines of
"well i havn't noticed a building collapse in London but seem to recall a Banking one"
but I suspect builders are too thick to make it
(that looks like a double alienation post)
09 March 2013, 10:38 AM
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09 March 2013, 06:05 PM
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This thread has just reminded me of how much it is a nightmare to get any house renovation work done by any of the trades.
Used to be a doddle when my Dad was alive as he was a builder and knew the right guys and could put them in their place, but these days I'm on my own. Up until this point I've done most stuff DIY, but now I have too much stuff on I've conceeded to get some of the trades in.
I know one rule; if you want the job done right, DO NOT tell them how to do their job. But steer conversation and planning in such a manner that they come up with a brilliant idea which if guided right will be what you actually want in the first place!
I spent an hour with a plumber last night doing just that! (unvented cylinder, mains 25mm feed, and 2 heating zones)
Add a few "innits", swear words, be a bit matey and make a cuppa for them, and with any luck the job will be half OK.
Used to be a doddle when my Dad was alive as he was a builder and knew the right guys and could put them in their place, but these days I'm on my own. Up until this point I've done most stuff DIY, but now I have too much stuff on I've conceeded to get some of the trades in.
I know one rule; if you want the job done right, DO NOT tell them how to do their job. But steer conversation and planning in such a manner that they come up with a brilliant idea which if guided right will be what you actually want in the first place!
I spent an hour with a plumber last night doing just that! (unvented cylinder, mains 25mm feed, and 2 heating zones)
Add a few "innits", swear words, be a bit matey and make a cuppa for them, and with any luck the job will be half OK.
09 March 2013, 07:36 PM
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I remember being in the building,once a brickie on a building site near Daventry came up to me and asked if i got a sister,i replied yes why you asking,he said do you have a rummage in her draws and sniff her knickers,i just laughed and said get the **** out of my sight.
Got out of it because got sick of rushed jobs to get it done on time.
People like my dads dad were proper master builders,long gone these days..
Got out of it because got sick of rushed jobs to get it done on time.
People like my dads dad were proper master builders,long gone these days..
09 March 2013, 07:51 PM
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I remember being in the building,once a brickie on a building site near Daventry came up to me and asked if i got a sister,i replied yes why you asking,he said do you have a rummage in her draws and sniff her knickers,i just laughed and said get the **** out of my sight.
Got out of it because got sick of rushed jobs to get it done on time.
People like my dads dad were proper master builders,long gone these days..
Got out of it because got sick of rushed jobs to get it done on time.
People like my dads dad were proper master builders,long gone these days..
The only builder I would use is one of the lads I know locally or Alan Bell off here.
09 March 2013, 08:03 PM
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I remember being in the building,once a brickie on a building site near Daventry came up to me and asked if i got a sister,i replied yes why you asking,he said do you have a rummage in her draws and sniff her knickers,i just laughed and said get the **** out of my sight.
Got out of it because got sick of rushed jobs to get it done on time.
People like my dads dad were proper master builders,long gone these days..
Got out of it because got sick of rushed jobs to get it done on time.
People like my dads dad were proper master builders,long gone these days..
Any pics of your sister
09 March 2013, 08:11 PM
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Surprised you didn't lamp him one! In fairness as has already been said not all builders are arseholes just some. As you say the true master builders have gone but the same is true in all walks of life.
The only builder I would use is one of the lads I know locally or Alan Bell off here.
The only builder I would use is one of the lads I know locally or Alan Bell off here.
A couple of my mates were working in Cambridge earning a grand a week back in 1998...
09 March 2013, 08:31 PM
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Surprised you didn't lamp him one! In fairness as has already been said not all builders are arseholes just some. As you say the true master builders have gone but the same is true in all walks of life.
The only builder I would use is one of the lads I know locally or Alan Bell off here.
The only builder I would use is one of the lads I know locally or Alan Bell off here.
He can be our resident master builder
Nice chap too.
09 March 2013, 09:55 PM
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Todays example of impressive scumminess (Not builders this time) was in Failsworth going to my Grandparents, a young lad talking on his phone with a Staff in tow, said hound stops and parks its (substantial) breakfasts, owner notices its crime and carries on his phonecall, completely ignoring the huge turd his pet had left, right in front of someones door, the houeses were 2 up 2 down and the front door opens right onto the pavement, right onto Tysons breakfast.
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