Beware ,just found this

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

­Worker is fully responsible for the quality of his work - timesofmalta.com just found this OK it's not in the UK but it make you think interesting reading i think our law is diffrent in so much as the architect /main contractor is responsible for the design of the system ie expansion joints ,

 

[Minesacarling]

Is this not why you should always get a signed instruction from , say the builders to wave responsibility from yourself, When doing something you feel isn't correct. Wether that be using incorrect materials or something as small as tiling something that differs to the drawing. Even just to guarantee payment or to help if there was ever any legal issues

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Is this not why you should always get a signed instruction from , say the builders to wave responsibility from yourself, When doing something you feel isn't correct. Wether that be using incorrect materials or something as small as tiling something that differs to the drawing. Even just to guarantee payment or to help if there was ever any legal issues

I don't think a written wave ,will stand -up in a UK court,as if you know doing something is wrong you should not do it under any circumstance 's ,you must walk away under your care of duty .... think!

 

[nybor62]

wrong is wrong , simples

 

[Gazzer]

21 years to sort out ???

 

[Ajax123]

*Worker is fully responsible for the quality of his work - timesofmalta.com just found this OK it's not in the UK but it make you think interesting reading i think our law is diffrent in so much as the architect /main contractor is responsible for the design of the system ie expansion joints ,

The law is exactly th same in the UK in the respect that if you take on a contract to tile you are responsible for the fulfilment of that contract. If you do not have the necessary expertise to carry out the contract in a manner which leaves it fit for purpose and of the nature and quality to be reasonably expected by the customer then you should not in law accept that contract. If you do have the expertise required and you do not carry out the contract properly then you are negligent.

The only time you will not be directly liable is if you are an employee although in that instance you could well be disciplined or even dismissed and in which case your employer would normally hold the contract so would be liable.

there are hundreds and thousands of contracts unlawfully taken on by tradespeople in the UK which are actually. The issue of course is that often they are working for folks who either know less about the trade or less about the law. It is a shame but that is democracy at work I suppose.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

21 years to sort out ???

yes it seemed to have taken that long for the legal system over there to have dealt with it ,lol

 

[Ajax123]

By the way you cannot simply waver your responsibilities with a simple "I told you so" piece of paper. Legal waivers of responsibility can be written but they are much more complicated than you might think. I have done a couple in my time and they have to go in front of legal bods and the last one I did ran to 15 pages and it was about a contractor who insisted he took a concrete mix which was potentially not suitable for his application.

He saw the waiver and decided to take the more suitable mix. To be fair if he had gone his way it would probably have been ok and would have saved him tens of thousands of pounds on the project in question. I was in the unusually fortunate position that I was the only supplier that could get to the site or he would undoubtedly have done the deal with someone else. I have not dealt with him since......

 

[Ajax123]

yes it seemed to have taken that long for the legal system over there to have dealt with it ,lol

Malta is a bit slow ... Siesta time at two o clock

 

[Andy Allen]

aint surprised they fell off if he used glue.......they never heard of adhesive..lol

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

so if i was to tile a pool then a few tiles come off, would i then be liable for having the whole pool stripped and re-tiled ?? ajax

 

[White Room]

Tile on tile then......