customers!!!!!

[LM Ceramics]

pathetic i would have lost my rag too aswell i think £120 is a cheap day rate for london area and they may struggle to get anyone cheaper you should have said "ill speak to the organ grinder not her monkey"
well done you stuck to your guns

 

[wivers]

I'd have peed in his x-box smashed up his snoop doggy don't cd's!!!!!

 

[Fred]

She's only gone and booked me....!!!! one up on the 15 year old son, and he has to get rid of the emulsion paint.......it was either me on day rate or him.....she chose him..........LOL

 

[faithhealer]

She's only gone and booked me....!!!! one up on the 15 year old son, and he has to get rid of the emulsion paint.......it was either me on day rate or him.....she chose him..........LOL

Nice one fred

 

[CJ]

:hurray:

 

[cornish_crofter]

So young little upstart has to work hard and get rid of the paint before you arrive!

Love it!

I would have been more than happy to do this for my parents when they were for ever hiring builders. I was never asked to.

 

[Colour Republic]

I would have been more than happy to do this for my parents when they were for ever hiring builders. I was never asked to.

I once watched my father knocking a small dent out the front wing of his car, the phone rang which he went to answer, I thought i'd carry on and have the job done for him by the time he got back, being the helpful son that I am, i picked up the hammer and smashed the S*** out of the wing. Job done, or so I thought! I was only 4 at the time in my defence

 

[cornish_crofter]

He had plenty more dents to knock out - more quality time with his son!:lol::lol::lol:

I never forget a couple of hippies who came to look at a car my dad was selling. I told them it was a rotten starter, Honesty is priceless at that age. They walked away, funy that!

 

[david campbell]

She's only gone and booked me....!!!! one up on the 15 year old son, and he has to get rid of the emulsion paint.......it was either me on day rate or him.....she chose him..........LOL

that'll teach the little upstart to stick his oar in where it aint wanted!

make the little sod's life unbearable while you are there,make out he's 1/2 done what he's supposed to and he'll think twice about opening his over-active liitle gob,when he's no pocket money this week:lol::lol::lol:!!!!!!

 

[Colour Republic]

He had plenty more dents to knock out - more quality time with his son!:lol::lol::lol:

It was beyond repair after I had finished with it! He had to change the complete wing and then he knocked a few dents in me. He's never let it go, every few years he'll say "Do remember what you did to my Rover?" to which my reply is always the same "no, why don't you remind me" followed by me ducking to save myself a clipped ear. I can set my watch by it!

 

[Daveyboy]

Well done Fred for getting the work but £120 a day is way too cheap for quality tradesmen in London. No doubt she quickly found that out when she tried to get someone else to do it - you should be earning £200 minimum through the books.

 

[CBTC]

Fred - good luck with the work, I think the 120 is too low for future reference - and yes they will have found that out with their other enquiries.
"£120 costs per day in parking for parts of London" - yes - it's going that way!!

 

[Fred]

I started this job today. Took me 4 hours to sand off the emulson, wipe off the dirt and seal with acrylic paste. Off home for a shower & lunch, then back to mark out both rooms.

Heres the problem. One room is fine for ending cuts by a door if the original tiler made errors setting out as the tiles are large.

The second room is a pain. 300 x 180 slips, which I must say are lovely coloured. BUT, the tiler worked off the shower tray and the lines don't meet up on the two unfinished walls which I'm doing, out by 5-7mm. So, do I cut that into the shortest wall, which happens to be the wall you see as you enter the room, or the wall opposite but is longer as the other wall when entering has work surfaces, hope that makes sense!

Or do I 'bend' the tiles to match, BUT I have a window to deal with...........I'm confused now.......doh.............help.

Oh, and the 15 year old son asked why I was using mason nails to prop up the tiles and not a batten....................I hate Japanese students......lol

 

[CBTC]

Go on Fred - tell us the end of the story - did the tiles meet up, is the kid buried under the floorboards, did they pay ok?

 

[mikethetile]

i would love to know too

so come on fred

was it the start of a beautiful relationship and you have now adopted the little blghter