DISASTER - Hit a water pipe & gas pipe with nails

[abskiing]

Also, look at a floor to see if it has been lifted before any cuts across the boards, screws fitted where nails used to be, new fittings/radiators/towel rails.
The tell tale sign are there for you to read. I once lifted a section of floor and found the client had cut grooves in the underside of the floorboards to allow for radiator pipes, had I screwed into it even 10mm would have pierced a pipe.


abskiing

 

[GazTech]

I think it's very considerate , creating work for other trades.....lol

 

[tysfoot]

How much does liability insurance csot, how many jobs does it cover or how long does it cover and for how much

 

[CLAYS TILES]

sorry pal but i agree with dh on this thread!
good luck in future m8

 

[GazTech]

How much does liability insurance csot, how many jobs does it cover or how long does it cover and for how much

Before I packed up ,mine was £80 for 12 months,the cover was up to 3/4 million....the rest of the guys will quote you todays prices....frankly..if they hear of your disaster today...they will probably double it ...lol

 

[tysfoot]

what companies do you recommend

 

[GazTech]

Most insurance companies and brokers will handle it...Gaz
http://www.tilersforums.com/view_insurance.htmhttp://www.tilersforums.com/redirector.php?url=http://www.liabilityquotes.co.uk/

 

[tysfoot]

ok, well its worth doing asfer this disaster, cant wait till im done, not happy about tiling round the sink and toilet but its a 1 job and ill be done tomoorow
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in future the customer can lay the floor take the tiles off and disconnect everything that needs to be, im a tiler therfore iam

 

[Grace'sDad]

I got public liability with Zurich for £90 - 2 million cover and allows any other work (except gas & electric) "associated" with the main job of tiling - so basic plumbing / joinery etc.
Don't feel so bad - on my second paid job I drilled right into a mains cable - OUCH!!!

 

[newpark7]

We all have bad days mate - Saturday was mine wasn't happy with 2 tiles laid the day before so decided to remove them and put more adhesive behind to pack them out level as the walls were all over the place. The tiles pulled the plasterboard off behind and I was left with a hole 600 x 450 and bare breeze blocks not what you want at 4 oclock on a friday afternoon.

Ended up cutting out replacing plasterboard (plumb and flat this time) and re-tiling the next day so just to say it happens to us all.

Mark

 

[woodie]

shouldn't use tacks or nails putting ply down on a wooden floor always use screws else there's a probability of the ply coming away from the floor. Mike

 

[Fekin]

Just a reminder... screws, :lol:

That was probably one of the very few things that we were taught correctly on our course, to screw down ply and not nail.
We did actually nail ours down on the course for time saving, but it was stressed screwing had to de done and no glue of any kind or nailing would last.

 

[CJ]

There's me thinking I have had a bad day today.................."I Kicked my coffee over........a whole cup, never got a sip out of it"..........was I pee-ed off

 

[TheWrightTiler]

bad day

had the same thing mate so dont panic as happens to the best of us

knocked my coffee over on a cream carpet, stood on her bloody dogs tail pissed myself there likes, took tiles off only for half the wall to come down, not impressed, told her wall was ******** and would need skimmed she wasnt impressed lol as pissed myself there 2

as they say mate **** happens and we live and learn from it, now i just ply with screws, dont remove tiles, and let them get someone else in if not happy lol

andy

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[Dan]

How much does liability insurance csot, how many jobs does it cover or how long does it cover and for how much

£50 ish. http://www.tilersforums.com/view_insurance.htm