I dont see any problem with that, or a plumber/chipy/builder/delivery driver doing tiling but there has to be something in place as an incentive to look into what your doing before hand. If I decided to do a bit of building and the roof caved in, I would expect to be in serious trouble but when an plasterer tiles a wetroom onto 6mm ply with tub from B&Q and the ceiling comes down thats fine and heis long gone and has been paid??
How does that make sense?
If the industry is licensed you would have to be a dummy to get an unregistered tiler or any other unregistered tradesman. The public have to take some responsibility if there is a choice of registered or unregistered.
You might want to go cheap but for goodness sakes get a cheap registered tradie.
Over here if your work has contibuted to a major problem and the jobs less than 10 years, you will be prosecuted. If you are registered then its really easy to track you down. Incentive to do the job properly?....maybe, better than no accountability.
If and when regulated trades are established the public must be informed of any changes in the building codes. We just had TV coverage of certain changes in our building code just last week. With the internet, its not difficult to educate yourself either.
Small claims court over here is not that expensive, I really think the real reason not to use the courts is they dont like confrontation and being uncomfortable with the whole thing, so they will just rather start again, doesn't make sense but some people just dont like stirring things up.
Anyway those are my thoughts for what theyr'e worth:incazzato:
