Messiest trade - who do you think?

[John Benton]

Not sure whose worse after todays debacle again. Following on from my visit yesterday to my finished tiling to find plumbers drilling tiles etc. I turned up today to fit the door and found more mess as the sparks were in. 7 holes drilled in the ceiling for spotlights and fan, no dustsheets, plaster dust everywhere, all over shower tray again and walking all over it. I had to walk away. Not only is it disrespectful to my work, but also to the customer who has spent thousands doing the bathroom.

When I spoke to plumbers yesterday they told me they just use their finger to silicon, no need to use tape, finger is good enough. I'll let you decide if it's good enough. And pictures of the mess left.

My previously white silicon, done on Friday


Plumbers excellent finish between tray and screen done yesterday


Clearly their level is as good as the finger they use for silicon



Dust layer left on floor when swept hand across it




Mess left on floor, new door threshold bar and plaster dust on landing carpet


Dust left like this on all sanitary ware

 

[White Room]

Bad silicone and plaster dust are a no no, it just beggers belief at times....

 

[Chalker]

Elaectritians are the worst I find. Mess everywhere.
I always tell them straight. Cover things up as there are NO marks on anything and if there are it will be them paying. Also say do you mind if I stand on your shiny van bonnet with my dirty boots?

 

[peterwhayward]

Definitely plumbers, I have two son in laws that are plumbers/gasfitters and whenever I am working with them I feel like screaming. With tools and bits of pipe, soggy dirty bits of rag lids off flux..............I never let them drill holes in my tiles, I will do it and they can watch if they like. I'm like a mother hen round them , clearing up their mess. To cap it all they think that I do the "glory" job and they do all the hard work that no one sees. Yeh right.

 

[White Room]

Elaectritians are the worst I find. Mess everywhere.
I always tell them straight. Cover things up as there are NO marks on anything and if there are it will be them paying. Also say do you mind if I stand on your shiny van bonnet with my dirty boots?

Now that would be a sight:lol:

 

[CJ]

Plumbers must go to "Mank College" as yet to meet a clean/tidy working plumber.

If I know a plumber is going in after me........I tell THEM to do the siliconing.

Sorry plumbers.......your all manky gits.

 

[On one]

You make a mess you clean it up....simple.

 

[area tiling]

Sparks are the worst in my opinion , haven't came across a tidy one yet, not only that but they must be the most arrogant trade about!!

 

[On one]

Dust sheets a vacuum cleaner and good manners are everyday tools of the trade where I 'm concerned

 

[TJ Smiler]

Sparky's are a nightmare, they never ever ever clean up. If they are still on-site when i'm there i'll sweep all there stuff into my dustpan and empty it into their toolbox, always causes a row but feels sooooooo good.

 

[White Room]

Sparky's are a nightmare, they never ever ever clean up. If they are still on-site when i'm there i'll sweep all there stuff into my dustpan and empty it into their toolbox, always causes a row but feels sooooooo good.

Thats cool:lol:

 

[Peter]

Sparks are the worst in my opinion , haven't came across a tidy one yet, not only that but they must be the most arrogant trade about!!

Definately, although last week I had a dead on spark. Grinding tracks with bosch dust extractor, kangoed out the track and brushed everything up and took his mess away. Left the place spotless. Couldn't believe it.

 

[TJ Smiler]

Definately, although last week I had a dead on spark. Grinding tracks with bosch dust extractor, kangoed out the track and brushed everything up and took his mess away. Left the place spotless. Couldn't believe it.

Probably an ex-tiler mate :lol:

 

[John Benton]

Definately, although last week I had a dead on spark. Grinding tracks with bosch dust extractor, kangoed out the track and brushed everything up and took his mess away. Left the place spotless. Couldn't believe it.

Must have been a tiler in a past life :smilewinkgrin:

 

[wayne]

I was just finishing a toilet block the other week when the sparky turned up. I was just giving it a final wash when I heard a mango start up. He needed to put his electric tray through 2 walls in toilets above finished tile height so decided to Kango through breeze block wall. The plasterboard was dot and dabbed onto breeze block and I had tiled it. He couldn't understand why I was unhappy about all the rubble all over fresh grout let alone what damage he was doing with the Kango. A quiet word was needed, followed by a very noisy one

 

[Chalker]

Two local tilers are the dirtiest known to man. If I fit a bathroom they have tiled I have to spend ages cleaning the bath and shower from the lumps of addy. Then use a scraper and coarse emulsifying pad to remove grout residue from tiles before I can silicone.

all their clothiers are waterproof as they are completely covered in various colours of silicone.

So its not just plumbers!:sofahide:

 

[lizzardtong]

its all about person not a trade. if they dont see anything wrong with the mess imagine mess in their house. simple as that. clean workplace its safe workplace, its like littering on the streets.

 

[One Day]

Definately, although last week I had a dead on spark. Grinding tracks with bosch dust extractor, kangoed out the track and brushed everything up and took his mess away. Left the place spotless. Couldn't believe it.

He must have just come off an 8 week course?

 

[One Day]

A simple lesson works well and is never forgotten - clean up their mess for them and tip it into their lunch box / back pack or on the windscreen of their van.

I've done it before and found they clean up after themselves in future.

 

[area tiling]

Definately, although last week I had a dead on spark. Grinding tracks with bosch dust extractor, kangoed out the track and brushed everything up and took his mess away. Left the place spotless. Couldn't believe it.

You sure you weren't dreaming Peter!!

 

[Andy Allen]

can we add plasterers to the list....the ones that don't know how to scrape the dropped plaster off the floor im about to tile.....lazy gits..

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Mr Benton is correct - it's all about respect!
Although we all have a job to do, if we all think about the next trade in it would be a much better working environment.....
..... and pigs may fly!

The worst case I had were painters rubbing down plaster and emulsion spray on recently laid and polished Terracotta - ingrained and ruined!
I always offer my dustpan and brush when Electricians are about to leave - they get the message.

 

[widler]

The slate floor i just tiled/sealed/grouted/sealed
1-owner of house walked all over a hour after sealing, ruined
2-day after kitchen fitters went in and fit kitchen, cut everything over floor , no sheets, ruined even more.
3- tile shop sent wrong grout, i grouted unbeknown, needs all cutting out, regrouting, then seal somehow removed and re-sealed.
Oh and the amount of scratches on tiles from said kitchen fitters, all in all a darn good week twas week before last

 

[afright]

Yep Sparks do take so beating ,smalls cuts of cable laying in the joints before you have grouted,light fitting empty boxes and other packing swept to the corner of the room,I tend to wait until everything is fitted before I do any silicone to avoid staining.Also had a painter wanted to paint above a geometric floor that I had laid,told him he will have to wait as I did not use rapid,turned up next morning the floor was a mess he had put a dust sheet over the floor and as he work along he drag the dust sheet across the floor moving all the small squares and triangles,spent about 3 hours redoing them.

 

[afright]

can we add plasterers to the list....the ones that don't know how to scrape the dropped plaster off the floor im about to tile.....lazy gits..

And my pet hate is where they dont plaster right down the the floor.