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 Silicon 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