Messiest trade - who do you think?

[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 Silicon.

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

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 Silicon 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.

 

[mike1979]

Just last week I grouted up a floor and the walls blocked the entrance of it said on the big sign no entry until this sign is removed anyway half hour later the plumber was in there screws, drills, boxes everywhere drilling and fitting a shower door anyway I kicked off as I'm like like and told him how would he like me to s&@t on a toilet as he was plumbing it up

 

[Time's Ran Out]

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

There is a reason!

 

[afright]

Whats the reason then John? i can understand that its left were they put skirting but bathrooms hate it when they leave gapeing holes round floor line.

 

[widler]

Whats the reason then John? i can understand that its left were they put skirting but bathrooms hate it when they leave gapeing holes round floor line.

Damp

 

[afright]

What even in upstairs bathroom, yes ok I accept the reason being damp onto a solid floor but not if its wooden as some plasterers still dont go down to the floor maybe its just habit but it does bug me