Messiest trade - who do you think?

[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

 

[Peter]

Brushed this out of a bathroom today. Spark and plumber.

 

[Mr Tiler]

The two sites ive been working on lately i have all trades around me sparks plumbers chippies with no issues everybody seems to know what a dust pan and brush is and if there is an issue left from another trade just tell the labourers lol

 

[widler]

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

I suppose its just something thats just been done.
We did it in the 80s , especially with limemotar or browning/bonding it would suck any water right up the wall if we plastered down to the floor

 

[White Room]

As above, it was standard procedure...

 

[radim]

A good tradesman always clean up after himself.

 

[Spud]

I an be a messy lad when working but always try and tidy my work area at every break time I put my boxes and adhesive bags straight in a rubble sack but never bin my cuts as I always expect I will use them somewhere so I keep the wastage to a minimum but I would say tilers are up there with the messiest trades

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Sparkies without a doubt!!!, I still keep my hand in at plastering and once a sparky said, "bloody hell, you make a mess" so I showed him my floor scraper and asked if he knew what it was, he said "yes" so then I showed him my sweeping brush and said "...but you'll have no bleeping idea what this is will ya!"

 

[Ajax123]

Spreads ... Not a shadow of a doubt

 

[widler]

Spreads ... Not a shadow of a doubt

I used to hate cleaning up when I was a apprentice , none of this caber boards ,Nicely screwed down and using a floor scraper,it was bloody floorboards,curled from damp ,nail heads everywhere( not screws like now) and a bent shovel to scrape,took ages to get the drops up,and browning was the worst,it stuck everywhere ,and mixing 30/40 bags a day you can imagine how much mess there was

 

[White Room]

Dry wall adhesive is the worst....

 

[Mr Tiler]

Dry wall adhesive is the worst....

I was in a house with that stuff being spread all over the walls today, really gets up ya nose horrible smell

 

[White Room]

I was in a house with that stuff being spread all over the walls today, really gets up ya nose horrible smell

Was they dot and dabbing plasterboard, no reason to spread it all over the walls@Mr tea bag

 

[Mr Tiler]

Was they dot and dabbing plasterboard, no reason to spread it all over the walls@Mr tea bag

yeh mate dabbing it, just said spread all over cuz every wall I looked at there was big dabs of the stuff lol

 

[White Room]

Some of the adhesives do have a slight odour....

 

[Mr Tiler]

Yeh like the smell of floor addy love the smell of primer its like buble gum lol

 

[White Room]

Yeh like the smell of floor addy love the smell of primer its like buble gum lol

You ain't going all weird on us Ash:lol:

 

[Mr Tiler]

lol nah got me head down atm learning the trade propperly

 

[Doozy]

In order;

1 - Sparks, or as they are affectionately known, the men without brushes. Never seen a dust pan and couldn't find a bin bag if their lives depended on it.

2 - Plumbers, or as they are affectionately known, the men without brains. Gas safe, check. All the gear, check. Nice van, check. Common-sense, what?

3 - Plasterers, or as they are affectionately known, the men without dust sheets. Nuff said