Messiest trade - who do you think?

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..
 
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.
 
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 🙂
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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