Site Work

[The D]

I just done a privet job this weekend first one for quite a long time i've been turning them down but this was for a kitchen company that has just started up again after shutting down in the recession. Anyway i said i would do this one for them but it has been a bit of a pig especially when you are setup for site work. It was kitchen walls and floor wall tiles not the best. I had to remove and replace washing machine and dryer remove cut down and replace two doors remove cut down and replace plinths polish off and silicon up. Its nice to do now and again but i'm for the easy life now and for me that is site work with good walls and floors empty rooms and just getting on with tiling not all the other crap.

 

[Gazzer]

Hmmm well it looks as though I could be eating my words as the last 2 weeks havent been the best for me on site....The travelling is killing me, I spend 10 hours a week driving . The Site agent is worse than useless, told him about an issue in a house, he did nothing ! I told him about another issue in another and probably every house in the future , he said he would come and see.....never saw him all day. I waited 3 hours for tiles.
I was sent to another site to do a repair only for that site agent to turn up late then tell me I cant access house until 9am, i had agreed 8am with main tile contractor.
I was then told I couldnt do the as the client hadnt marked the tiles he wanted replaced ( I didnt work on this job by the way). I returned late in the week to do repair again and was told when I arrived it was cancelled.
The work given to me now is not as good as when I first started with the properties being much smaller but just as time consuming........I feel that me and the contractor need to come to some better agreement before too long or I will be going elsewhere.
Another issue was that I have been turning work down from people I used to work with because I thought this was better, time to think again !

 

[The D]

call him m8

 

[Gazzer]

I have been calling him but it hasnt changed. Although it is just this one site to be fair.

 

[Andy Allen]

Always found it difficult to mix site work with private work......seems to be one or the other unless your prepared to work silly hours........Personally I would hate to loose my contacts in the private sector by keeping my eggs in one basket.....did that in the late 80's early 90's.......and it cost me dearly..

 

[Gazzer]

Always found it difficult to mix site work with private work......seems to be one or the other unless your prepared to work silly hours........Personally I would hate to loose my contacts in the private sector by keeping my eggs in one basket.....did that in the late 80's early 90's.......and it cost me dearly..

As I am now finding out, I got this one wrong by the looks of it !

 

[bcd-87]

As a trainee u need site work!
It's something u must go thro to learn ur craft!
It forms the basis of our trade!
There u can make mistakes and it doesn't have the implications that a private job would have!
U need to be around other fixers to start with.
It's like being new in a job and having to make the tea for 6 months,
A necessary evil! 🙄

that's so true...

 

[afright]

Did plenty of site work in the 70s a lot for Wimpey's no health and safety then,but now days just do domestic and commercial do not hold a cscs card and more than likey never will at my time of life,but do miss site work a bit.

 

[White Room]

Did plenty of site work in the 70s a lot for Wimpey's no health and safety then,but now days just do domestic and commercial do not hold a cscs card and more than likey never will at my time of life,but do miss site work a bit.

I found they were the better at H&S even in the seventies....

 

[Andy Allen]

Did plenty of site work in the 70s a lot for Wimpey's no health and safety then,but now days just do domestic and commercial do not hold a cscs card and more than likey never will at my time of life,but do miss site work a bit.

Prefered McDonald's myself .....😉