So How Was Your Day?

[Italy]

today, continuous time. 6.30 / 17.30. break 30 minutes.
destroyed and tired

 

[Old Mod]

So the question is can you spot the mistake the electrician made?
As I was about to Lay the last small complete floor the other night I uncovered, from under all the debris, a severed UFH cable.
It had floated to the surface through the latex and was directly beneath where the steel fabricators were installing the balustrade.
So I maticulously uncovered more cable until such time that I had exposed a loop, this way both pieces could be brought together, excess removed as repair made, easy! ...........well, or is it I ask myself this evening.
I even left a small channel in the floor to insert the cable and a flap of anti crack membrane so it could all be put back together as it should be.
Having spoke to the agent today, he assured me everything was tickety boo!
Arrived earlier and after unloading and retrieving other kit from the lock up, I had a wander round to survey the bits and pieces that I needed to do this evening.
Which, incidentally, is supposed to be my last shift!!
Having got to the said floor last I was greeted with this, it's nothing unusual, used to it by now.






Because I had to fit some skirting around that side too, I had to clean up so I could remove the 6mm ply covering the floor, but the penny was about to drop!
As you can quite clearly see, the repair has been made.
And looks like a good job!
Look.......

But can anyone tell me,
Where on gods earth am I going to put the cable?
I have never before seen something so completely stupid!!
He didn't bother removing the excess, he just joined the two pieces together and left it!
And these guys laid it!
So there's no excuse, they know (apparently) how to install UFH!!
So it has to beg the question,
Why should I even bother!!
It took the best part of a week to get the repair kit in the first place!!

Just to add to that, when I uncovered everything to remove the ply, this presented itself.
All that crap was UNDER the Corex!


And the brown residue on the tiles and nosing?
Packing tape! You know the kind they use to pack boxes, that horrible plastic tape.


The tape itself came up clear!
And the adhesive remained in the tiles and nosings.
You can see the clear tape below.



So was it really worth it I ask myself, was it really worth spending so much time and energy to bring together 7 completely different pieces of tile to create this,



When you have completely incompetent electricians and people who instruct labourers how to cover a finished piece of work!
Rant over!

 

[Qwerty]

I feel for you mate I really do!

 

[John Benton]

Nothing surprises me these days Marc, just no consideration or appreciation of other trades

 

[WetSaw]

Never had you down as a whinger....

 

[WetSaw]

So the wife decided I'm going to have a BBQ for my birthday tomorrow and I have to have an Andysday today to go shopping with her, what's that all about.

 

[Old Mod]

I feel for you mate I really do!

Nothing surprises me these days Marc, just no consideration or appreciation of other trades

Cheers guys I'm ok haha I was just lost for words with the complete stupidity of the electrician leaving a 800mm loop in mid air!
I mean ..........Really? Hahaha

 

[Old Mod]

Never had you down as a whinger....

Every day's a school day Paul!

 

[Old Mod]

So the wife decided I'm going to have a BBQ for my birthday tomorrow and I have to have an Andysday today to go shopping with her, what's that all about.

Serves you right!
Karma's a *****!

 

[Old Mod]

Just as an update to my 'feel sorry for myself post'
Last night, the head sparks was on site today and I may have made a comment about the cable.
He came, he saw, he went!
And the electrician who repaired it has had to unrepair it, and will be repairing it properly tomorrow.
Feeling quite smug actually!
Yes yes, nothing new!
I did offer to take the sparky on my next project to give him some on the job training, that might have bordered on a comment too far! Haha