Should have stayed in bed!!
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essexandy
The Lake Governor
Surely your public liability will cover this, I mean you pay for it every year so use it.
stuart23
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Not that bad but it was the corner of the trowel that dug in then fell back so it has raised the surface, no chance of touching up. I'm blaming them disposable dust sheets that i've started using on kitchens, great for keeping dirt and spashes off the kitchen but offer no protection whatsoever.
stuart23
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Going to see what price fitters hit me with first, you just end up paying it back through raised premiums every year.
derbyskimmer
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This is something I dread doing. So if someone wants me to plaster over a new kitchen I explain the risks and say its not my problem if accidental damage occurs or they can get someone else to do it. It's not happened yet but if it does I suppose legally I'm liable. But I'd argue like **** that they should've had plastering done after rip out of kitchen. Covering other rooms is easier but kitchens is scary stuff as they are so expensive.
Jace
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had one like this a few weeks back they had a new kitchen fitted then decided to plaster the room, so i told them im not responsible blah blah blah, even got away with them sheeting up the kitchen haha mainly cos i said if i had to sheet it all out aswell im charging them extra for doin the job arse about face and makeing my job a ballache:RpS_biggrin:
NPS
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sooner use normal dust sheets and wipe up after than use those s**t ones and pay out for a new worktop and tiles :RpS_lol: let that be a lesson to you young jedi:RpS_wink:
stuart23
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Most of my work is for kitchen companys, we do 2 or 3 a week, some with the kitchen out but most with the kitchen in. Fitters always seem to be in a rush and if i'm booked in for say 12 to skim kitchen and i'm not there till ten or quarter past you can guarantee there will be a run of base units stuck in.
derbyskimmer
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I work for a few different fitters and they know never to put new kitchen in till we've been. They book is in we'll in advance. No way I'm turning up at 12 to a half fitted new kitchen just so the fitters can get on and earn there money. That's where the job becomes a ballache. But if I needed the work and it was good money I'd tolerate it.
bad luck stuart, but get quote in for repairs and get a claim in on your public liability soon as possible,keep customer informed all the way ,and reassure them that it will be sorted, at least they can tell anybody that okay it was a mistake but you got it sorted all good publicity, when claim is all done go up town on the saturday have a bar meal few pints of real ale,relax,wind down, forget about it ,put it behind you, start again on the monday in a positive not negative state of mind,but do not dwell on it these things happen but this is what we pay our public liability premiums for
bubbles65
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:RpS_scared: You do 2 or 3 a week, yet you don't have some pre-cut boards or foam to protect them????..............you've just lost my sympathy.
As we say up here - Ya great pudding.
NPS
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so you saying you cant start till after 12 because the boys want their units in and they sling all the cardboard in the skip torn into bits so you cant cover the worktops in it?
if i couldnt get to the job until they had put the tops on id tell them to make sure they either tape the cardboard over the tops or leave it in the house till you got there and if they dont then your not liable for any damage!!!!! oh ye and leave the doors off too
stuart23
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Never had a problem till now so obviously will need to look at better protection. Problems come when the tiles are taken off to get re tiled and half the wall comes with them. I then get a call and as i can't go straight away kitchen is installed as usual and i'm left with splashback area surrounded with new kitchen. Never ideal but it's work all the same.
Why on earth are these people having plastering done after thousands of pounds worth of kitchen is fitted. Why not get the re wire done after the plastering aswell just to really **** the job up. Complete and utter madness. It's no wonder the job is like it is. How come these dick heads get to run the job to suit them and we have to put up with the shite and struggle round their stuff. . . .??
stuart23
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Most kitchens tiles will pop off the wall and tiler will re tile without needing me. Went through a stage last year where i was getting all these jobs through to make good for tiler on first day of fit then getting a phonecall morning of fit to say not needed as walls were fine. Obviously put a stop to that so now just go when needed unless it's a complete reskim or ceiling when i'll be in first or second day. Problems arise when say a monday i have 2 kitchens to do for same company, i'll do one on monday and other on tuesday when fit is well under way. Also if the kitchen has been sold with no plastering needed the fitters will give customer my card when fitting kitchen and i will get phonecall when kitchen is fitted and new floor put down. As i said it's not ideal but its a good earner and the way things are just now i'm glad of it. Still pissed off about the worktop....
stuart23
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We done one a few years back that had tiles from floor to ceiling and new kitchen was fitted on top of the tiles. They then decided once the kitchen was in and new floor put down that they wanted the tiles removed all around the kitchen and splashback area and it all plastered. Think they paid over £6000 for the kitchen, took us days to do it.
nickelarse
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i used to do the odd bit for a kitchen company near me. proper bunch of plebs that couldnt organise a thing, but they had a posh van, a showroom and a bellend in a suit that went to site each day and chatted s**t and drunk tea with the customer. they used to do kitchens in the range of 20-60k. and on several occasions i went to do one and the kitchen had been fitted and it was bonding chases in between wall and base units and then it. and on occasion they had even been so kind as to fit the sockets. needless to say i dont work for them anymore. but it is just mental. some people have literally no brain. why they dont just say to the customer, after rip out it will take say a day to skim it, 3 days to dry, and a day to paint. so allow a week without a kitchen. set them up something temporary, then fit the kitchen to a new painted room. it is beyond me. and these braindead T***s earn fortunes!
They're not worth doing, you either end up trying to get your trowel between cupboards architraves or some other shite in the way, leaving a finish that isn't the best it could be if there was nothing in the way, and you earn say 300 quid and it costs you 1400 to sort out the damaged work top etc. If they can't organise the job right, shouldn't be doing it. Simple as . . . .
Nisus
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Why don't you get a quote from a worktop repair company.
It will work out a lot cheaper.
They will do the repair & you won't see where the damage is they use the correct wax,resin lacquers etc.
Would be done in minutes & save ripping tiles off & taking worktops out.
Or as a last resort if the damage is near the hob or the oven why not try these self adhesive rods for hot pans etc to cover the damage :RpS_wink:
My mate did this after he damaged a worktop with an angle grinder, don't ask lol :RpS_biggrin:
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It will work out a lot cheaper.
They will do the repair & you won't see where the damage is they use the correct wax,resin lacquers etc.
Would be done in minutes & save ripping tiles off & taking worktops out.
Or as a last resort if the damage is near the hob or the oven why not try these self adhesive rods for hot pans etc to cover the damage :RpS_wink:
My mate did this after he damaged a worktop with an angle grinder, don't ask lol :RpS_biggrin:
Worktop Hot Rods - Worktop Accessories - Worktops - Kitchen Collection - Howdens Joinery
spread1970
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i always put cardboard under the sheets for this very reason:RpS_crying:
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