Ever have one of them jobs you just can't seem to get finished

[king of pipes]

Been on this bathroom refurb for nearly 3 weeks now and still need a couple more days till done must be getting old cheers all ha ha . Kop

 

[townfanjon]

There all like that mate, I love these n@bheads that say they do a quality bathroom in a week

 

[sammathias]

Tidy job fella, I'm not going to nitpick. That shower mixer looks like a nightmare to fit itself.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

There all like that mate, I love these n@bheads that say they do a quality bathroom in a week

Or 300 labour

 

[Scott_D]

Looks great!
Did a full heating system this week and I'm pooped.

 

[king of pipes]

Nipping off doing a day here and there and sorting out other jobs has not helped but hey ho stacked out so has to be done will have this wrapped up next week , boiler and system upgrade to do as well so another mad week have a great weekend all. cheers kop

 

[quality]

Top draw that work, I couldn't / wouldn't be able to do that. give me a boiler anytime

 

[Phil]

It takes me at least 15 days to do a full bathroom, I do absolutely everything apart from electrics. Some, I know what you mean you just can't finish!

 

[hammers4spanner]

Bathrooms are hard graft and its unappreciated hard graft imho.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Good work mate. Looks good.

 

[Phil]

I'm doing one at the moment, terraced house pre war, trouble is the walls are made of dust and when I core drilled my new wc position it dislodged half the wall and it was already really dodgy at the top. I spent all that day (had to leave at 3pm to do an emergency) relaying bricks and at the top where the bricks hadn't moved but were about too I hoovered the dust out while hacking with a screwdriver 25mm deep and repointed to hold the wall together.

That's a whole day wasted, doing everything but also nothing at the same time.

 

[king of pipes]

Feel your pain Phil had one like that South facing bathroom when I took the old tiles off the plaster and render backing came off with it down to the brick and as you say like dust behind there i usually dot and dab to strengthen it and tie it in , like you i do all my own stuff except electrics and plastering it's hard graft and I still have 4 more booked in for before Christmas and the heating season has just kicked off here i need another pair of hands but tried it and ended up paying more than I get myself grrr. Cheers kop

 

[Best]

I find some of the customers will talk about you being slow when a job drags.
That is all the thanks you get, - “He did a good job, but he is terribly slow. Mrs Smith next door got her job done in a week”

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I find some of the customers will talk about you being slow when a job drags.
That is all the thanks you get, - “He did a good job, but he is terribly slow. Mrs Smith next door got her job done in a week”

I normally say speak to me in 10 years time lets see whoses is still like new

 

[Best]

I normally say speak to me in 10 years time lets see whoses is still like new

Trouble is - the Mrs Smith from next door will ring you to ask you can you fix all the leaks and nuisance jobs later.
I get that all the time. I am not good enough to do the job, but then called later to try to fix it

 

[oz-plumber]

i need another pair of hands but tried it and ended up paying more than I get myself grrr. Cheers kop

My absolute 'pet hate' is when other contractors say this.
If they are working side by side with someone on a job and end up paying more for the hired help than thay get themselves, they have obviously underquoted the job. They are willing to work for cheaper rates than what it would cost them to employ someone to do the works.

No offence intended Pal, but have a look at your pricing structure.
Your work is up there with the best, so you should either lower your standards to do the job for what you've allowed or up your prices to the standard of work you do.

As a side note, I hate the dark grout. My personal opinion is the grout should be some tone of the tiles. I have done the plumbing in a couple of reno's with an 'out there' interior designer.
Last job, white tiles - orange grout. Previous job, white tiles - yellow grout. Tipping the next job will be pink / red grout.

Once again - don't take offence about pricing

Cheers,

Oz

 

[Scott_D]

Is it a reflection behind the towel rail or are the tiles different?

 

[king of pipes]

My absolute 'pet hate' is when other contractors say this.
If they are working side by side with someone on a job and end up paying more for the hired help than thay get themselves, they have obviously underquoted the job. They are willing to work for cheaper rates than what it would cost them to employ someone to do the works.

No offence intended Pal, but have a look at your pricing structure.
Your work is up there with the best, so you should either lower your standards to do the job for what you've allowed or up your prices to the standard of work you do.

As a side note, I hate the dark grout. My personal opinion is the grout should be some tone of the tiles. I have done the plumbing in a couple of reno's with an 'out there' interior designer.
Last job, white tiles - orange grout. Previous job, white tiles - yellow grout. Tipping the next job will be pink / red grout.

Once again - don't take offence about pricing

Cheers,

Oz

No offence taken we all have our ways of working customer picked the tiles and grout colour so who am I to argue . Cheers kop

 

[king of pipes]

Is it a reflection behind the towel rail or are the tiles different?

There is a row of patterned tiles behind the towel rail same as the feature wall bud . Cheers kop

 

[Old Account]

I have to say good tiling KOP. I like the way you used those trims. Very neatly done I personally hate tiling and wouldn’t want to do this type of job no more.

 

[hammers4spanner]

No offence taken we all have our ways of working customer picked the tiles and grout colour so who am I to argue . Cheers kop

It doesnt matter what we think as we are not paying you lol

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Been on bathroom job's until 10pm a couple of night's recently..... you say to yourself I'll have it finished today by 6pm !

There's so many little bits and pieces to finish off.,.. then Mrs Blogg's says "could you fit this robe hook for me? Grrr.... 10mm porcelain to drill (you've already had to drill them 15-20 times) .