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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:01 pm
by r896neo
Not one to normally have a go at others work but couldn't not show you this corker. A few 'specials' in this guys indian stone patio?? I can't even work out what went wrong? Do you think the upside down flags are extra?
http://www.gumtree.com/p....4931366
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:06 pm
by Pablo
Oi you cheeky tw#t I did that :p :laugh:
The thing is Joe public sees none of those howlers and he'll still earn a living.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:44 pm
by rimexboy
oh dear im just a diy er and i think mine turned out better than some of that poo, opps thanks to you lot that is
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:56 pm
by r896neo
I'm sure you were drowned today too pablo, i had a cube of semi dry delivered at 830, it was nearly slurry by the end of the day. Putting in granite cobbles and kerbs all day leaned over rain pouring down the arse.
Maybe i should have subbed it out to the gumtree man...
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:05 pm
by Pablo
home by 12 absolutely nothing to do without giving myself more work longterm and 6 inches of water over every surface was the game breaker.
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:54 am
by seanandruby
What amazes me is the amount of time it must take to do a bad job, must be a good day's work cutting fiddly bits. But if you spent an hour thinking about it and planning it then it would work out quicker and a cleaner job. Always say: stop, stand back, have a look, take your time, do it once, do it right :;): 
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:19 pm
by oioisonnyboy
yes Sean, very true
the firm I used to work for (OHOB) introduced new hi vis which said on the back
"If you see it
sort it
or report it"
and
"Before you start,
Plan it
Think it
Then do it"
shame all the foremen said was
"f*cking slam it in, get it dug, dig dig dig, dog dog dog
, you still hanging that out?, there's good blokes on the dole, etc. etc."
all the planning and thinking goes out the window when foremans bonus is concerned
down here in Kent...sunny but breezy, was lifting block paving at 6.30 this morning about 15sq metres lifted, cleaned, sand removed, top up subbase, sand, screed, relay...home by 12.30 
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:55 am
by seanandruby
Used to work for them, they were good payers back then. But your right....dog it in was the mantra ???
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:58 pm
by sussex
sad to think someone parted with hard earned money for a job like that;: