Paddy Galore! Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 A really rubbish one? Completely off topic to this thread, but one of our neighbours had a problem when his kitchen wall, supporting wall units, started to lean in. Turns out the framing for the wall wasn't secured at the top, well when I say wasn't secured I mean two inches short in every stud. They joiner boarded it over and hoped that nobody would notice. When the house owner put up additional cabinets the weight started to pull the wall over. The perils of piece time working, cowboys and a hopeless foreman I guess. I think that doing it wrong and bodging is harder than doing it right in the first place. that's the sorry state of things i'm afraid, any monkey can pick up a trowel/brush/saw and call themselves a tradesman, the proof is in the pudding though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Not really a bodge, but when we erected the SIPS panels we'd manufactured for this school in Colmonell, the base wall on which our wall-plate was secured to had been built around 200mm too tall by the main contractor, which meant we had to sit and wait after erecting what panels we could elsewhere ( with a contract lift of £800 per day ) while they knocked it down and rebuilt it to the correct dimensions. The only trouble was that when they rebuilt it, they rebuilt it to exactly the same dimensions as it had been previously....200mm too tall. Edited June 5, 2015 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Not really a bodge, but when we erected the SIPS panels we'd manufactured for this school in Colmonell, the base wall on which our wall-plate was secured to had been built around 200mm too tall by the main contractor, which meant we had to sit and wait after erecting what panels we could elsewhere ( with a contract lift of £800 per day ) while they knocked it down and rebuilt it to the correct dimensions. The only trouble was that when they rebuilt it, they rebuilt it to exactly the same dimensions as it had been previously....200mm too tall. That is absolutely brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 That is absolutely brilliant Yes. How we laughed. Well.... we did; boss wasn't too chuffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldweld Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Sorry to hijack the thread... I'm having amtico laid next week and am also having the skirting board dilemma. When the floor layer came to measure up, I said I am quite happy to remove the skirting. Being a new build it should pretty much fall of and I have got aload of new skirting already lined up foc. The floor layer assures me he will scribe upto the skirting boards and silicone round. Thus no need to remove the skirting. Is this common practice with amtico?? IF he is going to use SILICONE don't use him !!! Amtico fitters don't ever use silicone to make up for poor fitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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