What is it with the British workman?

[wobbegong]

This isn't one of yer crappy Swindon showers over a tub - this is an quarter bathroom shower overhead as well as hand held, steaming facilities and all round jets. And radio to listen to.

FFS

Sas, wake up mate! You've fallen asleep in the car wash again!

[fullyautomatix]

I have found that if I pay the correct rate and go with an established company which has been in business for years, I get the right result every time.

Got new windows and doors -> local family company came and installed on time.
Got new boiler -> local family company and installed on time.
Got new carpets -> local family company and installed on time.


Obviously I did not hire a cowboy to do the job or else I would have had the same issues you had.

[expat]

What is it with the British workman?

Why is it that he is invariably a cock-up merchant?

Nothing new there.

Sorry to see that you've had the British workman in the house. He's a token of evil.

Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson in The Crooked Man, 1894.