Reply to: What is it with the British workman?

[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.

[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.

[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!

[shaunbhoy]

You're getting really dull, you know that?

Pot? Meet Kettle..............!!!

[sasguru]

It's been demonstrated that people are more agitated due to global warming, so probably causing all this sloppiness. I would reduce your carbon footprint.

You're getting really dull, you know that?

[BlasterBates]

It's been demonstrated that people are more agitated due to global warming, so probably causing all this sloppiness. I would reduce your carbon footprint.

[Churchill]

Like the old joke...

Fella goes to hardware shop, asks for some two-by-two....

"Oh, it's all metric nowadays, no two-by-two anymore, you have to ask for 50mm square now..."

"Ok, I'll have some 50mm square, how much is that then?"

"10 bob a foot, Sir......"

Shall I just delete this?

Nope, I like that one.

[Paddy]

I doubt it was manufactured abroad, as he mentioned something about it being a foreign shower and that that English glaziers didn't do 5mm width (or some other such bollux).
Either way my comment stands.

6mm is the new standard thickness, make sure that the glass is toughened. Most glass suppliers have a machine for toughening glass.

[stek]

Like the old joke...

Fella goes to hardware shop, asks for some two-by-two....

"Oh, it's all metric nowadays, no two-by-two anymore, you have to ask for 50mm square now..."

"Ok, I'll have some 50mm square, how much is that then?"

"10 bob a foot, Sir......"

Shall I just delete this?

[sasguru]

Seems a bit wilmslow-esque to me...

Well yes the British tradesman seems to be ineffective and useless like the sockie Wilmslow.

[Churchill]

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

Nurse!!!!!!

[sasguru]

Yes a shower curtain would have been a better solution.

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

[Mich the Tester]

I doubt it was manufactured abroad, as he mentioned something about it being a foreign shower and that that English glaziers didn't do 5mm width (or some other such bollux).
Either way my comment stands.

Indeed, sounds like a load of bollox.

[DimPrawn]

Seems a bit wilmslow-esque to me...

<< canned laughter >>

[ratewhore]

Why is it that he is invariably a cock-up merchant? Needed a new pane of glass for the shower/steamer/jacuzzi thingy. Glazier comes in and measures it last Monday. On wednesday brings it in, glass is wrong size FFS.
Re-orders, due in on friday, says could not make it.
Meant to come today - hasn't.

Should have got a fooking Pole. mad

Seems a bit wilmslow-esque to me...