Is this right??

[Nabsim]

To be fair Marie, it's mainly me and aimed at that Trevor oik.

If you can’t have the craic it’s not worth the bother Kev

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It's okay, he knows I mean every word.

 

[Boris7]

The poor Irish!

The insults they have to put up with in here from you lot.

Good job my old granddad isn't still alive... to be sure, to be sure

I wouldn’t worry Marie, when the English are insulting us Paddys it’s a good thing tbh.

It means they are not bothering people who might care what they have to say.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Yeah too right, I'm half Irish so leave that half alone.

 

[Harrytherid]

The poor Irish!

The insults they have to put up with in here from you lot.

Good job my old granddad isn't still alive... to be sure, to be sure

You should have seen the state of the new house we stayed in as our first b&b near Dublin when I was delivering a boat to NI in the seventies. I could hardly believe it, switches working wrong lights, cold out of hot tap and vice versa, I will have forgotten most of it. I wondered if it was deliberate to please UK customers.

 

[trevskoda]

You should have seen the state of the new house we stayed in as our first b&b near Dublin when I was delivering a boat to NI in the seventies. I could hardly believe it, switches working wrong lights, cold out of hot tap and vice versa, I will have forgotten most of it. I wondered if it was deliberate to please UK customers.

No thats normal and still goes on even up here in the british north section, many plumbing and heating jobs fall way short of spec, no one is policing building regs etc, brown envelope.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

You should have seen the state of the new house we stayed in as our first b&b near Dublin when I was delivering a boat to NI in the seventies. I could hardly believe it, switches working wrong lights, cold out of hot tap and vice versa, I will have forgotten most of it. I wondered if it was deliberate to please UK customers.

TBF many an English modern build isn't as far advanced as you might think. (Make that British house construction in general)

 

[n brown]

i once worked as a ''snagger '' ,fixing faults in new builds that were strill under guarantee on a large development . from broken handles to every window and door . first time i ever saw nails with screw heads , and had a brick come out when knocking in a masonry nail

 

[Robmac]

Our last house was a new build. The oven door, like most opened downwards but ours would only open about 6 inches before being stopped by the kitchen door frame!

When we showed this to the snagger, he said "Yeah, it's awkward but I reckon you could still get a roasting tray in there if you reached up and over the top of the door".

"Just get it fixed" I said.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'd have loved to be a snagger, I seem to be drawn to anything not right, it's a gift and a curse.

 

[maingate]

I'd have loved to be a snagger, I seem to be drawn to anything not right, it's a gift and a curse.

Try dropping on to a new huge Limestone Quarry Processing Plant which is three quarters complete and the previous Construction Manager never left his office (by the look of it). There were problems and bodges everywhere.

I had a good little squad of Sheffield lads to do the snagging and I even brough my tools from home. There was virtually nobody but us on site on a Sunday and I got more done without filling in Work Permits etc., admittedly corners were cut but without harming safety. When our Quantity Surveyor was wanting progress on the snagging list (more like a book) he would ask about a job. I said "Done, 2 men x 2 hours". He would give me a funny look and I pre-empted him by saying "Don't ask". He got the message.

6 months of snagging is no fun, especially when you are also keeping tabs on the Construction and Commissioning parts of the Plant.

 

[trevskoda]

I'd have loved to be a snagger, I seem to be drawn to anything not right, it's a gift and a curse.

Keep me out of this.

 

[trevskoda]

Hence i do my own work, i like clocks and gauges .

 

[JonSue]

Hi everyone, Well.................. the widow has been sorted, not to bad but a bit shoddy looking but much better than it was ,at least I CAN shut the window now. Re the glue on the window apparently it is the result of uric acid from bird droppings stained the window, sticky stuff remover he used didn't touch it so having looked it up on the web that ?May? be true. Anyway thank you all for your interest and I have read some interesting things on the diverging theme. See you next time xxx

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Hi everyone, Well.................. the widow has been sorted, not to bad but a bit shoddy looking but much better than it was ,at least I CAN shut the window now. Re the glue on the window apparently it is the result of uric acid from bird droppings stained the window, sticky stuff remover he used didn't touch it so having looked it up on the web that ?May? be true. Anyway thank you all for your interest and I have read some interesting things on the diverging theme. See you next time xxx

How was it sorted? did you get any money back as it was seriously expensive?

 

[mariesnowgoose]

 

[Pudsey Bear]

British workmanship at its best.

 

[trevskoda]

See it every day,my porch springs to mind, sorted now by me.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Didn't know you had a porsche Trev.

 

[mark61]

That's not a Porch, it's a Soda!