Some jobs are beyond your own scope, but don't you wish you'd kept a better eye on the process?
Had rear access stairs fitted at the shop. Due to the height there needed to be a platform some way up (I think there's a maximum of 15 steps in a run).
So it seemed logical to the 'engineer' to put the platform half way up.
Just high enough to get under to shift bins about etc, just low enough to stove your head in. If only It had gone two steps further up.
I had similar thoughts after butchering a teak lounge fitment to accommodate a telly, taking out the shelves and 'cocktail cabinet' fittings.
I realised I could just have put the telly on the low chest of drawers instead.
Oh well, too late now. What's smashed out with a lump hammer won't go back with superglue.
Owain
How tall was the contractor? Bet he was quite short!
Brian
I was wondering the same! It was all dealt with largely in my absence although i'm sure I met him but I can't remember.
The fire escape is right outside a waiting area and where we keep a bin. I'm either going to have to pad it, or dig out a few inches of floor because I banged my nut on it and it was all I could do to stifle the expletives!
If you're having a job done you have to be there all the time or they'll c*ck something up.
Bill
But expanding foam has a good chance...
Expanding foam is banned from my lounge, or anywhere I want to keep the carpet.
I had a bit of an experience filling holes in the bedroom; I forgot they went right through to the lounge.
Owain
I love expanding foam. Except the time I was in a WC discussing the job with the missus, shaking a can prior to use which I lost grip of. It hit the deck upside down and discharged foam all over her. That went down well.
I take the lid off after shaking now, which with hindsight made a lot more sense.
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