Been ripping out an old bathroom & fitting a new one this week, including tiling.
Jobs been a bugger from day one, problem after problem, most of which could not have been anticipated, some of which were caused by owner & tenants. Over run from 3 ish days to 5 ish days. Rented property, owner has been fine, tenants wife has been fine, very understanding of the problems & what I've done to overcome them.
The bloke has been a right PITA. Constantly ringing the owner complaining that the job hasn't been finished, it was supposed to be done in 3 days, why is my bathroom still a mess, when is it going to be done.
I've explained to the owner that the numerous problems have delayed the job, that you never know what snags might happen until you actually start a job, unforeseen circumstances cause delays & increases in cost. The owner is fine with that.
The tenant is not having any of it, still whinging, not accepting any 'excuses'.
Arrived this morning to finish the job to find happy Harry tenant servicing his V reg Fiesta, About an hour later I popped out to get something from the van to find happy Harry in a right state.
First spark plug he had tried to remove had sheared off flush with the head & wouldn't budge!
I smiled sweetly & remarked that things didn't always go according to plan, he couldn't have foreseen that happening, and the job was now going to take a lot longer than he thought :-)
I didn't actually laugh until my head was inside the van :-)
He called the AA who towed it to a local garage, who want £300 to remove the head & sort it!
There is a God!
Shardenfroider I think they call it!