A couple of houses are being built just up the road from me so we dive past quite often. We play the game "Can we see a builder not using his phone" (such an exciting life we lead) Usually there are one or two using the phone whilst either tying to lay bricks - or leaning on the scaffolding. Surely they can't all be phoning for supplies.
They also seem to have a 'rule' that they must walk up and down the road while on the phone and wave their free arm like a windmill as if the other person can see them!
Most building work is long periods of deciding what to do, and waiting for materials, shorter periods of unloading and very short periods of actually e.g. layoing bricks/concrete/erecting timberwork.
If you've employed builders like that, more fool you.
That's nonsense.
Bill
For a moment there I had a couple of flashbacks. Petrocelli who lived in a caravan for all the series and his home he was building in his spare time never seemed to get further than half way up the ground floor windows. Then there was the one handed dish washer in Robin's Nest of course. Brian
Quite. If Turnip thinks that sort of thing was the norm, it's no wonder most firms employ Polish etc builders these days.
I've only personal experience of builders here once. Employed by my architect. They were all from the UK and Ireland and grafted. Didn't even stop for a proper lunch break. Although I would say the brickie was fuelled by tins of Guiness. He's long since dead now.
I've self built two houses. A lot of hard work but financially rewarding. Unloading is almost invariable with a truck mounted "Hi ab" Stuff is palletised to expedite this.
Yes if it is like that then the planning was not done very well. They want to be done and onto the next job, time is money. Like the gooey with the digger at the hotel, if you don't get paid, well... Brian
Er no. It was in my case observed fact.
See the image I posted
Thats not really true with bricklaying or of concrete either. With bricklaying most of the time is involved with actually laying the bricks and doing the pointing and cleaning of the wall afterwards. With a concrete slab most of the time is involved with digging where the slab will go, putting in the waterproof membrane and mesh and formwork. Yes the final step of actually having the concrete delivered and the surface floated is done in part of a day.
Not for the brickie though!
I watch a house go up from my room where I happened to overlook it.
When the workmen were on site, it was non stop save for a lunch break.
Pretty much seemed to be one brickie who did not stop doing the walls (about 6-7 houses in a terrace)
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