TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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are they the most unreliable people in the world?
Been working on my drive for over a week and the fourth skip arrived this morning.
They rang and said they would be here mid morning with a JCB. Well its less than 20 mins until the afternoon and no sign of them 
I cant go out until they are here!!!
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MatthewR
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that means about 2pm
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dave17
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They are the worst
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TNM
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they are normally here for about 8ish to watch the milfs dropping their kids off at school 
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MatthewR
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my bruvas a builder, supposedly - they dont do fuckall! well i wouldnt him building my house i know that
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by TNM
they are normally here for about 8ish to watch the milfs dropping their kids off at school
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TNM
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This is what i have for a drive at the moment
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Lynny
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oooo its taken them a year and two month to resurface our road, finally turned up to do it on monday, i was awoken at 7:30am and told to shift my car onto the main road
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Tom
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shout at them 
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TNM
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
shout at them
How their not here!
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AndyW
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they havent in laid the type1 down yet set there levels up or nothing in that pic ^^^ lol thats bout a weeks work, what sort of paving you having put down? on sand on screed?
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IntaCepta
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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were they responsible for the cracks in the pavement too?
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MikeE
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Registered: 7th Mar 03
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were they responsible for the cracks in the pavement too?
skip lorry id say ?? see it happen all the time on cliants jobs.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
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Originally posted by IntaCepta
were they responsible for the cracks in the pavement too?
skip lorry id say ?? see it happen all the time on cliants jobs.
them cracks hav been there a while id say....
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TNM
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Gav would be right.
The slabs have been like that a long time.
Pavement is even worse now the JCB has fooked it up
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Mistamist
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shouldnt employ pikies then, get a reputable builder, the blokes on my firm are reliable, they have to be or they dont get paid by the management. Also with Insurance work we have to be perfect or all hell breaks loose with the insurance company.
as andyW said, they havnt put the hardcore down yet or levelled it, got a long way ahead of you yet.
[Edited on 14-12-2005 by M15T XE]
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J da Silva
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I have a mate of mine who has 13years blockpaving, groundworking, concreting and proper building experience here with me now, he asks how many man hours have gone into the job and what was the drive like before?
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TNM
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you didnt see what it was like before. Concrete in places was a foot thick  Problems with the skip company etc etc all done and ready for road stone in the morning. Had a JCB here for an hour this eveining working at it.
So its road stone tomorrow, edges in friday and sand saturday if not ready on friday and then blocks on monday.
Also its all thick clay so its a pain to work with.
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TNM
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venom, two blokes working a week so far. Broke up the main drive a last wednesday but skip didnt arrive until thursday so thursday was spent filling that skip. Friday thhey started clearing that skip but the skip hire company couldnt get another until saturday morning. so saturday they cleared the harden into the skip and broke up the path and put that in.
Monday finished off putting the garden in and digging down.
Yesterday doug down tho 8 inches both side to set the levels for the digger and started the drain work.
Trying to find a pic.
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TNM
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not the best pic but you get the idea!
Where the trailor is in places was about a foot thick!
to the right of the car is concrete as well
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J da Silva
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He says that sounds about right, not much slower than your usual site workers, he says you should contra-charge the skip company though, and claim inconvenience, and say you've had days off work because off it.
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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not all builders are like that just lots of cowboys. Would never trust someone that wants payed in cash an wants money up front for materials etc. Alarm bells would be going off. I dont need to worry bout that anyway as my dads a developer so can get all the trades no problem 
cqan take a while if there is only one man and a boy at it tho like most of these companys
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TNM
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we know them very well.
The main guy is my dads best friends soon and my dad has known him since he was born and its lads that work for him doing it.
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