Bad Tradesman

Stretch said:
I'm not sure if it's the law or just common sense. The new plumber said he wouldn't be happy leaving the pipe as shallow as it is. It's some places the pipe isn't buried at all.
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My comment related to the old plumber. Pay thr new one obviously. The ild plumber broke atleast two bit of the law. Safe goods amd satisfactory quality. He probably broke the bit about being as described. soooo...

DO NOT PAY THE ORIGINAL PLUMBER. HE BROKE THE LAW. SCREW HIM.
 
Cleeecooo said:
My comment related to the old plumber. Pay thr new one obviously. The ild plumber broke atleast two bit of the law. Safe goods amd satisfactory quality. He probably broke the bit about being as described. soooo...
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What two laws did he break?
 
Scubascorpion said:
You have to allow the original company to make good any mistakes before you can just go off and bill them for work by others
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If they've already shown themselves to be completely inept and had already supposedly 'finished' the job leaving in place the problems the OP has detailed then why would you want to let them in again.

I don't know what the legal stance is but I'd be inclined to offer to pay the original guy for materials used and about half of the time he's likely to quote and then tell him to take me to small claims court etc.. if he's not happy.
 
Nitefly said:
It sounds like he has breached terms implied into your contract by the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.

Namely, s.13, his duty to perform his service with reasonable care and skill.


That doesn't exist :p
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Doesnt it?
I was refering to the one in the link i posted above. Im pretty certain its real.
I was just getting a bit tired now and got the year and wording a bit wrong:)
 
Cleeecooo said:
Doesnt it?
I was refering to the one in the link i posted above. Im pretty certain its real.
I was just getting a bit tired now and got the year and wording a bit wrong:)
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I wasn't meaning to be overly niggly but since he asked a specific question I thought it was important to be precise. It doesn't exist, but you got the jist of it right :)
 
dowie said:
If they've already shown themselves to be completely inept and had already supposedly 'finished' the job leaving in place the problems the OP has detailed then why would you want to let them in again.

I don't know what the legal stance is but I'd be inclined to offer to pay the original guy for materials used and about half of the time he's likely to quote and then tell him to take me to small claims court etc.. if he's not happy.
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I agree he should pay for materials and make sure you get it all in writing, but i wouldn't pay for shoddy work like that. If you want to pay him for the work he's done, couldn't you charge him to get it fixed?
 
I've now spoken to him. He did say he'd come round and fix the poor work but after explaining the problems he'd caused I think even he understood it was a non-starter.

He didn't sound that surprised in all honesty and said only "this has not happened to me in a while". I've agreed to pay materials and 3 hours labor for the "good" work, which I think is fair enough.
 
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