Glad to hear this. Hopefully it will also make the plumber think twice before doing it again!
Does this look right?? What would you do??
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Glad to hear this. Hopefully it will also make the plumber think twice before doing it again!
Technical note giving advice on notching joists:
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/def...-of-joists-may2011.pdf?Status=Master&sfvrsn=0
Have a look and make sure you know how far from ideal the plumbers work is. Don’t go steaming in saying it’s all wrong, just say it doesn’t look right, what do they think and give them a chance to say what they’re going to do about it.
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/def...-of-joists-may2011.pdf?Status=Master&sfvrsn=0
Have a look and make sure you know how far from ideal the plumbers work is. Don’t go steaming in saying it’s all wrong, just say it doesn’t look right, what do they think and give them a chance to say what they’re going to do about it.
What was the outcome OP? Did you live to see another day?
I listed the problems...
1) floor boards not re-secured
2) floor boards (waxed and finished 150yr old boards) lifted with a chisel and badly damaged
3) said boards cut (some unnecessarily) with a circular saw damaging adjacent boards
4) radiator pipes coming out of walls almost at ground level rather than above skirting
5) raditor not central to window
6) joists notched completely unnecessarily compromising structural rigidity
He eventually stopped trying to make excuses, told me to deduct whatever I thought fair and he wouldn't see me again
thankfully all very "tail between legs" rather than aggro... I might sleep a bit better tonight!
1) floor boards not re-secured
2) floor boards (waxed and finished 150yr old boards) lifted with a chisel and badly damaged
3) said boards cut (some unnecessarily) with a circular saw damaging adjacent boards
4) radiator pipes coming out of walls almost at ground level rather than above skirting
5) raditor not central to window
6) joists notched completely unnecessarily compromising structural rigidity
He eventually stopped trying to make excuses, told me to deduct whatever I thought fair and he wouldn't see me again
thankfully all very "tail between legs" rather than aggro... I might sleep a bit better tonight!
jobs for the weekend is to re-route the offending pipes, I'm pretty good at general DIY, I can solder pipes, move sockets ect. but it makes no financial sense for me to be doing it when I can do 1 extra days work and pay someone else to and have beer money left over.
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I wouldnt pay him a penny, the butchering of that joist is beyond cowboy standards.
You've clearly not found the right tradespeople the builder we use does everything properly and to a much higher standard and in half the time I would! His electrician would fit in well on this forum his uses a laser level to make sure his cable runs are vertical/horizontal!