And in general this garden looks like a typical newbuild life desert, a few trees and plants would make it much nicer for me.Maybe plant a couple of trees (apple? / plum?), it is amazing how much water a tree will remove from the ground (this is just in general and not to fix the problems caused by the builder).
I'm in a situation where I'm trying to use the knowledge I have gained to make sure this is done properly but how can I tell a so called expert how to do his job. I have 0 experience when it comes to drainage, laying patios or turfing a garden. I feel like my only option is to let him get on with it, hope he saw I was serious when I sent him the letter and trust when it rains his solution is sufficient.
I'm in a situation where I'm trying to use the knowledge I have gained to make sure this is done properly but how can I tell a so called expert how to do his job. I have 0 experience when it comes to drainage, laying patios or turfing a garden. I feel like my only option is to let him get on with it, hope he saw I was serious when I sent him the letter and trust when it rains his solution is sufficient.
Hence why I recommended posting on the landscaping Facebook group earlier in the thread.I'm in a situation where I'm trying to use the knowledge I have gained to make sure this is done properly but how can I tell a so called expert how to do his job. I have 0 experience when it comes to drainage, laying patios or turfing a garden. I feel like my only option is to let him get on with it, hope he saw I was serious when I sent him the letter and trust when it rains his solution is sufficient.
Yeah to be fair to the contractor, they're going to be unwilling to tell/show you much of anything now for fear of further litigation I guessThanks for the comments. As work has got underway it seems slightly better conditions today as the ground is frozen and it's not a mud bath like yesterday was.
I just want to make it clear that I don't really care too much that they are unhappy with me but it does make asking questions and understanding their thought process a lot more difficult. On Saturday afternoon's I referee men's football so it takes a lot to upset me
Here's where we are as of midday today. They have pulled the paving stones up and are breaking up the concrete underneath them. At the same time they are going ahead with their drainage plan and are cutting slits in the pipes ready to be laid in the ground.
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Nothing wrong with a decent Joule High gain cylinder and the insulation difference isn't much to worry about.I have experienced this a lot when dealing with tradesmen while renovating our house - it's frustrating to say the least!
I do feel people who are easily fleeced, and my partner would easily fall for it, but I'm quite meticulous in researching the products promised to me, and also how things should be done so I'm able to see through it - communicating that to the tradesmen is the fun part.
Most recently we were quoted for a new hot water cylinder, and were provided a spec sheet of the cylinder we'd be receiving - a pre-plumbed, 210l cylinder wth 60mm of insulation, specifically designed by Mitsubishi to be paired with their air source heat pumps - https://library.mitsubishielectric....15-30X-UKHDW_Product_Information_Sheet#page-1
What instead we received was a 200l Joule high gain cylinder with 50mm insulation (which did cause faster heat loss, not a better quality 50mm insulation) with all ancillaries supplied as separate parts.
With plumbers and electricians costing an exorbitant amount hourly, we'd have been spending hundreds and hundreds more just to get it to the same stage as the pre-plumbed unit, as well as having a lesser product than originally quoted for, costing us more to run given the heat loss differences, and with less capacity than what we paid for! Their suggestion? Offering us a laughable £250 discount to take what they supplied, they'd made that off us in supplying an inferior product and then some!