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Builder, do you get tough with them

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  • 13-08-2020 7:51am
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    Cal04
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    Building a small extension. Blocklayer laid blocks to ground level today week. Builder said they would backfill this week and blocklayer would be back. Only coming to measure for backfill today. Bit pee'd off as I feel a week has been lost. Do you stand up to them and say that or just keep your thoughts to yourself. Under a tight timeframe


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    maestroamado
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    Tough but fair, builders need to keep 4 or 5 jobs going at the same time as if the y focus in one job when its finishhed no work, so basically they have to juggle things around and keep everyone happy.
    Just have a chat and explain your tight situation as most builders are pretty well grounded people.
    I did a new build 10+ years ago and managed construction myself, i was in a situation like yours with the roofer, when he came the fallowing week i asked, how do you manage which job to go to on a given week? i then added or is it whoever calles and gives you a bit of stick, his reply. Something like that...


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    bfclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭bfclancy


    Cal04 wrote: »
    Building a small extension. Blocklayer laid blocks to ground level today week. Builder said they would backfill this week and blocklayer would be back. Only coming to measure for backfill today. Bit pee'd off as I feel a week has been lost. Do you stand up to them and say that or just keep your thoughts to yourself. Under a tight timeframe

    do you expect him to backfill freshly laid blocks the day after, would need at least a week to cure before even attempting backfill. most blocklayers would be keeping at least two to three jobs going in tandem or else would be out of work when one job ends. do you have a contract with the builder specifying a time frame. are they managing the entire build


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    Cal04
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Cal04


    All is forgiven, valid reason they weren't on. Back on site today


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