Re: no good tradesmen any more
I do agree with Tregonsee that it should still be under guarantee RS at least a 5 year one.
But then I also agree that there is a lot of "Slapdashery" about in the trades today.
Most because proper long term apprenticeships where done away with around 1990 we also import more foreign tradesmen these days and the standards of other country's are way below what used to be British Standards.
A trade aprenticeship these days can be 6 months to a year.In my day you were only classed as Improver and were only allowed to do small jobs. In my trade at the time (the plastering trade) I was going around after the electricians and carpenters and finishing off also you still had to mix up for the plasterers and brickies.How many houses I personally pointed I lost count.
I got an estimate to paint the front of my house from a local painter only last week we agreed a price and we agreed the start date which was Monday morning at 8 am he said he would be here it was going to take 3 days.
11 am came and still he had not arrived I dug out his card and phoned his landline (home) his wife answered and she shouted his name he came to the phone and I asked why he had not started on my house. His words were sorry but he was just finishing off another job.
I cancelled the job ,he was not amused but I told him we agreed on the price and the start date and time.If he did not have the manners to phone me and tell me he was going to be late then he can look elsewhere for his work.
Anyways I asked if he was finishing another job why was he answering his phone at home.
There are a lot of good trades men about but there are an awful lot of cowboys as well.