I wouldn't say all the tradies in WA are rubbish, just the majority. It seems you have to tell them what you expect from their work, basically, tell them how to do their job. I had some ridge capping retucked. Decided to get all the ridge capping done. To my dismay, I looked at the finished job and it wasn't completely smooth like the original mortar. You could see the 'width of the trowel' marks periodically. It doesn't bother me anymore because I fell out of love with the house quick smart after moving in. When you look closely at the standard of finish on new homes you can only blame the tradies, they're the ones making the materials 'come as one.'
How many can tap on their floor tiles and feel a hollow sound in places? Guess it was asking too much for the floor/tile to be buttered fully! Who has wonky brick work in places. Not the pedantic type of wonky, but the brick that instantly catches your eye and you think, "Surely a 5th grader can see it needs adjusting." I would say 90% of tradies need to use those spacers between for laying tiles, they can't judge an even gap over a 200mm tile, makes you wonder how their judgment is over long distances.
And the best place to see a tradie at his worse...when they enter a work place or do commercial work. I had to visit a department over a few weeks. They were erecting gryprock walls etc to form office cubicles. All I can say is...thank goodness for polyfiller...lol
Now I know we have some tradies on HC. I apologise to them because they may be the minority who give a damn.
Is a lawnmower man classified as a tradie these days? I must say, mine is a legend. A spot on, short back and sides, dead even edges, type of job...whether it's 43 degrees or 10 degrees and raining buckets...must be the pride in his work.
