Tradesmen

[Swoop]

There was no cutting of glass involved. Merely removing it from the old door frame.

I realise this Jim, as you would want to keep the glass the same in the new door.
Just stating that it is problematic to work with.
If anyone has looked through an old pane of glass, you might notice some distortion of the view. Glass "sags" with age since it remains partly "fluid".
The larger the pane/s the bigger the risk involved.

[Swoop]

There was no cutting of glass involved. Merely removing it from the old door frame.

I realise this Jim, as you would want to keep the glass the same in the new door.
Just stating that it is problematic to work with.
If anyone has looked through an old pane of glass, you might notice some distortion of the view. Glass "sags" with age since it remains partly "fluid".
The larger the pane/s the bigger the risk involved.

EDIT: I do not know how thick the blown glass would be, but I'm guessing quite thin to be able to be worked.

[James Deuce]

Door's still not fucking finished.

Happy New Year.

[JimO]

you need to shift to dunedin mate, it would have been done months ago

[F5 Dave]

I'm yet to find a Lawn guy who will bother to show up to give us a price.

5 numbers called, some twice.

Enough to make a man consider buying a lawnmower & doing it himself. Almost.

[JimO]

I'm yet to find a Lawn guy who will bother to show up to give us a price.

5 numbers called, some twice.

Enough to make a man consider buying a lawnmower & doing it himself. Almost.

ask one of the neighbourhood kids to do it my son cuts the old lady next doors grass for $10 a cut ,and he does it with a push mower (no motor)

[LXS]

ask one of the neighbourhood kids to do it my son cuts the old lady next doors grass for $10 a cut ,and he does it with a push mower (no motor)

or get some wild animals in to graze, you'll have dinner sorted for the rest of 07

[James Deuce]

Anyone got any neighbourhood kids who can do quality joinery?

[The_Dover]

most of the kids on my street could probably roll you a mean joint.

[Beemer]

We're still waiting for the quote to paint our ensuite bathroom (roughly 6ft square) but to be fair, we only got the guy out here to have a look last June...

[James Deuce]

ROFL - so it ISN'T just me.

[Guitana]

Sorry to hear about the shit service from your builder unfortunately due to a lack of tradies in NZ - Welders,Fabricators,Plumbers, Sparkies ,Builders Joiners,
Panel beaters mechanics Oh well you get my drift! These guys are usually trying to ballance a number of jobs and complete them all as they go! I'm not making excuses for this guy he may be a complete fucktard but in general because of the housing boom good tradies are in short supply and most of them have moved overseas as they get payed more and have better working conditions, so you generally end up with the cowboys!! I work in the engineering industry and it's at the point in some areas where work is being turned away.If hes a useless C**T sack him and don't pay him or you could do the work yourself! Bunnings run a number of quality DIY evenings!!!

[James Deuce]

DIY = Dead In Yard where I'm concerned.

This dude has been on holiday for 2 months.

[Guitana]

It always makes me laugh when people complain about tradesman's charges....like how much do they or their company charge for their job? I drive a 17 yr old car and ride a 9 yr old bike.I doubt if you'll find many tradesmen in the upper income bracket.....so how come those who are think they are always getting ripped off?

Well said!!! I had some arsehole come into my workshop wanting some welding done but didnt want to pay for it because he didnt think it would take long and it was an easy job I told him to go Fuck Himself!!!!
A plumber charges $80 for an emergency call out has to drop all the work hes doing and stick his arm some C**ts shitter because his missus keeps flushing tampons!! Then the fucker turns around and moans about the charge out cost!! How many people out there would go round to some wankers house and stick their arm round their ubend for twenty bucks? Any Takers I thought not!!!!

[Beemer]

The guy we got in to give us a quote for the ensuite said he was a bit busy but would get the quote to us in a few weeks. Every time he sees my husband he says "I haven't forgotten about your bathroom" but to be honest, there is no way I'd hire him even if the price was good! If he takes seven months and still hasn't provided a quote, how long would it take him to do the work?