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Li0nhead

Gerrysea wrote: »

Hi, Advise anyone.

I have a brick layer repairing a wall on day rate. He tells me that when I'm payin' him day rate it's down to me to clean up and dispose of all the rubble?? Any thoughts or advice?

Thanks in anticipation.

I assume your paying him 'labour only' so all you are paying him for it to work. No materials, no disposal of waste, no costs for the bricklayer except his time. So he is right in that sense.

But as someone who has worked labour only at times (usually its other tradespeople get you in on this basis rather than the public directly) i would clean up my work area and leave it somewhat tidy i.e waste in one pile so customer can dispose of it later, area swept and cleaned if necessary. But on that basis its your job to get rid of the waste but i would still expect him to leave it in a tidy state.

Just an opinion from someone who has worked on that basis.

ormus

brickies are expensive enough without paying him those rates for unskilled labour work.
DIY or pay a labourer.
6 quid an hour.

Gerrysea

Li0nhead wrote: »

I assume your paying him 'labour only' so all you are paying him for it to work. No materials, no disposal of waste, no costs for the bricklayer except his time. So he is right in that sense.

But as someone who has worked labour only at times (usually its other tradespeople get you in on this basis rather than the public directly) i would clean up my work area and leave it somewhat tidy i.e waste in one pile so customer can dispose of it later, area swept and cleaned if necessary. But on that basis its your job to get rid of the waste but i would still expect him to leave it in a tidy state.

Just an opinion from someone who has worked on that basis.

Thanks very much for your comments Guys, I was just checkin' to see what is the norm, never havin employed someone to work that way before. He went one better than you have suggested Li0nhead, he's actually bagged it up for me as well, so all I have to do is transort it to the local dump. Add to that, the finished job is excelent and was completed very quickly, I've no complaints at all.

iamcornholio

If the guy is a proper tradesman, then he wont be making too much mess in repairing a wall, and the mess he does make will be no problem for him to shove it in a bucket or a barrow and put it in a skip (if you have one) or leave it in a tidy pile. It will be a few minutes work

It is not his job to dispose of it off-site though

If his comment about paying him dayrate means that you clean up is true, then he sounds like an arrogant git. You are paying him to be at your house doing work. If that means working on the wall for six hours and tidying up for 1 hour, then if you are happy to pay him then thats part of his "job" and is not beneath him.

mikey72

If he disposes of the waste, it's trade waste, so he needs a licence to carry it, time to drive the private land fill, and cost to dispose of it. That's why he's leaving it bagged up for the op as a householder to dump it for free.