Damaged Tyre

newbie007_2

Hammyman wrote: »

Can you say with 100% certainty that it didn't come from anywhere else and wasn't present before they turned up?

The OP can.

Inactive

newbie007 wrote: »

The OP can.

Don't talk rubbish, do the nails have the builders name and address on them?

jsh99

OK here is why I'm 99.99999999% sure it was one of their nails

Not had a problem with punctures before at this house...
On Sunday I picked up in front of the skip for the builders rubbish beside the lane in front of the houses about 12 of these nails - the skip was full of plaster board ripped from the property - some of it with these same nails in. Some nails were on the grass and some on the lane itself.
I drove home from work on Monday and parked - no puncture on the way home or I'd have not got home.
This morning - flat - taken to garage and they removed a plaster board nail that matched what I picked up on Sunday.

Pretty conclusive don't you think????

I have receipt for new tyre. Not spoken to builders yet as still at work (did tyre at lunch time) But they are a large company (the guys at the house are just some of many workers and I imagine I need to write to the big boss??

newbie007_2

Inactive wrote: »

Don't talk rubbish, do the nails have the builders name and address on them?

You'll find you are the one talking rubbish........

Inactive

jsh99 wrote: »

OK here is why I'm 99.99999999% sure it was one of their nails


Pretty conclusive don't you think????

Likely, but not 100% conclusive.

Inactive

newbie007 wrote: »

You'll find you are the one talking rubbish........

I think not. You have yet to prove 100% that the nail in the OP's tyre came from the builder next door, you obviously cannot.

Nor can the OP.

Hintza

Guess CSI will be round to a spectro analysis to prove the nails are the same. Hard to prove otherwise (but I'm sure OP is correct on where they come from)

OP I think you might struggle with direct approach (however I would try and get the phone number for a chat in first instance, keep it friendly and hopefully they will apologise and help out). If that doesn't work then I would be going down any Health and Safety breach you can find and just try and bu$$er them about.

Gordon_Hose

jsh99 wrote: »

OK here is why I'm 99.99999999% sure it was one of their nails

Not had a problem with punctures before at this house...
On Sunday I picked up in front of the skip for the builders rubbish beside the lane in front of the houses about 12 of these nails - the skip was full of plaster board ripped from the property - some of it with these same nails in. Some nails were on the grass and some on the lane itself.
I drove home from work on Monday and parked - no puncture on the way home or I'd have not got home.
This morning - flat - taken to garage and they removed a plaster board nail that matched what I picked up on Sunday.

Pretty conclusive don't you think????

I have receipt for new tyre. Not spoken to builders yet as still at work (did tyre at lunch time) But they are a large company (the guys at the house are just some of many workers and I imagine I need to write to the big boss??

So the builder denies it's one of his nails, what do you do then?

The nail could have come from anywhere on your journey home. Fallen off the back of a skip lorry, off the back of a builders van...That's where you're going to have problems proving it.

I'm not saying it wasn't the builders next door that dropped all those nails, all I'm saying is that can you prove it was them, when they turn around and tell you to jog on.

jsh99

Well it's worth a try? I thought this was the sort of thing that they had insurance for? Damageing other peoples property. We live on a private lane - just 4 cottages and this is the only one having any work done on it. The nail made a pretty big hole and the tyre would have deflated pretty damn quick so if it had been anywhere on the way home I'd have had to stop pretty quickly (so the garage tells me)

If I don't try I don't know - and I'm £100 out of pocket.

newbie007_2

I would insist on getting all the money back OP if you're so sure it was them, take legal action if it comes to that, goodlluck.

Some people here requires DNA evidence to prove anything lol