What Course of Action with Dusty Builders?

cannoncon

Tom_Jones wrote: »

Jeeeeeeeeeez people get more pathetic by the day, what do you expect no dust or waste from building work ?

Why didn't YOU close the doors, oh and grow up.

well said tj. get a life

dander

Synthespian wrote: »

Doesn't help with my wife and son's asthma right now, nor the added cost of their actions afterwards.

What added cost? Surely it's just a matter of doing a bit of cleaning. I can't see that you'd be justified witholding money for an issue like this.

I'd say that the lesson to learn here is to always clarify with any kind of workmen exactly what you think they are going to do. If you think the builder ought to seal doors etc as part of a job, be sure to discuss it with them when they quote - especially if you have health needs that might make you more particular than other people. Never just assume.

Also, the kind of dust produced by building work does tend to be very fine and get everywhere and you don't really stand much chance of completely eliminating it. While you can expect a builder to clean up the immediate area, you can't really expect him to dust all the ornaments! If it's a serious health issue, then it would make sense to try not to live in the house while the work is going on and to consider paying for professional cleaning before you move back in.

One has to be reasonable about the upheaval when having work done. Things like electrics can involve people having to be in different parts of the building, pulling wires through, making connections or whatever, and it may have been impractical/impossible to have every door shut all the time.

prosaver

leave it and for weeks you dont have to tidy up... :beer:
and when someone comes round say ooooh look at the mess the builders made..everyones a winner :rotfl: :rotfl:

danofessex

as missile said a good builder will take as much care as if it was their own home.
but mess will happen, no matter who you hire.

i could hire special sheeting to block dust but customers(floor to ceilling) would wonder what the extra cost was or if you put it down as a optional extra people generally won't pay it.

so you just put a dust sheet against the bottom of the door and dust sheet the room. hoover at the end of each day and a clean at the end of the job. if it's a cheap quote their just want be on to the next job so cleaning will be just a quick lick.

you can get self adhesive sheeting to protect floors,baths, worktops etc (which won't move and offer better protection) but generally people consider these a too expensive option.

Radsteral

As a plasterer i am sorry to say but,lots of times we end up leaving the room we work cleaner than it was... that sugests that lots of clients hygene sucks big time !
as for the dust , only a stupid contractor would sign a contract promising to clean the dust !
how about you closed yourself inside the room taped from the inside, come out from the window and come back and tape the room door from the inside
do the work in the corridor and other rooms and i guarantee you still have dust on this sealed room..
recomending him?
if a client is moany etc, and even though unhappy with my quality or cleanlines,he would recomend me- i wouldnt go to quote
90% likely that prospective client is the same as the one who recomended me .

olly300

No there is nothing you can force them legally to do.

They should have shut doors as they past through them however if they are drilling dust still gets everywhere even with the doors shut.

Some of them are better than others at cleaning up after themselves but to be honest after living with various people over the years and seen some people use certain cleaning chemicals for cleaning nearly everything i.e. windolene I prefer to get them to get the majority of the dust of the floor and clean up properly myself.

keystone

Radsteral wrote: »

As a plasterer i am sorry to say but,lots of times we end up leaving the room we work cleaner than it was...

Wow! A rarebine. A spread that doesn't leave a godawful mess everywhere! Only kidding.

Cheers

tomitma

Synthespian wrote: »

We did!

They need a bit of access to certain areas.
They opened them, and then didn't close them.
Thus dust around the house that shouldn't have been there.

Right now they aren't going to be used again, nor recommended.

Doesn't help with my wife and son's asthma right now, nor the added cost of their actions afterwards.

I really can't see what the problem is, so you have a bit of dust in the flat, well what did you expect, building materials do cause dust.

Try walking around B&Q for an hour, you come out of there with your hands black, and needing a shower.

What added cost are you talking about, is it the cost of cleaning materials, well go down to the pound shop, they stock a good range of cleaning materials, A pound each.

You are going on about your wife and sons asthma, when they do the cleaning, well whats wrong with you doing the cleaning, then your wife wont have to breathe in the dust. SIMPLE so stop feeling sorry for yourself. And get on with the job.

WestonDave

To a degree whether they put dust sheets up or not, close doors or not, dust will find its way everywhere and need cleaning afterwards - you might as well clean up loads of dust as just a bit - at least its obvious! When we had ours done it was the whole house so we expected dust everywhere - but we weren't expecting it inside closed cupboards! It just gets everywhere unless you literally seal things air tight.

Sambucus_Nigra

danofessex wrote: »

as missile said a good builder will take as much care as if it was their own home.

Having seen some builders' houses; this probably IS tidy for them.

Just tidy it up and don't recommend. Job done.