Who pays when workman breaks stuff

devadot

I recently needed 2 transam window locking mechanisms changed. The window man came round while I was out(I know, but he's a friend of a friend) and repaired them but broke one of the leaded transam double glazed units.

He replaced the window, however, has charged me for it.

Am I liable to pay or shoul he?

securityman

He should pay.

nickj_2

if he broke it , he should pay

mikey72

If he broke them by accident, he should pay.
If it was a risk he advised you off, and they broke as part of the job, and there was no way to avoid it to carry out what he was doing, you should either tell him to go ahead and pay him if it happens, or stop the job if you don't want to take the risk. If it's somewhere in the middle.....

Rotor

My guess is it will revolve around whether he showed 'reasonble' standards of competence. If a skilled tradesman would have found it difficult to repair it without the doing the breakage then you pay but if it was down to carelessness/negligence then don't pay.
You probably need to get an independent skilled/qualified person in to give an informed opinion on that ( in writing)

ormus

all depends.
if there was a chance of breaking summat in doing a repair, (and therefore chargeable). he should have told you so, before hand.

gas4you

If I damage something in a customers home that is not part of the job I am doing, then I would pay for repair/replacement.

That is why all good and proper tradesmen have to pay out so much for insurance of one sort or another.

Tom_Jones

c_point wrote: »

make sure you get a reputable and vetted builder builder from places like Construction Point (google it)






all the best

Is that what your cpoint nic is then ? sorry but these sites are a waste of time are in no way reliable and easily open to abuse.

ormus

just click the spam button.