Plasterer walked out on job

muckybutt

Ditto the above two posts, send him a text and leave him a voice message to the effect that he returns the key forthwith, or you will install new locks and charge him for the pleasure.

Tom_Jones

You haven't paid him, so when you employ a second plasterer you pay him out of the first plasterer's money, what's left you give to the first plasterer.

Change the locks on your property NOW, do not accept his key back, he could have made a copy. Charge him all costs involved

agent_orange_2

"PVA-ing" Should have run a few alarm bells

kford224

agent_orange wrote: »

"PVA-ing" Should have run a few alarm bells

I thought it was normal to PVA the walls before skimming?

nickj_2

kford224 wrote: »

I thought it was normal to PVA the walls before skimming?

all the plasterers i've worked with have as far as i can remember pva-ed the walls prior to plastering

keystone

kford224 wrote: »

I thought it was normal to PVA the walls before skimming?

It is.

Cheers

laurel7172

Actually, I believe that if he walks off the job and leaves it half-done, there's case law that says you don't have to pay him anything. But IANAL.

I have also had workmen decide they don't want to finish a job off, and offer me a small discount. The trick is to stay calm and friendly and tell them that's fine, and you'll get somebody else in to finish it, but you obviously can't pay them anything until you know how much to deduct.

Let this idiot stew, definitely stop begging and apologising, get somebody else in to do the job (who will probably be more expensive), and if plasterer #1 comes back for his money later, present him with a bill.

Widelats

kford224 wrote: »

I thought it was normal to PVA the walls before skimming?

I got a plasterer round today, i will see what he does, he is from the council though so maybe not a great plasterer.

martyn05

As a locksmith I would recommend that you change any locks that the first plasterer had keys to. He may well have made a copy and this means your property will never be truly secure and it will always be in the back of your mind, nagging at you.

He broke his contract with you when he walked out, do not pay him anything until you get the plastering finished. Then pay him something to cover materials used and work he done that you were satisfied with. This was his loss, it is hard to build a good reputation as a tradesman but it is very easy to get a bad one.

27col

When I built my house, I wished that the plasterer had walked out. He was rubbish!