Window fitter put his foot through my ceiling!

TommyBoy

keystone wrote: »

What would you be doing if it had been your foot that had gone through the ceiling - blaming the sparky's for leaving the boards up? Just askin'
Cheers

Not at all, if it was my fault it would be coming out of my pocket. We all make mistakes, but it seems that blame culture has taken over.

martinsurrey

TommyBoy wrote: »

Not at all, if it was my fault it would be coming out of my pocket. We all make mistakes, but it seems that blame culture has taken over.

we all make mistakes, and yours was thinking the saftey of people on your site was someone elses responcibility.

Now if you'd said to one of your subbies "would you manage the health and saftey of the build?" and they had added £3k to your bill you would have hit the roof, but its an onerous job and if you get it wrong it can cost £XXX,XXX.

count yourself lucky its only a foot.

phill99

The guy that put his foot through your ceiling could easily bring an action against you for injury. He could have easily pulled a muscle, ripped a ligament, twisted his ankle etc.

The more fuss you make about it, the greater the chances of him seeking legal advice.

If I was you, I would just get the ceiling repaired and put it down to experience.

Alias_Omega

I am going to assume that the sheet of glass was probably the last thing carried upstairs into the property.

It was probably the window, then the toolbox, then the glass.

Therefore the window fitter would have had 2 or more trips in and out of the house to spot the hazards.

I would be claiming from the window fitter..as window fitters do work on building sites..

This is between the window fitter & the leckies to argue between themselves

Alias_Omega

phill99 wrote: »

The guy that put his foot through your ceiling could easily bring an action against you for injury. He could have easily pulled a muscle, ripped a ligament, twisted his ankle etc.

The more fuss you make about it, the greater the chances of him seeking legal advice.

If I was you, I would just get the ceiling repaired and put it down to experience.

I would very much doubt that any tradesman would just walk into a building site without any concern for what they are standing on. Nevermind carrying something fragile/heavy on the first run in.

Usually someone is first into the property, highlight a place to "dump all the stuff" then get it all in from there..

This is an accident, and the tradesman would claim from the company's insurance..

Doozergirl

Are you going to be moving into this house?

It may seem a strange question, but it's an important one.

leveller2911

TommyBoy wrote: »

Anyway, last week we had our window fitters in and one of the young lads came
upstairs carrying a sheet of glass and put his foot through the open floorboard
and through my lounge ceiling.

I can tell you who's fault it isn't and thats the young lad in question.. "Open floorboard"?, I'm amazed that either the electrician who pulled it up or the site owner who employs the subcontractors and as such is responsible didn't lay the board back in place. If that means a tempory nail or screw fixing to stop it moving then so be it.

If other contractors are working on the site then they should expect to work in a safe enviroment so at the very least if its left open then it should be either guarded or highlighted to make them aware that its a tripping hazzard..

I'm actually shocked that you would expect the lads boss to cough up to repair the ceiling.

keystone

TommyBoy wrote: »

Not at all, if it was my fault it would be coming out of my pocket. We all make mistakes, but it seems that blame culture has taken over.

Yes you are correct. You seem to want to blame others for something you have overall responsibility for. Oh and BTW cherry picking my post doesn't help. I'll repeat for clarity.

that doesn't absolve you of your responsibility for making sure that hazards are clearly identified and notified at the time. Hazards change from week to week!

If it had been you who had put their foot through the ceiling the primary blame lies with you - not for not looking where you are going but for not ensuring that hazards weren't appropriately dealt with. Thats my point.

Cheers

keystone

martinsurrey wrote: »

we all make mistakes, and yours was thinking the saftey of people on your site was someone elses responcibility.

Exactly. +1.

Cheers

keystone

Alias_Omega wrote: »

I am going to assume that the sheet of glass was probably the last thing carried upstairs into the property.

It was probably the window, then the toolbox, then the glass.

Therefore the window fitter would have had 2 or more trips in and out of the house to spot the hazards.

I would be claiming from the window fitter..as window fitters do work on building sites..

This is between the window fitter & the leckies to argue between themselves

What if your assumptions are fatally flawed at worst or a WAG at best?

Cheers