Builders urinating on the walls inside new build house

Southend1

lessonlearned wrote: »

Foxes and dogs know no better, humans are supposed to.......

Sure, the humans really shouldn't be doing it but unless they are soaking the plasterboard in urine there isn't going to be any problem with the odd wee on a brick wall. It will be washed off by the rain anyway.

Marktheshark

It is the disrespect of it more than anything, paying someone a Hundred grand upwards to build you a house and they think it is acceptable to let the builders wazz up the internal walls.
I would be straight on the top dog.
Ask if he would mind you wazzing up his walls,

lessonlearned

Southend1 wrote: »

Sure, the humans really shouldn't be doing it but unless they are soaking the plasterboard in urine there isn't going to be any problem with the odd wee on a brick wall. It will be washed off by the rain anyway.

Depends on whether the roof is on........;)

Surely it's not unreasonable for the client to expect clean urine free walls.

A ten minute job with a pressure washer for the sake of good customer relations......

lessonlearned

Marktheshark wrote: »

It is the disrespect of it more than anything, paying someone a Hundred grand upwards to build you a house and they think it is acceptable to let the builders wazz up the internal walls.
I would be straight on the top dog.
Ask if he would mind you wazzing up his walls,

This is the crux......

It's about lack of respect.

Why do you think that sexist behaviour such as wolf whistling etc is now Outlawed on building sites.

It's about respect for the client and good customer service.

Unfortunately this lesson has to be drilled into some sub contractors.
Some of them think that as long as they are "doing their job" then that is all that matters. They lose sight of the bigger picture.

Not all subcontractors behave badly, most are just decent people doing their level best to provide a good service. As always it's the minority who let the good ones down.

As I've said ive worked with A couple of indifferent SAs. I have worked with industry award winners. Incidents like this would not have gone unchecked on the sites run by the award winners.

DaftyDuck

Different scenario, I know, but one to watch out for in buying a really old timber-framed house, particularly old pubs and coaching inns, is the likelihood of extreme rot to the lower timbers and sole plate around the rear back door. There were never any loos for the clients, so they just popped out the back door, and pi22ed on the wall. Couple of hundred years of this, and the timbers are gone.

Mind you, the last two of these I owned had been inns for six hundred years and four hundred years respectively. That's an awful lot of water under the bridge....


I do think, in the OP's case, it does show a lack of care and consideration on the part of the builders, and that would concern me, but not surprise me.

Southend1

lessonlearned wrote: »

Depends on whether the roof is on........;)

Surely it's not unreasonable for the client to expect clean urine free walls.

A ten minute job with a pressure washer for the sake of good customer relations......

Op said they did clean it, with bleach. Not sure why he/she is so annoyed. An issue was flagged, it was dealt with.

Poppie68

While its obviously unpleasant for yourself and your not getting any joy with the site manager have you though of approaching the builders yourself? It doesn't have to be a flat out accusation but maybe play the nice soft approach which may make them think twice about doing it again.
I know you shouldn't have to and management should deal with it but sometimes other approaches need to be made, I don't think social media is one of them though as this could result in all kinds of trouble, one being the builders being sacked while the Site Manager walks Scott free!

lessonlearned

My son has bought an old pub, built 1748 - the back door timbers are just fine.....::rotfl:

I have renovated two houses in the last 12 months - it's my new hobby......

Amazing how many contractors don't know how to flush a loo.:rotfl:

What is also noteworthy is how many of them are such Untidy wasteful workers. They waste perfectly good materials, and because they don't clean up,as they go along they lose stuff.

As for leaving the site clean, do me a favour......I know only one who bothers to get out a sweeping brush when he's done for the day.

You will be surprised how many new tools I have acquired......;)

How can you forget a full size 3 way aluminium ladder:rotfl: I did ring that one up to tell him he'd left his ladder......

Ah well, It's their money they are wasting.

And I'm not surprised that so many of them suffer minor mishaps and accidents on site.

There is a golden rule........A tidy site, is a safe site......I watch them trip over things they leave lying around, their own silly fault.

Some of them really are their own worst enemies.:rotfl:

lessonlearned

Southend1 wrote: »

Op said they did clean it, with bleach. Not sure why he/she is so annoyed. An issue was flagged, it was dealt with.

Didn't notice that bit, you are right, that should be the end of the matter, provided that it doesn't happen again....

fierystormcloud

Maybe they have no loo nearby?