Tools left my a tradesman

Barny1979

DCFC79 said:

MalMonroe said:

cnelson2020 said:

Hello,
A tradesman has left some tools in my house and in picking them up he claimed he left more. My husband has been working on the house so we had a lot of tools in the house and I think he trying to claim them. How do we go about proving this or is it just my word against his?

If he is any kind of tradesman worth his salt, he will have an inventory of his own tools. You should ask to see it. Other than that, tell him that you have returned his tools and you are not prepared to gift him with yours. What a cheek!

If hes any good his tools would be marked with a post code in some way or maybe a PAT testing label, if the husband doesnt get tolls PAT tested then any with a label/sticker are the tradesmens.

How do you PAT test a Saw or a Phillips screwdriver?!

TELLIT01

Barny1979 said:

Did better than I did, my builders/decorators acquired a brand new carpet knife and a couple of wallpaper scrapers!

I've been fortunate enough to gain a few tools through the years.  The people who landscaped our garden left a couple of good tools behind and never came back for them.  I also 'inherited'  an anti-slip ladder stopper which I've just discovered costs over £60 on Amazon. If tradesmen can afford to lose kit like that they are obviously doing well.

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 Mines usually tape measures. I have 4 I think, with sky, talktalk and United utilities on lol 

 Less bothered about losing equipment they didnt pay for. 

AskAsk

TELLIT01 said:

Barny1979 said:

Did better than I did, my builders/decorators acquired a brand new carpet knife and a couple of wallpaper scrapers!

I've been fortunate enough to gain a few tools through the years.  The people who landscaped our garden left a couple of good tools behind and never came back for them.  I also 'inherited'  an anti-slip ladder stopper which I've just discovered costs over £60 on Amazon. If tradesmen can afford to lose kit like that they are obviously doing well.

my husband has found some tools left in the street!  they are either stolen then abandoned or the builders forgot to put them in the van.  i sometimes see tools left in the woodlands where we live as people forget to take them after they have cleared areas.  i tend to leave them as they may come back and collect them.

DCFC79

Barny1979 said:

DCFC79 said:

MalMonroe said:

cnelson2020 said:

Hello,
A tradesman has left some tools in my house and in picking them up he claimed he left more. My husband has been working on the house so we had a lot of tools in the house and I think he trying to claim them. How do we go about proving this or is it just my word against his?

If he is any kind of tradesman worth his salt, he will have an inventory of his own tools. You should ask to see it. Other than that, tell him that you have returned his tools and you are not prepared to gift him with yours. What a cheek!

If hes any good his tools would be marked with a post code in some way or maybe a PAT testing label, if the husband doesnt get tolls PAT tested then any with a label/sticker are the tradesmens.

How do you PAT test a Saw or a Phillips screwdriver?!

No you cant PAT test a screwdriver as its not an electrical item. you some how mark a screwdriver with initials or a postcode, maybe using a UV pen.
I thought it was obvious what PAT testing is.