GazCro
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If they don't want to pay for drawings then ideally use drawings from another job but explain to them that ultimately its on them
Gunners
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5mins 5 miles warranty here. Think you're being too generous DoobI give 12 minutes or 12 miles, whichever comes first
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Brendan
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Brake lights at the end of the driveway
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Brendan
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Not too sure but any issue and your fubared you need indemnity insurance as your specifying the works so your public liability will not pay out if the wall collapses or worse.
With something like retaining walls I'd imagine they would come with a long guarantee
Shovelhands
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Vinpetrol
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Until your paw closes on the filthy lucre !
doobin
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Winner
Vinpetrol
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Yes, but when a customer wants a wall say 1.2m high wall and doesn't want drawings so you spec it yourself without getting an engineer involved whether you use blocks, sleepers, timber stakes what's an acceptable timeframe didn't know if there was a timeframe as you could get a phone call in 10 years time?
Agree guarantee period upfront with the client before you start and if no engineer is involved air on the side of caution when you spec the wall. Keep your arse as covered as you can
Agree guarantee period upfront with the client before you start and if no engineer is involved air on the side of caution when you spec the wall. Keep your arse as covered as you can
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Smiffy
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Isn't that a concrete guarantee.
Once the concrete's set you can guarantee they won't see you again.
hiluxman
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Can any one remember what happened to Edward (I think) on CEF where he had been back filling a wall with his new machine and in came over on the digger
Furniss
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That won't cut it .... over here we have a 10 year insurance which you are obliged to take out as a artisan and it's expensive. You can put what you like regarding the customer accepting liability but it comes back to you at the end of the day.
im guessing if we haven't got an engineer involved then our insurance will f**k us off .... its all tosh.
Giles
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I had this customer had a failing retaining wall, engineer designed repair customer said that’s too expensive. Engineer said well you could do this but I’m not signing it off. Customer went with cheaper option think it was 19k vs 24k anyway few months later client was like I’m selling the house can you send over guarantee for the wall repair. I was like nope, you opted to ignore the engineer I’m not giving you anything in writing. He threatened to sue me but never heard owt.
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6feetdown
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End of the road for meI give 12 minutes or 12 miles, whichever comes first
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
if they want a guarantee then they must pay for an engineer - end of .... otherwise forget it ... or spec it themselves
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yeh .. a builder had done the wall (which was total crap) .. and Tom'd said it wasn't up to being backfilled ... should've walked, but started filling it and collapsed on his new m/c ... don't think they ever caught up with the builder
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I used to guarantee all my work for the full ................................
50 yds to the yard gates
50 yds to the yard gates
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
TiltyShaun
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The right to refuse has stopped me several times!!yeh .. a builder had done the wall (which was total crap) .. and Tom'd said it wasn't up to being backfilled ... should've walked, but started filling it and collapsed on his new m/c ... don't think they ever caught up with the builder
I have to confess that I am a Gabion Wall man. Happy to do 1m high, 1.5m if pushed, or 2m if really required but at that point we are staggering back. Beyond that get it designed. Any walls in masonry I will not design. Seen too many failures!!
Giles
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There was a 3m high H block wall perpendicular to the rear gardens of the houses below, no access to below.
engineer spec was remove and redo with cast in situ.
compromised spec was full excavate 1.4m behind wall, mass fill new footing tide in to old and L bars at front face, drill 50mm weep holes every 1m, install pipe through, then tide existing block wall in with load of screw in V ties the built new block laid flat back face to it and filled with concrete in 450mm lifts. Then clean gravel behind and muck away fill. Awkward Job with no room for anything.
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