Builder demos porch and sunroom at deadbeat client's home
Patrick McCombe, an editor at Fine Homebuilding, e-mailed me this link to a YouTube video reporting on how one British builder handles deadbeat clients:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-LqLU7CxeA&feature=related
Asked by Martin Holladay, GBA Advisor
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 15:52
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 15:52
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I don't believe it's legal to do that in the US, although it is probably very satisfying.
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 16:16
Carl,
I'm not advocating this approach. Nor am I advocating the lack of safety precautions shown on the video. (Watch the way the porch roof comes down. It seems the demo crew left their hardhats in their truck.)
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 16:18
In the US, you'd be shot. P, EOS.
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 17:34
I'll bet that felt good tho.............
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 17:38
Excellent "how to" video on how to properly salvage materials
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 22:03
Despite what the reporter said about recouping losses I didn't see much in the way of material salvage going on. What a waste: there had to be a better way. A business owner in my town got in a dispute with his landlord so in a fit of pique he paid a contractor to tear out tens of thousands of dollars worth of tenant upfit and take it all to the dump. Just as stupid.
Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 22:15