scaffoldfan
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Hi All,
I am a homeowner who has had major issues with our scaffolders (based in the Hastings area) and wanted to know how to best resolve the situation with them.
They started a job over 10 weeks ago erecting scaffolding and replacing the tiles on our roof. What should have been a four-week job has turned into a game of trying to track them down. The have finished quite a lot of the work so there is perhaps one or two days left of tiling to do. However, they have not done any work on the roof for over a month. The last time they were on site was three weeks ago and that was only to remove scaffolding from the areas that they had already finished.
They do not pick up the phone when we call them, nor do they respond to texts except to say they will call us back, but then they never do. And when we try to call them back, they again do not pick up the phone.
We can only assume that they are on another big job and we, as mere homeowners, have slide way down their priority list. Worrying as the weather has turned. We live by the sea and winds are strong here.
We have found someone else who can finish the job for us, but unfortunately, he will not use the scaffolding that is left there as it's very unsafe, no handrails, missing boards, etc. I will add photos later.
So how do we get the guys to come back and at least take down the scaffolding in the next two weeks if they don't want to finish the job? We have the other guy tentatively booked in for three weeks time. We will of course pay another scaffolder to take down the scaffolding but haven't found a company that will do that as yet. Even if there is someone in the area who will stand on the ground and guide us, that would be a great help.
If we need to, we will try to take the scaffolding down ourselves. That will be the absolute LAST and final option. The problem is that we have some exposed hips and with the cold weather fast upon us, I am very worried about how exposed our roof is. We don't have infinite money to spend on repairing further damage so this is causing a lot of stress and anxiety. There is scaffolding about a third of the way around the house. All up the south side to three levels including a chimney and is joined to the one level in the front of the house and it wraps round about 1/3 down the north side of the house.
Any advice that anyone can give on how we best move forward would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
---------- Post added at 11:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 AM ----------
Here are the pics of the scaffolding that is left which we want removed:
http://www.scaffoldersforum.com/members/scaffoldfan-albums-scaffolding-needs-removing.html
I am a homeowner who has had major issues with our scaffolders (based in the Hastings area) and wanted to know how to best resolve the situation with them.
They started a job over 10 weeks ago erecting scaffolding and replacing the tiles on our roof. What should have been a four-week job has turned into a game of trying to track them down. The have finished quite a lot of the work so there is perhaps one or two days left of tiling to do. However, they have not done any work on the roof for over a month. The last time they were on site was three weeks ago and that was only to remove scaffolding from the areas that they had already finished.
They do not pick up the phone when we call them, nor do they respond to texts except to say they will call us back, but then they never do. And when we try to call them back, they again do not pick up the phone.
We can only assume that they are on another big job and we, as mere homeowners, have slide way down their priority list. Worrying as the weather has turned. We live by the sea and winds are strong here.
We have found someone else who can finish the job for us, but unfortunately, he will not use the scaffolding that is left there as it's very unsafe, no handrails, missing boards, etc. I will add photos later.
So how do we get the guys to come back and at least take down the scaffolding in the next two weeks if they don't want to finish the job? We have the other guy tentatively booked in for three weeks time. We will of course pay another scaffolder to take down the scaffolding but haven't found a company that will do that as yet. Even if there is someone in the area who will stand on the ground and guide us, that would be a great help.
If we need to, we will try to take the scaffolding down ourselves. That will be the absolute LAST and final option. The problem is that we have some exposed hips and with the cold weather fast upon us, I am very worried about how exposed our roof is. We don't have infinite money to spend on repairing further damage so this is causing a lot of stress and anxiety. There is scaffolding about a third of the way around the house. All up the south side to three levels including a chimney and is joined to the one level in the front of the house and it wraps round about 1/3 down the north side of the house.
Any advice that anyone can give on how we best move forward would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
---------- Post added at 11:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 AM ----------
Here are the pics of the scaffolding that is left which we want removed:
http://www.scaffoldersforum.com/members/scaffoldfan-albums-scaffolding-needs-removing.html