Robbell Posted January 10, 2015 Report Posted January 10, 2015 I have a customer who swaps between myself and another fencing contractor as the likes to keep us young lads in work, today i had a hedge to lay for her and i got chance to look at his work close up, not impressed is an understatement
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted January 10, 2015 Report Posted January 10, 2015 Your a brave man putting that up . But fare to say it is no the best standard off work to say the least and it no a bad bit off ground not that u can use that as a excuse .
Robbell Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Posted January 10, 2015 if the guy that did this work doesnt like it then he'd best buck up his idea's but iv not seen him on here
tepapa Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 That's not what you want to see when you come home from the pub on a Saturday night. The question I ask is, A) Why am I looking at this on a Saturday night? and B why has he put a double strut in he middle of a straight run? Does he like wasting time and materials?, its obviously not doing anything, and its not needed. At least he's trying to notch strainers, so maybe he just needs some guidance.
tepapa Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 And someone to show him how to tie a termination knot. Who layed the hedge?
Robbell Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Posted January 11, 2015 Im the hedge layer, last person to lay it, laid it the wrong way (down hill) so we turned it the right way, Lancashire and Westmorland style, double row of stakes. Hedge was only about 8' high and Id prefer a bit more length but she wanted it laying. knicking/ axework is clean
Frontrowfencing Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 Not pretty! Shocking that this work is still going on. How can we compete against that. We are on a job at the minute and we have priced several bits for them and this is first we are doing, but the quality of what was done before is truly shocking. And that is at a local agricultural college, where you think they should be looking to set a high standard.
Robbell Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Posted January 11, 2015 dont get me started about Agri collages. I know of one that put on a hedge laying course after the lecturer went on a 3 day course to learn how to hedge
stevew Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 I made a comment about Staff, in this forum title of NEW STAFF in the Fencing Chat section 24/11/2014 unfortunately it's true. I have taken old fences down that are better than some of the new ones I have seen installed by so called professional contractors.
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 If there working like that they will not last long the fencing game relays on repeat trade and word off mouth.round my area there are a lot off fencing contractors that all work to a high standard and I like that it's the right sort off compition keeps u on your toes.
premnayloon Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 To leave that at a roadside is shameful, but maybe knew the hedge would hide it! Just make sure that folk know it's not your work, do you know if he was paid for that? I just got an email from a customer who I fence to last spring turns out a strainer has come out of the ground, it was a really hard bit of ground and didn't get strainer in as far ad I would like, it's on an acute corner, So I'll go back and chap two strainers against each line to cut off the corner, if you know what I mean , Of course will be no charge to the customer, the fact she is a very attractive lady makes it a bearable cost!
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