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Tim Downie wrote:
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Anyone see bobski the builder last night on ch4 ?
The pebble dashing was shocking from the British builder, but I was
wondering what was supposed to be wrong with the floor in the Polish
build - they said he used the wrong type of insulation ? Any guesses
?

I think it was the pipe insulation that was used in the concrete floor
(causing it to crack).

I thought the polish builder was given an unduly hard time given that
the customers knew that they had been given a very competative quote.
Okay, he made some mistakes but he got on with the job and the
finished product looked a hell of a lot better than the british one. His
biggest mistake was underpricing the job.

All too true, well under quoted even using Polish labour. The young
couple expected a champagne job at a lemonade price.

British bloke was shocking.

Mind you, that's TV for you. Never mind the facts, as long as the ratings
are good.

Do you think that

a) they followed a couple of dozen builders and just used the ones with the
best contrast

b) they got lucky

c) they set it up like this

I don't really know which it is, but unless it was (c) they can't have been
sure of its ratings potential when they started filming around 12 months ago

tim