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The Medway Handyman

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On Oct 19, 11:24 am, "tim....." wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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Tim Downie wrote:
"sm_jamieson" wrote in message
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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

no chance

I reckon they might well have, they do that sort of thing all the time. I
heard that the David Blaine TV show was filmed over months & cut to only
show the best reaction to his tricks.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk