On Wed, 05 Feb 2020 01:03:44 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:07:08 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 21:55:39 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 2/4/2020 9:41 PM, micky wrote:


Defendant said it's common practice, and that he has 4 other crews in
the same building. But he never makes clear if it's just that the other
crews are subs, or that they also came from craigslist.

So, is it common practice for decent painters to hire help from
craigslist?

Probably more of a desperation choice. Most good contractors know
plenty of good help.

I woudl think so.


And aren't there "deficiencies" that can't really be repaired? Mistakes
that absolutely shouldn't have been made. I can't think of any right
now but I think I've seen them.

Most of you won't build your own apartment building, but if you
remodeled or put on an addition and you had a general contractor who
hired a painting contractor who hired a new guy from craigslist, would
you be ticked off?

I'd be ticked if he did a crappy job. I would probably not know that
until too late. It is the responsibility of the contractor to hire
qualified help.

That's what I figured you guys woudl say. Mostly I wanted to tell the
story.

And to supervise and ensure the job is up to standard

Yep.
I've seen a lot of jobs done by "real painting contractors" that I
definitely would not sign off on with a final paiment. O've got high
standards when it comes to finishing so I end up doing most of my own
painting. I hired a gut to ro outdoor panting (siding) after getting
several good references and seeing his work -and I still checked in on
him.

Had some drywall repairs and painting done by the husband of a
co-worker who was also extremely picky. Figured if she was satisfied
with the renovation work he did on their house I'd be happy too. Was
not dissapointed.