in2minds wrote:

I won't bore you with the details, suffice to say Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid did the shoddiest work I've ever seen and are, as I type,
pulling it all down to start again...

Yep.
Been there, done that.

Usually the ones with the cheapest quote will give the crappiest work.
As a DIY'er time has no cost (to a certain degree) and you become very
particular about the standard you expect. trouble is, it's not cost
realistic most of the time.

I ummed & ahhhd and pondered a long while about paying 2 plumbers £200 a
day each to do the final plumbing & connection of our boiler, but on a
day rate rather than price work I have been able to get everything; dare
I say, well beyond my greatest DIY expectations. Will have taken an
extra day's labour to complete on top of the expected 1.5 days, but the
end result is an absolute work of pipework art.
I suppose it just comes down to what you are willing to pay for what
level of work and how much you value your own time.

or something.

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