Phlanger

Ooh - I don't know. Close inspection of my own house as my ongoing and overdue reno continues? Assembled by drunk monkeys in the dark I suspect.

I spent a few months working with a mate of a mate painting houses when I first came out. McMansions mostly - the construction standards would make you weep.

ukecadet

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys!what does a drunk monkey cost?

Are you a painter?

Phlanger

Boom tish - very good.

Me? A painter? no, I'm a feckless academic - which I think rather proves my point..

ukecadet

There's your answer then,you may have a few feckless academics working on your reno instead of qualified tradesmen.

Phlanger

A good point well made - although I think my rambling old shack was built in the days when a greater degree of fecklessness was tolerated in academics. Loafing even.

I think it may have been built by chaps who at least claimed some body of skill or qualification - even if it was only knowing which ear to stick thei pencil behind.

But still, back to the original point - I'm merely an overeducated working class boy from a large family of tradesmen and I do know where the pointy end of the nail is supposed to go.(don't tempt me) and I've been quite surprised at the lo-tec construction techniques in both older and newer houses I've seen.

Different suitability for different climates I suppose, but a lot of plumbing, wiring and - indeed - glazing that I've seen seems a little *ahem* rustic.

Or maybe that's just what I get for living in the hills.