Another one bites the dust

So we’ve lost another “joiner”. After a short “snagging of the snagging” meeting this morning, “Huey” tripped on some cardboard in the lounge. Looking indignantly at the torn card, it wasn’t immediately obvious to either of us what had happened. A few days before, the card was perfect, offering sensible protection to the new ash flooring.

Later, it became clear this wasn’t “just” an ordinary tear. It was a cut. A cut by a Stanley knife. Through the cardboard and into the flooring.

Turned out the apprentice joiner had decided to cut some polythene on the floor. Clever boy. The end results is that he’s been declared persona non grata and the contractor is having to tear out a large section of flooring and reinstall new, pristine, planks. Fantastic! Oh, and we’re now down to one joiner…