So the builders next door just poured cement on my car

[Anaru]

Ok well maybe not that extreme but I walk out today to find my daily covered in concrete splatter from the builders next door.

I had no notification to move or cover my ute as I would of gladly done.

I was going to go and voice my opinion to them but thought it would get me nowhere since the damage has been done.

I'm getting sick of this neglect for my property as this is the final straw with my pool taking heavy damage over the last month.

Is there any place I can call and complain? I'm thinking that me telling them where to go might make things worse but If one of them fancy office type building inspectors come round, it may just give them the kick in the ass they need to be more respective.

any constructive ideas? (edit; pardon the pun :P )

[Kye]

Worksafe.

Make a complaint about it not being safe.

No one wants to see worksafe because they go through EVERYTHING!

[cplagz]

Call the cops - make a complaint, they will come check it out (in 10 hours or so time). If they are deemed liable, go to court, get monies for damages.

[SSICK]

just go talk to them.

lol take a guess at who works in an office.....

seriously....calling the cops for some concrete splatter? get the hose out, wash it off, go and talk to them.

[Anaru]

just go talk to them.

already did when they did the same to my pool slide and when they where dropping metal objects into the pool.

this is why I cbf talking to them again and then it happening all over again in a weeks time

[1JZNOSHIT]

insurance maybe? it would be covered unless your insured by some offshore Somalian vigilante group.

[SEXUAL TYRANNOSAURUS]

make an anonymous call to work safe. They'll do a full inspection. then while the guys there let him know what happened to your pool/car

[SSICK]

you have a pool slide? awesome.

[bulkos]

you have a pool slide? awesome.

thats what i was just thinking!:banana:

but on the concrete thing ..... how do you get dried concrete splatter off glass?, I have a screen door with some on it?

[Anaru]

thats what i was just thinking!:banana:

but on the concrete thing ..... how do you get dried concrete splatter off glass?, I have a screen door with some on it?

yeah dose it come of paintwork easy? if it cleans off spotless then i don't really care, but i don't want to try in case it doesn't and I've just wash away the evidence!

[SSICK]

high pressure hose. its got lime in it, id get it off asap.

[m00]

GET PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING! Had a similar thing happen to me. Big blob of some kind of industrial glue and a shit load of cement splatters all over my car.

Get photos of the position of the car and the splatter etc then talk to the construction manager or building company. Dont bother with the guys actually doing the work.

[ER33CTION]

nah man that stuff doesnt come off easy i had same problem with my hilux if i were you i would also call up the local shire and claim they are doing messy work they should pop around and hassel them a bit but also call worksafe

[verbatim]

GET PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING! Had a similar thing happen to me. Big blob of some kind of industrial glue and a shit load of cement splatters all over my car.

Get photos of the position of the car and the splatter etc then talk to the construction manager or building company. Dont bother with the guys actually doing the work.

^^

[blownVL]

call the builder and complain

[Slip_]

Lodge a fukn claim. take photo's of everything... notify them that you need thier policy number to give to your insurance company.

no real outcome through claim other than a fkn hassle for them and a $200odd excess.

[SSICK]

can you post up a photo of the site?

[muniom]

Call the building company.

Similar thing happened to me recently, tho instead of cement, it was metal fillings. We were away at the time, by the time we got back and noticed ~2 weeks later, there was spots of surface rust all over the car. Called builder, car was resprayed, sweet.

[iluv2moan]

call the builder and complain

^^ what he said

[Blueraven]

call builder, if no luck, call insurance and make a claim, then they will get the money from the builder.

Last time i treid to 'just talk to someone' 2 of his mates came running and with absolutle no provocation from my self i was told to fuck off or i would get my head kicked in.

I havent been in a proper fight for years, and sure as hell am not gonna take on 3 guys just to get my point across. So yeah, I work in an office and make decent money, so i can pay other people to deal with the morons on this rock. Morons who threaten physically get really quiet when solicitors get involved.

[Anaru]

just went an washed it off, still paint damage but far from serious. I'll still ring up and complain cause I don't want it happening again.

[TJ]

Eat a strong curry
Head on over to the 3 or 4 SS/Xr8/Hilux utes parked on site
"splatter" their bonnets

hope that helps

[Drift_R32]

sounds like they were pretty fukn pingpingpingping like...
if it happens again get even..hose down their unopened bags of concrete when they leave

[Tocchi]

call the builder and complain

exactly. best way to go.
builders usually are quick and co-operative :) unless they are dodgy pingpingpingpings

[evil1]

call tocchi

[DRKWRX]

yeah mate take photos and go to the builder i would go straight to there office, Id also go ape at the plasterers some of them pingpingpingpings are messy.

[kurbn]

ah thats shet is broo!! what the hell man, not a bad lookn ute that either? could you pick it off or has it stuck to the paint big time

[DJ84WA]

what builder is it?

[Roobiks]

'splatter' paint stripper all over their utes imo.

[Autopilot]

make an anonymous call to work safe. They'll do a full inspection. then while the guys there let him know what happened to your pool/car

I work in the building game and have some experience with Worksafe, they only get involved when serious injury or death could or does occur. Getting an inspection to happen is damn near impossible. All they'll do is make sure the concretors have blue cards and public liability insurance.

[DJ84WA]

'splatter' paint stripper all over their utes imo.

yeah, so instead of a damage claim to his property, he has 3-4 count's of damage to other people's property aswell

[iluv2moan]

if they got a water drum there for mixing cement (if they brickies) - go stick a shit load of sugar in it hahaha

[RICEY]

After they go home take a shit right near where they are working

[DJ84WA]

Take a few pics of where your car was parked and where they were pouring the cement to show they needed to ask you to move your car before they started work. Take pics of the damage caused to your car. Find out the head office address. Go and show them what happened. Ask for what compensation you want.
Builders have insurance for this very reason.

[Autopilot]

if they got a water drum there for mixing cement (if they brickies) - go stick a shit load of sugar in it hahaha
That wont do anything, if they were brickies putting a whole bottle of dish washing detergent in the water drum would be more of a nuisance.


After they go home take a shit right near where they are working

They're granos they already shit where they work.

[SLE 355]

That wont do anything, if they were brickies putting a whole bottle of dish washing detergent in the water drum would be more of a nuisance.



They're granos they already shit where they work.

Some brickies put dish washing detergent in theyre water drums, It makes mortar less sticky and easier to use.
But true about Grano's, They shit everywhere!

Id call the builder, Make a complaint!

Depending on what stage the house is at theres a whole lot of things u can do to cause the tradies headaches ... Including pushing fresh walls out of level, Spraying a plastered wall with crc and soaking cement bags with water :lol:

[DRKWRX]

think your just gonna fuck the owners house up doin that sort of stuff.

[RICEY]

Or point your stereo towards them with kylie minogues greatest hits on full volume ALL DAY

[DJ84WA]

I spoke to the supervision i work for. If the tradesman are self employed, the builder has nothing to do with the damage. The tradesman should have public liability insurance. Some builder's require you to have PLI before you work for them and other builder's dont.

[Autopilot]

Some brickies put dish washing detergent in theyre water drums, It makes mortar less sticky and easier to use.


Shit brickies use plastersizers like calair, really shit brickies use household detergent. Either way you use very little and it's not to code if the cement contains lime (which nearly all do). A whole bottle of detergent in a 44Gal drum will make the mud way too fluffy and a pain in the arse to use. Attempting to push a whole wall out of plumb will almost always result in the wall falling over, it takes a skilled operator to knock a wall into or out of plumb. Bit of useless info for you.

[Anaru]

Colonnade Builders.

I dont want to do any damage to the building or the workers cars, but i did like riceys idea :P

[SLE 355]

Shit brickies use plastersizers like calair, really shit brickies use household detergent. Either way you use very little and it's not to code if the cement contains lime (which nearly all do). A whole bottle of detergent in a 44Gal drum will make the mud way too fluffy and a pain in the arse to use. Attempting to push a whole wall out of plumb will almost always result in the wall falling over, it takes a skilled operator to knock a wall into or out of plumb. Bit of useless info for you.

My old man has been a brickie for 40+ yrs and hasnt used calair since the 80's lol

What sort of work do u do?

[Autopilot]

What sort of work do u do?

Brickie

[WAIT4ME]

just go talk to them.

lol take a guess at who works in an office.....

seriously....calling the cops for some concrete splatter? get the hose out, wash it off, go and talk to them.

agree with ssick. being in the building trade aswell, just go up to em and tell them to wash it off. tell them next time it happens its a carton. they wont take offence to it at all. if u call worksafe n shit expect your pool to be filled in with concrete.
good luck

[RICEY]

agree with ssick. being in the building trade aswell, just go up to em and tell them to wash it off. tell them next time it happens its a carton. they wont take offence to it at all. if u call worksafe n shit expect your pool to be filled in with concrete.
good luck

Must be dumb pingpingpingpings to spend the money to fill a pool with concrete..

[Daisy]

Or point your stereo towards them with kylie minogues greatest hits on full volume ALL DAY
not going to work, my 300 pound electrican was on the roof of a job singing to shania twain "i feel like a women" with 4 foot of arse crack hanging out.

[Anaru]

just go talk to them.

lol take a guess at who works in an office.....

seriously....calling the cops for some concrete splatter? get the hose out, wash it off, go and talk to them.
agree with ssick. being in the building trade aswell, just go up to em and tell them to wash it off. tell them next time it happens its a carton. they wont take offence to it at all. if u call worksafe n shit expect your pool to be filled in with concrete.
good luck


I don't work in a office, and have already talked to them/did not plan to call the cops/washed it off. Read the thread again and then discuss if you want, as the points you raised have been proven invalid.

[Anaru]

not going to work, my 300 pound electrican was on the roof of a job singing to shania twain "i feel like a women" with 4 foot of arse crack hanging out.

:lol:

[GA70TT]

might be worth a try calling the BRB (builders registration board)

they can sort shit out on your behalf...and builders tend to pay attention to them ;)


Office and postal address:
Builders’ Registration Board of WA
Parliament Court
18 Harvest Terrace,
West Perth 6005 Western Australia

Tel. (08) 9476 1200
Fax. (08) 9476 1276
email: registrar@builders.wa.gov.au

[Daisy]

no offence but calling the BRB is like calling the health dept cause your cheeseburger is cold.

I had to spend 2 days preping paperwork cause some fucker made an anonomous call to the BRB regarding a building licence.

[Sully]

write to the building company and forward a copy to the local council making sure the builder knows you've done it too. no warnings. builders will shit because if they get a bad name with the council they can make life quite difficult.

we've had some massive fuck ups with the 2 houses built on the south and east side of our place. foundations undermined, render splattered everywhere, blah blah blah. that action worked all the time. if you go straight to head office and make sure they know that you've gone to the council as well they'll jump instantly.

[Blueraven]

if u call worksafe n shit expect your pool to be filled in with concrete.
good luck


They would want to get raped in court for being complete idiots, and then paying for a whole new pool plus removal and rectification of anything damaged in the process? If you think it would go any other way in court then you are sorely mistaken.

Like i said, morons who think physical intimidation works will change their tune rapidly once litigation starts. i know i am far from being fit and probably cant fight my way out of a paper bag, but the office worker thing doesnt hold much water. The guy opposite me is a captain of his football team and often talks about biffo, the guy 2 doors down is a kickboxing trainer...

[Drift_R32]

really depends on the tradies..
they mite be decent blokes but i wouldnt couldnt it on..the fact they havnt cared that the overspray of mud has hit your car kinda says they wont give a fuk if you complain to them about it.

[Big Cam]

Speak to the builder first, dont let it go too long get on to it asap. if it cant be sorted out between you and the builder then look at using different avenues.

Also the builder has to take responsibility for all the trades on site subbies or not.

[iluv2moan]

Shit brickies use plastersizers like calair, really shit brickies use household detergent. Either way you use very little and it's not to code if the cement contains lime (which nearly all do). A whole bottle of detergent in a 44Gal drum will make the mud way too fluffy and a pain in the arse to use. Attempting to push a whole wall out of plumb will almost always result in the wall falling over, it takes a skilled operator to knock a wall into or out of plumb. Bit of useless info for you.

brickies these days have enough trouble building a straight wall without the aid of soft foaming mud

think any decent labourer would pick up on a bottle of detergent in a drum and just kick the fucker over (most likely onto the mixer extension cord join).

[PAGZ]

thats what i was just thinking!:banana:

but on the concrete thing ..... how do you get dried concrete splatter off glass?, I have a screen door with some on it?

razor blade dude

[LNYMRKO]

not going to work, my 300 pound electrican was on the roof of a job singing to shania twain "i feel like a women" with 4 foot of arse crack hanging out.

:lol:

This one site across the road from where I work, 40 tradies working on this building, always with a radio playing. John Farnham's "The Voice" comes on, all of a sudden there's a bogan choir across the road, each and every one of them singing at the top of their lungs hahah.

/offtopic.

[Blueraven]

my office has a window into our factory with 100+ chippies/plumbers/sparky's...


radios blaring, alway hear guys singing at the top of their lungs to the latest miley cyrus :D

[blownVL]

wat builder was it ?

[Anaru]

Colonnade Builders

[blownVL]

where abouts we do all there plumbing for all there jobs

[Anaru]

Scarborough area