Bodgers, bloody bodgers everywhere!!!
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How do you identify a bodger before they demonstrate their bodging skills?
Had a lock fitted to a gate, the bodger removes the existing catch to fit the lock, gets the position wrong so the throw bar hits the wall before being fully extended so the key can be removed.
Rather than shorten the bar he basically gouges a clearance for the bar in the brick wall of my house!
If I had been around when this was going on I would have had a touch of the mentals, words fail me.
Had a lock fitted to a gate, the bodger removes the existing catch to fit the lock, gets the position wrong so the throw bar hits the wall before being fully extended so the key can be removed.
Rather than shorten the bar he basically gouges a clearance for the bar in the brick wall of my house!
If I had been around when this was going on I would have had a touch of the mentals, words fail me.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 18th July 19:25
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 18th July 19:29
on many occasions it is not possible to tell that a job has been bodged straight away.So many things in the photo hurt my eyes!
Is it straight?
Are the brackets central in the wood?
The signs of where the old lock was (possibly not his fault unless he could have covered it)
Why nuts on the gate and bolts on the post? Why not the same way around?
I could go on.
I've done far worse myself, but only DIY, but I've only done such a dodgy job once. Second time is somewhere close to perfection. Maybe it was his first...
Is it straight?
Are the brackets central in the wood?
The signs of where the old lock was (possibly not his fault unless he could have covered it)
Why nuts on the gate and bolts on the post? Why not the same way around?
I could go on.
I've done far worse myself, but only DIY, but I've only done such a dodgy job once. Second time is somewhere close to perfection. Maybe it was his first...
gottans said:
Rather than shorten the bar he basically gouges a clearance for the bar in the brick wall of my house!
I share your pain but it is possible the bar would have been a match for his hacksaw if it was hardened steel. Having said that i did once have to hacksaw a Krooklock (dropped keys) and was shocked at how easy it was if you selected the right bit to cut through.
gottans said:
FreeLitres said:
You got a man in for that?
It was a case of timing, I didn't have the time so this was through someone else.On a related note, a mate of mine is a total man-baby - he takes his motorbike to the dealer to have the chain adjusted. He actually sees this has an example of his fiscal might - he has a "little man" do it. I think he's an idiot. I don't think he is capable of doing anything.
Dogwatch said:
I share your pain but it is possible the bar would have been a match for his hacksaw if it was hardened steel.
Having said that i did once have to hacksaw a Krooklock (dropped keys) and was shocked at how easy it was if you selected the right bit to cut through.
He couldn't have had a hacksaw, as he would have shortened the bolts.Having said that i did once have to hacksaw a Krooklock (dropped keys) and was shocked at how easy it was if you selected the right bit to cut through.
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