in expecting more work to be done in a day?!?

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1 builder (professional, accredited etc)

Today he has hung 2 doors.

That is all.

8 hours.

I really think this is taking the piss!

Am I being unreasonable?

Yanbu

I could hang 2 doors in less time than that!!!

It depends what basis you have employed him on. Is it price work or day work?

Day work :(

Was it just a case of one door off another on or did the new door need adjusting to fit and things?

He even complained that they were heavy (they are oak).

Day work

Then yes, he's taking the proverbial.

Never ever pay a daily rate, he's taken the piss op. very annoying.

That is absolutely appalling.
Out of interest how much are you paying a day? (nosey)

Sirzy I've no idea as I've been at work all day.... Would that explain it then?

I've had a carpenter take down a door, plane it, turn around the lock, hinges and handles and refit in an hour.

£200 :(

Hang on, did he have to bulldoze the door opening and make the frames? You might be YABU.

Most doors need adjusting to fit and it's actually quite a difficult thing to do without having someone else there to take the other side of the door.

Also, he may have had to adjust the door frame too.

I'd ask him. You're paying his wage after all.

Have you ever tried hanging a door? Not easy at all. Hot weather could have caused doors to swell.

We paid our professional builder per door.

Mind you I would have expected more from him.

No bulldozers involved!

You need to find another builder.
Seriously boot him out. I don't care if he is the most accredited builder in the world, he is taking the piss out of you and you have to stop him now.
And I speak as the wife of a carpenter/joiner.

His last day is tomo. The doors were the last thing to do bar a bit of grouting of tiles.

Most doors need adjusting to fit and it's actually quite a difficult thing to do without having someone else there to take the other side of the door.

Which is why most builders would have a labourer and have got the job done in a few hours. And even then £200 would be an unreasonable rate.

Sorry that's seriously Taking the piss. I had a joiner box in both sides of my stairs underneath to make a cupboard, he and his workmate did the full job, including panelling, hanging 2 oak doors which had to be cut down to fit, made door frames, put handles on, and painted the whole job lot except the doors..... In 2 days, and the labour cost me the same as yours. It does not take a full day to hang 2 doors, if it did, your builder is incompetent!

DH has just asked where you live.
I assume London, South East?

No we live in Cornwall. Rural Cornwall.

I am really surprised by that.

Why?

We live in Cornwall, paid 2 guys about £900 to hang 11 doors, which included some tricky bi-folds/sliding doors. It took them 6 days.

It can be tricky. It also takes a lot longer when there's just one person. Two are much more efficient.

Wow. We're they the entrance to Westminster Abbey?