Damage by a joiner. Pay him in full?

[sayayetaeapie]

Had a joiner in today to remove some old fittings before a room is plastered. He's done this, but damaged a LOT of plasterwork, which the plasterer is going to charge £100 extra to fix (I'm not querying the plasterer's fee as he's a decent bloke and it's obviously a lot of work).

Secondly the joiner damaged a lampshade which was well out of his way.

So, the joiner's original fee was agreed prior to starting the work at £100. The plastering repair will cost £100, the lampshade £20ish.

I've not paid him yet, what do I do? If it was poor work I'd ask him to come back and finish it to an acceptable standard before paying him but in this situation I can't do that. Cut my losses, pay him and use someone else to finish the work? Pay him less (but how much?), explaining why? I know £100 is not a lot of money for some people but I have a pretty tight budget. Help, don't know what to do!

what were the fittings?

some things, like skirting and architrave, can't realistically be removed without damaging plaster.

I agree with PigletJohn. Skirting and architrave can't be removed without damaging plaster. Especially in older houses.

I think people are right re: plaster- but the lamp is another matter, depending on how bad it is. Did the plasterer think the damage was particularly out of order? If he's a decent bloke, I would ask his opinion, as he will know how reasonable the amount of damage was, and understand how these things work.

Thanks for the replies.

It was far more plaster than normally comes off, right back to the brickwork so he must have used a lot of force. The plasterer was pretty taken aback by the damage and said it he had no idea why the guy had needed to make such a mess. He said I should call them and discuss it but I'm too much of a wimp :(

plaster coming off back to brickwork just as likely to be blown plaster as excessive force. We had areas where the plaster fell off the wall quite easily and other areas where it was a hammer and chisel job

what were the fittings?