Part 1 Sliding Doors: Check Before You Start Here’s why I care about all this checking so much. If you

Part 1 Sliding Doors: Check Before You Start So here’s what I check, and why. Does the door lock, close,

Part 1 Sliding Doors: Check Before You Start Sliding Doors Part Two: Talking to the Customer Glaziers are tradesmen, not

I had a contractor do some work for me once. Something wasn’t working right, and every time I brought it

I want to be clear about something. Getting paid when the job’s finished isn’t a privilege I should feel honoured

What I think actually happens is this: the trade gets the call, says yeah, I can do it, and just…

Part Three: The Tactics People Try I’m used to it now. Years of doing this, you develop tactics for getting

Payment problems: I hear this a lot from mates in the trade. The deposit that never got taken. The job

I get paid on completion. Not an invoice you can sit on. The job’s done, you pay, I leave. Sounds

I’m going to say something that not everyone agrees with: I don’t drive out to inspect jobs for free. I