PROINSTALLER.CO.UK
THE VOICE OF THE TRADE
ISSUE 64
JULY 2018
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14 Falling behind
in the tech race 24 Seven things you
didn’t know about… 28 Highlighting some 38 Tips for installing
inconvenient truths fire-resistant glass
Contruction needs to see
potential in technology. South Yorkshire based
Senior Architectural Systems. Benjamin Dyer helps with
running your own business. The low-down on installing,
choosing and specifying.
TRADE PROFESSIONALS DO
UNPAID WORK EVERYDAY
Freeloading Brits are getting
trades professionals to
carry out extra unpaid work
in our homes every day.
New research conduct-
ed by CORGI HomePlan
has revealed the weird and
wacky things trades profes-
sionals have been asked to
fix while on a job. Over half
of UK homeowners don’t
expect to pay the usual
hourly rate for the extra
tasks carried out, preferring
instead to pay in cups of tea,
(10 per cent) or not paying
all together (10 per cent).
Britain’s skilled profes-
sionals are proving them-
selves a bit too handy with
the amount of unpaid work
they are agreeing to do – it’s
estimated that they are miss-
ing out on £2.7m in poten-
tial earnings each year.
When asked why they
seek extra work from a
trades professional on top
of what has been agreed, 62
per cent cited the conveni-
ence of having a profession-
al in the home. A further 40
per cent of those surveyed
revealed it was because the
professionals are experts
and 23 per cent admit
they’re rubbish at any kind
of DIY themselves.
Men are more likely to
ask for an extra freebie than
women (52 vs 47 per cent),
however it is women who
are most likely to expect
the work done for free,
with half expecting it to be
carried out for less than the
usual fee.
Younger householders are
more likely (73 per cent) to
want the work done for a
discounted rate, compared
to 52 per cent of those aged
55 and above who would
happily offer the agreed
hourly charge.
From mending a broken
plug socket (28 per cent) to
putting up shelves (21 per
cent) and changing light-
bulbs (9 per cent), all the
way to wacky requests like
making tea for all house
guests (8 per cent), keep-
ing an eye on the dog (6
per cent) and even putting
the bins out (5 per cent), it
seems there is nothing that
we expect a trades profes-
sional to say no to.
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However, this does not ap-
ply to any other regular pro-
fessional visitors to our home.
When asked if they would
make similar requests to
delivery people (3 per cent),
meter readers (3 per cent) or
window cleaners (9 per cent),
the numbers who said they
would ask for extra work on
top falls dramatically.
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