You need to have a functioning shower/bath so I would call someone Monday. Best case he had some kind of emergency and should understand you needing to get the work done worst case you are attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis.

 

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Show him this thread.

Tell him what you just told us. I have to run a few jobs at once to make ends meet. If I can push one off a day or two to finish another job I will. Friends are hard because they stay silent instead of speaking up. You don't have to be mean about it but you have to be firm and clear. Be friendly and let him know you need it done or else you'll get some one else.

Don't pay until finished. I won't even take a deposit. I get paid when the job is done.

 

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Ash he shut off the water to your entire house? A week and a half ago? That isn't friendship mate.
Get ahold of him or anyone close to him to make sure he isn't dead or hospitalized, but he is being a massive douche to you.
Did you clean him out on card night or something? Would he be the type to stick you in a bind like this and then extort a higher price than agreed?

 

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I gave him $200 just to get him started. He didn't ask for it, and when i handed him the check he said, "ou don't have to give me this." It was just a gesture of good faith. I bought all the mats, I'm just paying for labor.

The way I see it, I've paid for the demo and we're pretty much square at this point. I'd really rather he did the work because his work is top notch, plus I don't want to lose a friend over it. But damn.

 

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Let him know that.

BUT that you need it DONE!!

 

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No he said the only way to stop that leak (which was bad and getting worse day by day) was to shut off the water to the house. That was the day of the demo. That was before we bought a new Pfister (lol) faucet/shower head, which includes a valve. The old valve is shot. The hose you see in the pic going from the old pipe to the drain is something I rigged up to route the water into the drain. Before I did that we were replacing 5-gallon buckets every six hours.

ETA: So essentially we are wasting 5 gallons of water every six hours for a week and a half. You do the math. Our water bill may cost me more than the remodel.





I didn't clean him out any more than usual, but honestly I think he makes more than me. The guy is ALWAYS working. I have to think that he's just really busy at this point. He told me before he agreed to do the job that he was busy. It's probably my fault for not nailing down a timeline before hiring him.

 

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Hey dude, I know you are busy and shit, but I can't wash my ass in my bathroom. If you can't finish it, cool. Just let me know so I can find someone else. You got any recommendations? Thanks. Your friend...the guy whose bathroom is broken.

Thanks.

If not for my old lady I would probably not have even posted this. We have a second bathroom but she's right, this is getting ridiculous.

He did not show up to this past Friday's poker game, I was going to hopefully nail it down that night.

 

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There's really only one approach you can take now. Put on a hoodie and go after his ass with a bag of skittles, brah!

 

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Not very weird at all. He might have been trying to work you in because you were a friend. He most likely has a bigger money job that he is trying to get to a point where he can break back away from it for you. Good contractors are always juggling. I waited 6 weeks for a friend to restart and finish mine. They always vanish hehe.

It is very hard to do work and bid work to stay ahead. Thats why I threw away my tools! Better to just have more employees at some point.

 

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