[Milu]

I think we can all understand Zeke's anger at criticism of his profession and that he feels it was not warranted by the subject matter of the original thread.

However, what seems to have come out so far is that posters to this thread have had some poor experiences with the construction trade. I certainly have.

Perhaps we should run a poll of how many posters have direct experience with construction trades and what percentage of the time they are totally satisfied for the job they paid for.

Indicators could be:
job corresponds to what was requested as requested.
job finished on time
job finished on budget
job completed to an acceptable standard
No problems afterwards
Contractor stood behind his work and made good where required without quibble.
the job stood the test of time

I have had quite a lot of amateur and professional involvement with construction contractors and I don't think I was reasonably satisfied with contractors one time in ten.