The Building Sheriffs: Recent Episodes
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All the sense (and nonsense) your builder knows but you probably don’t, brought to you by The Building Sheriffs. Creators and authors of www.buildingsheriff.com (the UK’s leading online price guide for building jobs around the home). Paul and Chris are real-life builders - as well as being long-time mates. Combine advice, mockery and high-brow chat and you will come up with something completely different to this popular podcast. Have a listen and maybe be somewhat the wiser when a potential Jessie James and his boys come to work at your house.
Roofing, eh? Those blokes who turn up in a tar-covered van and shimmy up onto your roof like mountain goats?
Expensive? You bet. Well, do you want to get up there and do the job? In today's episode, The Building Sheriffs give you the inside track on roofing, roofers, life and the universe.
All about boilers (those magical things that keep you warm - until they don't).
So after your family, your health and your friends what are some of the most important things in your life? Food? Holidays? Christmas? The X Factor? Really? Spare a fond thought for the bringer of warmth and hot showers in your home - your boiler. Take it for granted at your peril! The Building Sheriffs discuss.
So the builders turn up, do their job perfectly and you pay them when they've finished? Simple. Not really. What about 'up front' payments? Cash? VAT? Learn all you need to know about this financial minefield with The Building Sheriffs.
It's a rare day off for The Building Sheriffs who decide to undertake the most unbuilder-like activity - they 'do lunch' in York.
Filmed live in a posh restaurant (something like Pizza Express), in front of a few scornful waiters, the boys shoot the breeze over a few Peroni.
So you thought you knew how to deal with builders? Do you make them tea, the moment they arrive at your house at 8.00am? They'll be disappointed if you don't! Listen up and see if you were right!
So, you've got to get a man in to fix some things and it's like he is from a different planet. He drinks tea with three sugars, he swears and he goes to the pub EVERY night. And he doesn't even seem to be scared of his wife telling him off for coming in blind drunk at midnight.
How can we get a peep into this strange breed's minds? Stick around. It may get interesting...
Today the Building Sheriffs discuss how builders work out their quotations. Yes, some of them do guess but, did you know that a lot of their pricing depends ON HOW YOU ACT during their quotation visit? Listen to find out more.
Have you ever wanted to get inside of the mind of a builder when he is quoting for your job? Do you realise that there are 2 reasons why you may not receive a quotation?
From the authors of the leading website www.buildingsheriff.com comes the definitive podcast on building - and yes it is actually mildly amusing (so our wives say) as well as being pretty darn useful.