As a contractor, my value is to see that my clients get the very best job....as I do that I also insure my body of warranty work is less, referrals are high and we retain profits.
My plumber deleted galvanized at this sink rough- the black fitting is a Fernco designed to marry pipes- It is typically used when there are slight dimensional changes which indicated to me he had left the galvanized at a turn where it would be likely to create clogs and be impossible to service after sheet rock and cabinetry are in place.
The plumbers’ response to me was when I pointed this out was not to undermine his work after 15 years of working together.
My response was essentially “it’s my company and I’m paying the bill and we’re going to do things the way that I say they need to be done. When it gets down to something I’m going to be responsible for down the road I have a voice that will be heard.”
We have 15 people working all the time out in the field and if 5 people do this once a week that is 200 instances per year- in five years that is 1000 extremely difficult to remediate problems.
At that point your reputation surfers and your work slows down and you don’t even have the income you need to survive what you created.
You don’t get what you expect- You get what you tolerate. Choose wisely because with every decision you’re creating your own future.
Fixed now-
My plumber deleted galvanized at this sink rough- the black fitting is a Fernco designed to marry pipes- It is typically used when there are slight dimensional changes which indicated to me he had left the galvanized at a turn where it would be likely to create clogs and be impossible to service after sheet rock and cabinetry are in place.
The plumbers’ response to me was when I pointed this out was not to undermine his work after 15 years of working together.
My response was essentially “it’s my company and I’m paying the bill and we’re going to do things the way that I say they need to be done. When it gets down to something I’m going to be responsible for down the road I have a voice that will be heard.”
We have 15 people working all the time out in the field and if 5 people do this once a week that is 200 instances per year- in five years that is 1000 extremely difficult to remediate problems.
At that point your reputation surfers and your work slows down and you don’t even have the income you need to survive what you created.
You don’t get what you expect- You get what you tolerate. Choose wisely because with every decision you’re creating your own future.
Fixed now-
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Said he instantly dropped to his knees seeing stars, but a few seconds later he got his bearings and his hand just happened to land on a scrap 2x4 which he promptly racked across the plumbers shins and sent him hollering to the ground. 
