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I have paid for it myself, through a S20 council major works notice. I have exactly the same rights I would have had I paid someone directly. It's just far more of a hassle (appeals, tribunals etc) to get there.
Thanks for your response. I think I need to re-post this elsewhere and clarify that I'm not looking for people to tell me how tough it is to get the council to do a job properly...
The key bit, is you say you wouldn't leave a job like this. I need more of those...
Yes but your initial question was:
is this work, "not ideal", but also "not that bad" / "industry standard"? Or, is it as bad as it feels to me it is?
It is definitely in the "not ideal but not that bad" category, hence my point that you will struggle to get anywhere. Now if you had organised this work directly yourself you could have agreed with tradesman up front that you wanted it lagged in such a manner (I don;t think I've ever come across lagging that's been solvent welded together) and would probably have had to pay extra for the increase time spent. Lagging is something that is consistently not given the level of care it deserves, but that's not just a tradesman things, its predominantly a client thing. A significant proportion of clients when given the choice will go for the smaller bill and less time spent on lagging.