Removal of old bathroom

all waste remains the property of the owner of the building it was fixed to, most contractors price to remove it,but some do not because you need a waste transfer licence,was it in your quote to remove it if not it remains the responsibility of the building owner. are elx eluding to themselves as lazy because the statement that all tradesmen are lazy must surely include themselves, also why has my builder allowed such an inflammatory and insulting statement to be printed on their site, if as moderator you feel you can not print my response please let me know why, as this sort of statement can put people visiting your site off of hiring tradesmen on here.

We would never dream of doing that and would always include complete removal in our quotation. So it will depend on wheather it was included or not in the quote.

I always discuss the removal of waste from the property with the customer to avoid situations like this. It's an extra cost to the contractor which I add in the quote. I certainly wouldn't dump it in their back garden and walk away. Always leave it better than you found it.

Waste is the responsibility of the waste producer. The producer has a duty of care to make sure it is disposed of, recycled or reused. The producer would be the contractor not the client. The client does have a responsibility to check they are registered waste carriers but not much more than that. A contractor would normally negotiate waste removal before pricing as some has value and some is expensive to dispose of. It would normally be paid for separately from the actual works and upon production of skip receipts. ——— https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/34 There is a precedent set in law making the contractor ‘the producer’. If I can find the particular case I will link it tomorrow. ——— https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-disposing-of-waste/trade-waste I can’t find the case as of yet but am still looking. The link above is guidance from my local County Council. It does state they are legally responsible and citizens advice would be the best to contact. Not many tradesmen will like hearing this as they are nearly all lazy! ——— Really sorry, if you have taken offence D&R. It was not intended to cause any, is not directed at you personally and was qualified with ‘nearly all’. I assume you are not lazy and do dispose of your waste. I started life after school as a labourer, loading out for and cleaning up after every trade. I know who’s lazy and who’s not. I had cleanliness at the end of everyday and each job hammered into me by the old boys who trained me. Those of us who are clean and tidy get very frustrated when others are not. It is law, a waste carriers license is about £100 and lasts for life and it’s not difficult to clean up after making a mess. I agree with you that they shouldn’t be cleaning up for free, but they should have had the sense to price for it and do it. Rather than leaving some poor customer with a bathroom in her garden.

If it is not on the quote then it is the customer’s responsibility to take care of any waste that was generated whilst the work is taking place as most tradesman do not carry a waste disposal licence. Regardless I always make a point at the onset of any work undertaken that the customer will have to organise a skip or similar, or where would they like it stacked up? This way there is never a mis understanding at the end.