Esoteric
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, so I ran across something today that I know isn't the proper way to do things, but I was wondering if you guys think I handled the situation correctly.
I was working in a church, and their horizontal lighting pipes (1.5" iron pipe) were held in place to vertical pipes (which were secured by flanges to the ceiling) with cheeseboroughs. I pointed it out to the owner, took pictures, told him how dangerous it was, but he refused to pay for replacement of the system.
We didn't touch anything on or near the pipe, should I have gone to the additional expense on my own dime (it was in a very difficult place to reach and would have cost me a day's labor for 3 people plus the parts to fix it) to fix it? My lawyer says there is no liability for me. But how would you guys have handled it?
If it had been in the way, and easy to reach I would have just done it anyway, but we are talking probably $1000-$1500 out of a job with an already low profit margin (as in it would have turned it into a profit margin of less than 3%) so I didn't touch it. But now, a week on, I kind of feel guilty for not doing anything about it despite the client not wanting anything done.
Mike
I was working in a church, and their horizontal lighting pipes (1.5" iron pipe) were held in place to vertical pipes (which were secured by flanges to the ceiling) with cheeseboroughs. I pointed it out to the owner, took pictures, told him how dangerous it was, but he refused to pay for replacement of the system.
We didn't touch anything on or near the pipe, should I have gone to the additional expense on my own dime (it was in a very difficult place to reach and would have cost me a day's labor for 3 people plus the parts to fix it) to fix it? My lawyer says there is no liability for me. But how would you guys have handled it?
If it had been in the way, and easy to reach I would have just done it anyway, but we are talking probably $1000-$1500 out of a job with an already low profit margin (as in it would have turned it into a profit margin of less than 3%) so I didn't touch it. But now, a week on, I kind of feel guilty for not doing anything about it despite the client not wanting anything done.
Mike