Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

This is a picture of the wonderful work those United Utilities people did......do you think it is quality repair work....? It looks like a bad patchwork quilt.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I didn't say it was the electric board.....in fact if you look back to my post I said it wasn't the gas or water.......I didn't mention electricity in my original post. And if you go and look on Broadway where the digging took place you will see that there are indeed cracked pavers and that it HAS been shoved back any old way.....with bog standard concrete pavers that do not match the original ones......the cracks haven't even been filled in properly. It is an absolute ar*e of a job and whoever completed it should be saddened by the sub standard workmanship. I just tell it like it is.

Originally Posted by tomz

Correct me if im wrong but isnt it someone else's job to put paving back nice and neat to your satisfaction? Not United Utilities? If UU spent time re-paving etc on every bit of land they worked on, they would have no other time to do anything! Such as being called out in the early hours on a winter evening to deal with power cuts etc, something which they are actually paid for? If your so bothered about the 'ar*e of a job' why dont you go and re-pave them yourself? Or is that because your not paid to do it? Just like.... erm.... United Utilities?

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

It was the work of United Utilities......I thought they were supposed to restore the repaired area to 'original' condition. It isn't just the broken pavers....there are paver put down that don't match the originals and also an area of bald concrete. Just posted the pic so that people who haven't seen the area can see it.

Originally Posted by Gayle

Er, if they dig it up they should repair it to the state it was in before they dug it up. Who elses job do you think it would be?

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

No Tomz.....the company who dug up the ground have a responsibility to return it to the original condition. It is what they are paid to do. And if you look at the pics you will see that it could, in no way be called a 'satisfactory' job.

Originally Posted by tomz

And do some people think it is possible to uplift concrete paving slabs without cracking them? Oh... in a short amount of time?.... I think not.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I wouldn't dream of calling United Utilities to have my drive paved.....especially as I have now seen their work....and it doesn't matter that their work was underneath the paving slabs.....they have to make good the repairs to the pavers that THEY dig up. You don't expect the council to come along and fill in a hole that someone else has dug up do you?

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

And while it may not be possible to lift the pavers without doing some damage, it would be expected that the damage would be repaired and the original colour paver be used......not just the bog standard concrete ones......after all this development has only been completed for 3 months(approx)