Best Avoided?

[Ashley Burton]

Long story short one of the businesses where I work is having a refit. Part of the refit is a false ceiling has been fitted. This has reduced the floor to ceil height causing the current metal shelving not to fit. I commented it could be cut down. Is it worth the hassle of getting involved. Or shall I leave it to a so called expert to sort out? Blame & claim spring to mind sadly.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Depends. If there bolt together and it's just a new hole to be drilled can't see the issue.
Are you gonna make money on it.
If not. Walk away.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Long story short one of the businesses where I work is having a refit. Part of the refit is a false ceiling has been fitted. This has reduced the floor to ceil height causing the current metal shelving not to fit. I commented it could be cut down. Is it worth the hassle of getting involved. Or shall I leave it to a so called expert to sort out? Blame & claim spring to mind sadly.

Without naming names , is it a multi-national, or a small family business? If the former, I'd let them get on with it. I'd have recommended replacement, then there might be loads of dexion going spare.....

If it's the latter, then I might offer to help, subject to the usual disclaimers.

 

[BarrieJ]

Putting aside 'blame and claim', you'd need to compare the cost of replacement with the time/cost of adapting what's there. If adapting alters the installation substantially, then the metal shelving is no longer as designed and should your changes fail - then blame and claim may well come into it.

Previously offered advice by slim_boy_fat and eLuSiVeMiTe seem pretty sound to me.

 

[Ashley Burton]

I think it's probably best avoided.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Old army motto, NEVER VOLUNTEER.

 

[mechman]

DIY= Don't Involve Yourself

 

[Pete.]

Give them a price to do the job. Cutting down modular shelving is easy money.

 

[MattF]

I'd let the other side sort it out. I've found that trying to help out, where businesses are concerned, usually leads to earache at best, and if there is any problem, they'll drop you in the cack quicker than you can blink.

 

[Ashley Burton]

Spoke with one of the trades people currently on site who's going to cut it down for us. So problem solved