Any Skilled Person Using The Service To Promote Their Services (Except Us) Shall Be A Trade Person/ People, Which Include But Not Limited To Electricians, Plumbers, Plasterers, Painters Etc.

Home Owner Getting Started On Work Sheriff

Fill In Your Details To Sign Up. Once Signed Up, You Can Then Fill In As Much Detail About Your Job And Post On The Site. You Will Receive An Unlimited Amount Of Quotes From Trade People, And You Will Choose One And You Will Pay The Required Money Into Work Sheriff Holding Account. Your Job Will Get Done And If It Is Completed To Your Satisfaction The Money Is Released To The Trade Person. It Is Possible To Have Multiple Properties.

Tips For New Trader People Signing Up

Put As Much Information About You And What You Do As Possible. Include Pictures On Your Profile. Always Quote For A Worse Case Scenario, And Make Sure All Cost Are Accounted For Including Labour, Parts, Tools, Fuel, Services Used.

Communicating Or Paying Outside Work Sheriff

Work Sheriff Is NOT Responsible For Any Communication Or Payments Outside The Site.

Violations That Lead To Account Closure

An Account May Be Closed By Work Sheriff If A Customer Or Trade Person Has Been Found To Be Miss Using The Site As Set Out In The Terms And Conditions Which Includes But Not Restricted To Abuse Of Staff Or Other Users And Fraudulent Behaviour.

How Will Work Sheriff Benefit Me as a Trade Person?

• Pay As You Use To Fill In The Diary, Saving Money. • Fair Comparison With Other Trades People To Win The Job. • No Monthly Or Yearly Fee. • No Fee For Being Short Listed. • Only Pay Commission On Jobs Won, And Not Just For Leads. • Cut Down On Time Taken Quoting For Work. • Guaranteed Payment Waiting After The Job Is Complete At The Required Standard. • No More Having To Do Extra Jobs On Top Of Quote To Get Paid.

What If the Customer Gives Wrong Information Which Puts Extra Cost onto the Job?

Trades People Can Claim Back Extra Costs If Required Because Of Wrong Information Given Or Previous Sub-Standard Work Which Needs Correcting For The Job To Proceed. Extra Time Can Be Calculated And Apply The Appropriate Rate, And Fair Price Should Be Charged For Parts. The Trade Persons Hourly/ Half Day/ Day Rates Can Be Found On Their Profile Page. (TPUA 7.5) (CUA 6.1)

What if a Customer only Gives a little Information for the Quote?

There Is Some Required Information, But There Are A Lot Of Questions Which Do Not Have To Be Answered If The Customer Does Not Know The Answer. Trade People Should Be Quoting For The Worst-Case Scenario, So Extra Costs Do Not Need To Be Added. (TPUA 7.3) (CUA 6.2)

As a Trade Person, Can I Rely on Customers Measurements?

Anything Which Requires Exact Measurements Must Be Done By The Trade Person Before Ordering Parts, As Measurements Are For Pricing Purposes Only. (TPUA 7.6)

What if the Customer wants a Different Standard in Parts to What The Trade Person has Supplied?

If A Higher/ Different Standard Of Goods Are Wanted To What Has Been Supplied, It Must Be Stated As Part Of The Quote Information As The Trade Person Will Be Assumed To Be Quoting For A Basic Range Of Product. Extra Can Be Charged For Any Extra Work Carried Out. (TPUA 7.16) (CUA 6.3)

Click On The Blue POST A JOB Button And You Will Go To The First Page. 1st Option, Select Property. Choose The Property You Want The Work Done On, If You Have Not Already Added A Property, Choose ADD PROPERTY In The Option. 2nd Option, Project Title. You Just Add A Descriptive Title For The Work You Want Doing. 3rd And 4th Option, SELECT YOUR TYPE OF PROJECT, And CHOOSE FROM THE LIST. Use SINGLE TRADE If You Only Need One Type Of Trade Person For Example Just An Electrician To Fix A Light, Or You Can Use MULTIPLE TRADE If You Want Different Trades People To Be Coordinated By 1 Trade Person (Who Bids On The Job). When You Choose MULTIPLE TRADE, You Will Get To Choose What Type Of Project You Want Doing, So For Example You Might Choose You Want A Bathroom Fitting, So You Can Choose TILING, PLUMBING And ELECTRICIAN Along With Other Options. 5th And 6th Option, Start And End Dates. If You Need Your Job Done Within A Certain Time Just Add The Dates Here. 7th Option, Who Will Supply Your Materials. Simply State Trade Person If You Want The Trade Person To Supply Your Materials, Or You Could List The Bits You Want To Supply. 8th Option, Attachments. You Can Attach Files And Pictures Which You Think Will Help Trades People Quote For The Job. The Blue CONTINUE TO JOB QUESTIONS Button. This Button Will Take You To The Job Questions Page. On The JOB-RELATED QUESTIONS Page, You Will See At The Top Page The Trade You Have Chosen And Then Below Are The Click Boxes. The First Click Box Is

Who is responsible for damage?

Trade People Should Take A Picture Of The Work Area On Arrival, Noting Stains On A Carpet, Or Damage To Furniture Or Wall Or Doors Etc. Any Damage Caused By The Trade Person Will Come From The Trade Persons Payment, If Reported Before The Trade Person Is Paid.

How do I get the best price/ quote for my Job?

Give As Much Information As Possible. When The Trade Person Quotes For A Job, They Will Quote For The Worst-Case Scenario. It May Sometimes Seem Cost Effective To Get Your Own Equipment, But Remember If It Fails Then You Must Pay For The Trade Person To Refit It, Where If The Trade Person Supplies It And It Fails Within The Warranted Time The Trade Person Must Exchange For Free.

Can I Pay with a Credit Card or PayPal?

Yes, PayPal And Most Cards Are Accepted.

How Much does Work Sheriff charge Trades People?

Work Sheriff Take 8% Commission Rounded Up To The Nearest £1 Off Trades People For A Completed Job.

How Much is the Joining Fee for a Trade Person

Trade People Will Pay A One-Off Joining Fee Of £50 Unless There Is An Offer

How much are credits for Trade People

£10 For 10 Credits, £40 For 50 Credits, £65 For 100 Credits, £100 For 200 Credits.

How Does The Site Work?

The Basic Operation Of The Site. 1. Customer Fills In Database Questions. 2. Trade People Will See The Job And Give A Quote. 3. Customer Will Choose A Trade Person. And Pay For The Job Into A Holding Account. 4. The Trade Person Does The Job. 5. Everyone Is Happy In The 2 Weeks Following The Completion, And The Trade Person Is Paid.

Joinery and Woodwork

How do I know if my Door Frame is Square?
How will my Skirting be Fitted?
What is a Magic Corner?
What is a Plinth and Kickboard and Cornice and Pelmet?
What is a Kitchen Splash Back?
How to Count Cornice cuts/ joins
How to Describe Stair Winders and Rails
Can Laminate Flooring be Fitted on any Floor?
What Is Laminate Beading?
What is Over Boarding
Why does a floor need to be level?
What Type of Roof have I got?
What is a Trussed Roof
What is a Ridge on a Roof?
How to measure up

How do I know if my Door Frame is Square?

Measure from the bottom left of the door frame to the top right, write down the measurement. Then measure the bottom right to the top left of the door frame and the measurement should be about the same.

A few mm difference is square but over 1cm (10mm) difference it is getting to a not square situation.

How will my Skirting be Fitted?

Pin and glue skirting is the most popular and cheapest method of fixing the skirting board to the wall. The walls need to be reasonably straight.
Screwing and pelting the skirting to the wall is normally done when the walls are uneven or not straight or if the skirting is being varnished not glossed.

What is a Magic Corner?

A magic corner makes the most of the space in the corner of the Kitchen base units. Various designs are used to make it possible to use the space in the base corner unit without having to take everything out at the front of the unit and getting on your hands and knees to reach the back.

What is a Plinth and Kickboard and Cornice and Pelmet?

A plinth, or kickboard, is often added along the bottom edge of the base units, to make them appear to stand directly on the floor in a material that matches the cupboards and give the kitchen a solid finished look.
The cornice can be fitted to the top and pelmet to the bottom of the wall units, to look like the unit is not just a square box. The cornice and pelmets can hide junction boxes or transformers for under unit lighting.

What is a Kitchen Splash Back?

A kitchen Splash back is an extension of the worktop, walls are protected and there are no traps to collect dirt and moisture. Splash backs usually comes in the form of tiling or a cut length of the same worktop material which sits on the worktop but can also be other materials such as glass, steel.

How to Count Cornice cuts/ joins

The cornice will need a cut on every angle change and for every length over 2meter if the cornice is 2meters long.

How to Describe Stair Winders and Rails

Winders are the turns in the stairs. You describe the stairs as though you are walking up them.

So, if you walk up 2 steps and turn right then you go straight to the top of the stairs then you have a bottom right winder.

If you walk straight to near the top and then turn left, you have a top left winder.

If you have a winder at the top and bottom it is a double winder.

Balustrade or banister is the handrail which look like a fence made to stop people from falling off the stairs or landing, vertical rails are the rails which go up the stairs.

Newel is the piece of wood which the Banister fits to and a half newel is the wood which fits the banister to the wall.

Can Laminate Flooring be Fitted on any Floor?

To lay laminate flooring the floor must be level. An uneven or sloping floor must be levelled.
Small gaps i.e., between a fitted unit and a wall could be hard for the fitter to make look good and could take up a lot of time.
Any bumps must be flattened any holes must be filled any nails must be removed before laying.

What Is Laminate Beading?

Beading described and how it is used.

Beading or skirting is used to cover the gap around the laminate flooring, which must be there to allow the floor to expand and contract with the temperature of the room.
Beading is used when the skirting board is not being removed when installing laminate flooring.
Beading can be matching to the laminate colour or white to match the skirting board it will be attached to.

What is Over Boarding

You normally overboard a wooden floor which is in poor condition, or if you will be tiling over boarding it will stop a lot of movement when screwed down. You May need over boarding if having laminate or vinyl flooring fitted to protect the new Flooring.

You may need waterproof boards if going in a bathroom or kitchen

Why does a floor need to be level?

Any high or low point can cause cracks in the grout or even crack a tile if extreme enough.
High or low points will eventually cause squeaks on wooden flooring which may not happen straight away.
High or low points can rip vinyl which may not happen straight away.

What Type of Roof have I got?

1. A gable end is a triangular (Normally Brick) wall between the edges of a sloping roof.
  - One gable end (End terraced) (Semi-detached) looks like rectangle from a bird’s eye view Pyramid hip looks square from a bird’s eye view
  - Two gable ends (Normal gable) look like rectangle from a bird’s eye view
  - Cross gabled roofs look like a cross from a birds eye view
2. Standard Hip roofs have no gable ends and slopes from the top and ends at the walls, usually with a gentle slope. They are symmetrical and will have a gutter fitted all around the house.
  - Standard hip looks rectangle from a bird’s eye view
  - Pyramid hip looks square from a bird’s eye view
  - Cross hipped looks like a cross from a bird’s eye view.
3. Half hip roofs have a gable (wall In between The roof) as the big part of a triangle with a hip roof on top of the gable. The guttering on the small hip leads back on to the remainder of the roof on one or both sides.
4. Dutch hip roofs are a hip roof (see 2) with a small gable wall above it, they are almost always symmetrical and will have a gutter fitted all around the house.
5. Mansard roofs are a hip type roof (See 2) with four sides with two different roof angles, the lower slope is much steeper than the upper slope of the roof.
6. Bonnet roofs are a hip type roof (see 2) with four sides with two different roof angles, the lower slope is less steep than the upper slope (opposite to the mansard roof); often extends over an open-sided raised porch to provide shade for the house and protection against rain.
7. Gambrel roofs are a gable end (wall) roof with two sides with two different angled slopes per side, often steep to shallow.
8. Intersecting roofs have a gable or hip and a valley. The valley is formed where the two different sections of the roof meet, generally at a 90° and look like the letter T from a bird’s eye view.
9. Butterfly roofs have two sides sloping inward toward the middle, so that they dip to create a central valley, which is opposite to most traditional roofs. Butterfly roofs have varied angle gradations and may not be of identical length or angle on each Side.
10. Saltbox roofs have gable end walls and have a long pitched roof that slopes down to the back. A saltbox roofed house has two stories in the front and just one at the back.
11. Shed roofs are simply a straight slope which is often attached to another building.
12. Dormer roofs are a smaller roof with a window at the front which protrudes from the slope of the main roof surface.

What is a Trussed Roof

Trussed roofs have 10.16 cm x 5.08 (2-inch x 4 inch) wood securely fastened together with metal ties (batten straps), the design provides equal distribution of weight to the interior walls and ceiling supports.

To find out if your roof is trussed simply go into your loft and look for the metal ties (batten straps) joining the different angles of wood together.

Trussed roof are designs to withstand the weight of the structure itself as well as snow and ice on top, so trussed roof frames should never be altered from its original factory state. It should also never be used as a foundation or support for a space for living or storage which could leave the structure vulnerable to failure or outright collapse.

What is a Ridge on a Roof?

A ridge on a roof is where the roof faces join which is always on the top of the House and down the sides from the top on a hip roof.

The tile which covers the join between the roof faces is called the ridge tile.

How to measure up

Learn about how to use a tape measure correctly and get an accurate measurement. Contains how to work out meters squared and cubed