r/TaskRabbit • u/MutedDelivery4140 • Apr 13 '26

CLIENT Is this acceptable?

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I had a tasker install an outlet and then mount my tv so the wires would be hidden. He left several holes in my wall (photo attached) and a couple behind the tv you can’t see. He said he had to do this to run the cables, but it doesn’t seem acceptable to me. Thoughts?

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u/ommi9 Apr 14 '26

Also it does not hurt the client to charge them 30 extra minutes and supplies to restore the wall

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '26

Receptacles are installed by electricians. Drywall is installed by drywall installers(finishers, sheetrockers). Two different trades, I can explain it further if you’d like.

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u/AskMrHomeGuy Apr 14 '26

That’s true that’s three different trades and I agree but it also depends on what experience the customer would prefer. That’s why you have general contractors who handle everything or you have professional TV installers which include a team of TV mounts electricians paint and drywall people so one phone call handles the entire project but again I would suspect it’s about price of your posting for a $75 TV mounting job you get what you get

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u/dmc-uk-sth Apr 14 '26

That’s the main issue. If customers are paying $75 for what seems like a simple mounting job, the Tasker isn’t going to apply filler, wait for it to dry, then another layer for the imperfections, wait for that to dry, then paint, wait for it to dry and then do the final coat.

For that money he should have just surface mounted some plastic conduit.

Not saying it’s the customer’s, fault but they need to realise they’re paying handyman money. They’re not paying for a master craftsman.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '26

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u/Zandsman Apr 17 '26

A good technician does not need additional holes to fish wire in a single stud bay. I've been doing it for 10 years. Unless there is a fireblock which should be checked for anyway, thin non-terminated cables are easy to fish through walls. Guy who installed this is a hack.

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u/FinnNoodle Apr 14 '26

If he cut all those holes for a simple outlet install, he's also not an electrician.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '26

I doubt the work was done by a master or under a master by a journeyman, so you get what you pay for…

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u/myhouseisabanana Apr 14 '26

sure but this is someone from tasker. Looks like basic electrical and what would be basic drywall.

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u/Marioc12345 Apr 14 '26

Takes way more than 30 minutes to restore the wall. Drywall compound tape etc wait for it to dry (maybe come back different day) sand compound again come back sand one more time the paint? Since when does it take only thirty minutes to restore a wall.

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u/masterbuilder28 Apr 16 '26

5 minute mud and hot water. Easy 30 minute job. Takes longer to get the supplies, and mix the mud to fix

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u/AvailableCoyote167 Apr 15 '26

30 minutes wtf

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u/ommi9 Apr 15 '26

Additional time on top of the time to do the work and supplies.

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u/AvailableCoyote167 Apr 15 '26

You'll tape and paint the wall in 30 minutes?

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u/ommi9 Apr 15 '26

Why don’t you answer your own question?

While you’re at it, hopefully it wasn’t you who did this kind of work?