ᐅ Laying a Patio – Ensuring the Safety of Helpers and Workers

We wanted to have our terrace paved, but this was significantly affected by the high workload of the contractors. No contract could be agreed upon at reasonable terms.

The area is 30 sqm (320 sq ft), with a mineral concrete base already in place as a continuation of the ground slab. What remains is the application of gravel, an edge, and the installation of the rectangular natural stone slabs.

The young men in our family felt that outsourcing was not really necessary and offered to install the terrace as a team. I wanted to ensure this goodwill by registering the private construction work with the professional accident insurance institution. However, we were turned down due to the minor scale of the work. Have other homeowners found solutions for this kind of insurance issue?

Best regards,
Gabriele

Hello Gabriele,
Building a terrace doesn’t really count as house construction.
It is likely that the hardworking helpers do not expect you to provide insurance for them?!
So, in an unconventional way: let them do team building and work.
If something happens, their own health insurance will cover it. There is no need to make it more complicated than it is 🙂
Good luck and best regards

Our first landscaper had to drop out because he accidentally cut his knee with a flex tool on another construction site. Such a complicated joint! I really felt sorry for him. Since then, I haven’t heard anywhere that he is able to return to work. That was late last autumn.

Best regards, Gabriele