puncture likely caused by landlord's roofers, advice

[talkToTheHat]

So there's been scaffolding up around my house whilst the asbestos facias and soffits have been replaced and the missing tiles sorted. Have complained to landlord several times about debris from the scaffolding (scaffolding joints, nails, nailgun clips, random offcuts of metal) scaffolding removed last friday. Riding today and heard a sudden dak dak dak dak dak noise. Thought it was a chain or gearbox fail, stop and find an aluminium roofing nail in my tyre.

Bike ends up being recovered home as too late to get it to a garage by the time RAC got their act together. Then i spot more aluminium roofing nails in the grass clippings spread on my path.

Right now I feel like explaining my point to landlord by means of a makeshift club adorned with the deposited nails, but I'll calm down soon. But what action can I take?

Importantly I have a secure tenancy, so landlord can't tell me to GTFO
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[ThatDippyTwat]

[arry]

Scaffies and roofers are a breed apart and not to be messed with. If you go to the landlord they'll go to the contractors and once it's been established you're the one making the noise, you'll be swimming with the fishes, ya see.

[talkToTheHat]

[kramdra]

Complaints are probably the reason.

The roofer I knew had none of his original teeth, full jaw reconstruction. Im not sure what he did but he deserved it..

[Nobby the Bastard]

So....

Are you suggesting that a nail/screw fell from height or

You drove over debris?

Which one punctured your tyre?
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[MCN]

I would contact a solicitor immediately.
The legal advice on the forum won't cut the mootard in the hogh court.

My advice:
You already knew there was a problem and risk.
You chose to accept the risk by continuing to use the facility.
Really what you should have done is not use the facility until all faults had been remedied.

Or get q brush from the house and sleep the debris away.
Then smak a builder across the lips with the brush.

Either way will have some sort of outcome.

You are over-inflating this matter.
It is tyre-ing.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[peejayess]

I doubt you have any redress available, legally or otherwise.. if you want revenge, collect all those loose nails and scatter them around your landlord’s parking area

[Freddyfruitba...]

Pretty sure that under tenancy law, any beef you think you might have is with the roofers, not the landlord who employed them. But as has been said, that's really a non-starter anyway...
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[pepperami]

It’ll leave a nasty taste but I think you’re going to have to put this down to bitter experience.
Roofers/scaffolders will just laugh and tell you to f*ck off.
Landlord will tie you up in red tape.

Clear the nails and move on with life.
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[johnsmith222]

For the sake of the £10 it costs to plug a tyre, I would just get it plugged, sweep up any nails and move on with my life.

Some things just aren't worth the hassle.

[natefz6]

Sorry but I read this as;

You knew there was debris but rather than sweep it up you rode through it.

Yes it wasn't really your job to sweep it up but at the same point you should not have rode through it. I get punctures all the time from riding the less traveled path on the londistan roads but that accept that the more you ride over shit the more likely you are to get a puncture.
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[talkToTheHat]

I should add some more details here

1) roofers are in the employ of the landlord, attending in the landlord's branded vehicles

2) Access to road was swept and cleared repeately.

3) landlord wrote to me confoirming all debris had been removed and work was finished.

4) lawns were mown on wednesday, it appears lawnmowers redistributed remaining nails, nails found on thursday were in clumps of cut grass.
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[Polarbear]

[tom_e]

[kramdra]

[MCN]

[duhawkz]

I'm sure there was a thread about a landlord putting up scaffolding while the OP was out.

OP in that thread took exception to their landlords erection, and questioned the landlord's right to do such a thing.

Most people thought the OP in that thead was overreacting.

I can't remember if that OP is this OP, nor can I be bothered to go looking.
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[MattEMulsion]

Poor obs for riding over a nail.
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[Pete.]

Working on site I have had my fair share of drywall screws in my tyres. I carry a puncture kit now, well my bike has one in the toolkit as standard. I've also learned to have a check around whenever I park on site to pick up any likely candidates.

More than once I've come out to a flat tyre and got myself home by finding the hole and putting a bigger screw in it to keep the air in.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[MCN]