A day in the life of a fencing installer
It’s Monday morning. You wake up in a good mood, full of good memories from the day before. It started with a lovely long lie-in. Then...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Jun 3
- 6 min
Can installing fences make you rich?
If you ask a fencing installer why he got into the business, you’ll get all sorts of different answers. Usually it will be something...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Apr 26
- 4 min
Often you are too scared
“What, wood? Do you want a fence made of wood? Do I look like a carpenter? We do not have wooden fences here, go somewhere else. Bye.” It...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Apr 3
- 4 min
The greatest %&#$$ on earth
Fencing installers can generally get along pretty well. They’ve often learnt the trade via the same (steep) learning curve – with a whole...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Jan 31
- 5 min
Teamwork makes the dreamwork
In a previous column I wrote about the importance of a healthy working atmosphere – which is actually something that every company needs...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Dec 20, 2023
- 5 min
That playground has to be fenced
In a previous column I wrote about super-installers, and all the things you can do to become one. One thing I didn’t mention – because it...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Nov 16, 2023
- 4 min
Business cards are no longer changing
If you walk around any trade fair in our industry, whether it's Fencex in England, Paysalia in France or Perimeter Protection in Germany,...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Oct 18, 2023
- 7 min
From fencing worker to super-installer
In the previous issue, I wrote about the super-installer – and that it would be a nice objective to see whether you could double the...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Sep 20, 2023
- 5 min
Were you also too stupid to qualify for any other job?
If you ask a fencing installer why he became one, the answer you often get is: “I wasn't clever enough to do anything else.” That always...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Aug 23, 2023
- 5 min
Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups
On my first day at work in the fencing industry, my boss said to me: “Here’s a RAL colour fan. Look after it, because you won't get just...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Jul 26, 2023
- 5 min
What are you doing it all for?
Whenever we come across fencing installers who want to sell their business – usually because they want to retire and they have no...
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Rembrandt Happel
- Jul 5, 2023
- 4 min
How long do you spend dealing with stupid customers?
Installing fences is a nice profession. You get to be outdoors a lot and you make great fences, which at times last for decades. You...
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Rembrandt Happel
- May 31, 2023
- 5 min
All fencing installers can now retire
In April, several German fencing installers sent us the new Aldi brochure. The accompanying comments ranged from ‘Look, we can retire,’...
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