Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

[Blunt Tool]

Joiner on latest job looks about 100 and thinking I should go and get a deflibulator just incase! This is his tool kit!

 

[willywinki]

Came home to this mess last night. Totally and utterly gutted.

Window reveal is a total mess, tiles on the ledge cut short and the gap stuffed with grout. Tiles not flush with trim anywhere. None of the trim is straight/level, stepped tiles, messy/jagged cuts, chipped corners, gap at top of wall again stuffed with grout.

 

[John Benton]

Oh dear, that’ll cost more in grout and silicone than the tiles did

 

[willywinki]

Where do we even begin??? We sacked the guy, I have zero faith in his having the skills to put any of this right.

 

[WetSaw]

Came home to this mess last night. Totally and utterly gutted.

Please tell me you haven't paid yet..

 

[willywinki]

He's had £1000 deposit as they were doing the full bathroom re-fit. We supplied all bathroom fixtures, tiles, adhesive, grout and trim.
We had stripped the room and removed all the old tiles. They supplied plumbing stuff.

They have reboarded two of the walls (room is 2.5 x 2m), installed new plumbing for over-bath shower, moved bathroom tap and bath waste, sunk pipes/waste into wall for wall hung vanity sink, moved plumbing for towel radiator and fitted bathroom suite.
There are still issues with the bathroom itself including. They didn't fit the bath against a wooden frame so once full it's drops. Even though they tiled off the bath edge, they tried telling us we needed tile trim(!) along the edge as it gives a better finish, silicone bead would look messy. The bath side panel is loose. They siliconed along the bottom of the bath panel/floor. The silicone is messy and made worse by the bath panel moving before it went off. LOADS TO PUT RIGHT!

 

[John Benton]

There’s everything to put right, trim around bath as silicone looks messy!!!! How do they think trim will stop water?

Is it through a showroom that you employed these cowboys?

 

[WetSaw]

It looks like there's more to put right than there is to leave. Unfortunately it may be better to strip it out and start again, if they haven't even battened the bath what else have ( or haven't..) they done?

 

[willywinki]

[QUOTE="Is it through a showroom that you employed these cowboys?[/QUOTE]

No, it was via MyBuilder....They had loads of great feedback. We had four companies quote and they were the the second most expensive. He wanted to come back and fix things today....including PVC window trim to cover that ugly *** chunk of grout on the window ledge.....Not a chance!!

The worst of the tiling on the window wall, around the boxed in cistern. Would it be a big job to take those tiles down and re-do it bearing in mind you'd have to work round the now installed bathroom?

 

[willywinki]

Unfortunately it may be better to strip it out and start again

Remove all sanitary ware, remove worst tiling, re-tile then reinstall?