Tilers Forums Hall of Shame....

[Leatherface]

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No
i had a very well paid job, was made redundant, my mate a kitchen and bathroom fitter encouraged me to take the leap !

 

[Daz]

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Just for Aaron,

 

[Colour Republic]

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Swanseajack]

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Started ripping up a bathroom floor on Friday , due to tile/grout failure. Couple of things: Floor over boarded with 4mm ply and fixed with clout nails, non flexi addy (no porcelbond) used for porcelain tiles. Also, when I took the bath panel cladding off, I found It was fixed to chipboard, as was the bath end shelf. The bath is fixed approxiametely 20mm off wall, the concealed shower valve is not concealed, fiitings are exposed, and they have cut around backplate and tried to piece in tiles around fittings. Total shambles. I have advised to rip out and start again. Photos to follow.

 

[R Montgomery]

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Kitchen floor tiles...virtually zero percent coverage. My guys demo'd about 600 sq ft with a shovel and a wheelbarrow in about 2 hours. The entire floor was like this...I don't think we found one tile that was well bonded to the concrete.

Looks like you found one of my jobs Rob.

 

[DHTiling]

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[Colour Republic]

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test post

why can't i get past page 6 when viewing this thread? i know new posts are there I just can't see them:dizzy2:

 

[Colour Republic]

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yep I can't see the post I just made...Dave?

 

[Gazzer]

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About 3 weeks ago i was asked to do some tiling for a builder but i was too busy at teh time to do it within his time scale so he did it himself.
Its a supposed to be a wet room but no membrane was in place . the adhesive is tubbed gear from Granfix and although it does say on the bucket it is suitable , i certainly wouldnt use it.
The joints were lipping everywhere and grout was left on the tiles. They hadnt been cleaned properly and i can see it will be a big effort to get them looking clean. I made no comments but got on with the other work that was to be done in the building.
Sorry my camera phone is rubbish but then so is this tiling.
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[Olz]

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test post

why can't i get past page 6 when viewing this thread? i know new posts are there I just can't see them:dizzy2:

It happens from time to time, there isnt a page 6, there was probably some spam post thats been removed that pushed the post count onto page 6, but when it was removed the forum doesnt remove a page from the page count. This post may well actually make it back to page 6 ...lol

 

[DHTiling]

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test.....

 

[Colour Republic]

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All working for me again

That's a lovely cut around the waste for the sink Sir ramic Was the tiling in the builders house or on one of his jobs? I can see him getting bumped if it was for a paying customer

 

[Gazzer]

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It was in a clients house. There is a large cover going around the basin pipe to hide it.

 

[Colour Republic]

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shocking, the brick bond is all over the place, they clearly didn't use spacers and the grouting is non existant, absolute cowboys, I bet they went with the cheapest quote as well:ban:

 

[Rob Z]

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Looks like you found one of my jobs Rob.

Hahaha Roger, those same guys used muriatic inside condo, ruined all the appliances, ductwork, elecrtical boxes, window frames, the frame for the hide-a-bed, and the AC unit. Who knows what they did to their lungs.

Why did they use muriatic? They thought that was the best way to strip the laminate floor adhesive off of the floor. :lol:

 

[CBTC]

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Had a client that had 2 new shower rooms - fully tiled in last 6 months.
floors were squleching and breaking. Asked to redo work.
Thought I'd share what laid beneath...comments welcome.

 

[brian c]

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poor customer,probably cost them a few quid.nice dot and dabbing job all the same(not)

 

[Deleted member 9966]

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How much water was under those tiles? :yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[Rob Z]

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Is that Wedi behind the tile?

 

[CBTC]

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GRR - yes lots of water; but in the 2nd room, where the build up ( for no good reason) was 25 - 35 mm there was generally an inch of water. Stank. All over the floor area - the only thing that was a success up to point was the tanking, which kept the water ingressing into the timber base, walls etc. However damp rot was setting in already in places though - so dry rot soon to follow.
Rob - yes thats WEDI; the design co specified certain things, just didnt check the 'tilers' credentials, so all the work not to any standard. They didnt tape the Wedi seams however.

 

[Spud]

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shocking got to be one of the worst i have seen

 

[doug boardley]

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speechless :yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[CBTC]

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Yup - another in a long line of utterly crap work i've seen in the last 5 years or so. Thats without trying to find that sorta work!
Sometimes I dont know how they get it so wrong - some of the elements wrong with this a DIY er would pick up on from the adhesive bag frchrissakes! And the company employing the tilers knew a bit about it all - but didnt check on them.
Owner v unhappy - as you might be having paid out several thousands.

Only the floors re-done. What do you guys think regarding the wall fitting lasting: 400x400 porcelain - fitted by blobs - no primers - some solid wall, some ply, some pboard? No joint / 1 mil. Lippage everywhere.

 

[DHTiling]

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I was asked to go look at a floor that was tiled about 18 months...He said the grout keeps cracking in the joints...

Well i had a look and the tiles were all loose...so i said it needs re-tiling ..possibly wrong prep on floor...OK all priced and ready to go...

Turned up to the job and started to remove the tiles....:yikes:

They dot and dabbed onto 6mm ply...:mad2: and under the ply was 12mm ply layed straight onto the joists...the 12mm was original and should have never been tiled on ffs...

 

[DHTiling]

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So i advised that they do not tile the floor and they have gone for kardean in stead....but whilst there i had a look at his wall tiling....😳

And i know who this guy is who tiled it...:incazzato:and i had to tell the customer that the floor should never of been tiled and the walls were dot and dabbed as well...this i found out after a tile fell off as i was removing the floor tiles...

 

[Saltire69]

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I can't believe they paid him Dave. That is :yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[DHTiling]

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Shocking ain't it..?...they need to be named and shamed.....this guy is derek stott...AKA rough A$$ed tiler...

 

[faithhealer]

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Notice daves cup of coffee in the first pic before the first tile is removed! have to get the priorities right eh dave

 

[DHTiling]

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too right john...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Saltire69]

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I find if u say no to the 1st cup it's ages before u get offered again. U gotta b polite and say yes plz 2 sugar an milk

 

[DHTiling]

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sugar......yakk!!!.....:ban: