Unbelievable

[White Room]

This is a job I went to see today and posting in here because it was in "Looking for a wall and Floor Tiler".

The job had been fixed about a 6 weeks ago and there's about 90m2, the guy who fixed it laid it in 3 days.
There is underfloor (water) heating and the tiler new this, a plumber told the client to turn the ufh up full blast in one go after it had been tiled.
The tiles were quartz and when buying them had not been told at the time they should not be fixed with ufh, the tiler did'nt know either.

Some pics to show the problems, the tiler has been told he will taking up the dabs of adhesive.

I'm off out tonight so I'll let you pick out bones on this one:ban:

 

[Bubblecraft]

Bloody hell! That's shocking! You said this was in the Looking for a tiler section. Was this before or after the tiling was done in other words as a new job that someone on here took on & screwed up or as a rectify this mess?

 

[Andy Allen]

costly mistake....so did they get a tiler from t/f to do it ?

 

[Bubblecraft]

Is this the thread?
http://www.tilersforums.com/showthread.php?t=66032

 

[White Room]

Rectify the mess mate, thats how I saw it today and to add they don't want the other tiler back to do any fixing.

 

[White Room]

Is this the thread?
Professional /specialist tiler required in nw9 London | Tiling Forum | Tilers Forum

Yes thats the one, got to sort out a price.....

 

[Bubblecraft]

Yes thats the one, got to sort out a price.....

That's a big job to rectify mate. Got your work cut out for you to get a good substrate to tile on. What's your plans?

 

[peteablard]

Jesus! That's shocking!

 

[White Room]

Once the dabs have been taken up and the floor has been cleaned find how level the floor is, the other tiler has some dabs of about 15mm or so at the back of the room which is Palace gear from Topps.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Do you know how deep the WUFH is? Will you get it all up with an SDS?

 

[Andy Allen]

did they pay the muppet..?

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

in one of the pics the adhesive looks two different colours , looks as if he might have even used grout, or bulked it -up with grout ....... bodgers

 

[Aston]

this thread should be re-tilted, 'believable' because we are seeing more and more and more of this. shame really because there's so many good reputable tilers out of work at the moment...wonders what makes people go for these kind of cowboys? cost maybe?

 

[White Room]

in one of the pics the adhesive looks two different colours , looks as if he might have even used grout, or bulked it -up with grout ....... bodgers

Well spotted Dave, the tiler started off with ultra spf then went onto Palace.....

 

[Gazzer]

this thread should be re-tilted, 'believable' because we are seeing more and more and more of this. shame really because there's so many good reputable tilers out of work at the moment...wonders what makes people go for these kind of cowboys? cost maybe?

Money !

 

[White Room]

this thread should be re-tilted, 'believable' because we are seeing more and more and more of this. shame really because there's so many good reputable tilers out of work at the moment...wonders what makes people go for these kind of cowboys? cost maybe?

She did know that the tiler had'nt done anything to big and done the job on 3 following sundays...price

 

[Dougs Third Go]

dunno about "picking the bones out" Mark....more like filleting the bugger would be better.

 

[charlie1]

Makes you wonder how much of this goes on?? I was working with a couple of blob artists last week who have been tiling for 30 years.

 

[Andy Allen]

She did know that the tiler had'nt done anything to big and done the job on 3 following sundays...price

so they let him loose on a quartz floor ??......beggers belive really!! good tilers short of work, and mr blobby gets 90m2 floors, just about sums up everything thats wrong with this trade...infact most of the building trade...

 

[DHTiling]

This customer called me direct and I told him mark was his man to retile it 🙂.

 

[charlie1]

If this happened to me, id probably never let a tiler loose in my house again and would opt for alternative floor covering! Not good for industry!

 

[Peter]

Who's paying for the quartz or did most of it come up cleanly?

 

[Dougs Third Go]

If this happened to me, id probably never let a tiler loose in my house again and would opt for alternative floor covering! Not good for industry!

neither is alternative floor covering ..ahem

 

[gamma38]

Why can't these people be named and shamed on here, I mean if they leave a job in this condition they deserve nothing less.

 

[charlie1]

neither is alternative floor covering ..ahem

exactly

 

[Pebbs]

I wish I hadn't seen the photos, its really upset me. I hate people that get away with this type of shoddy crap.

Lynn

 

[aphilp]

Dave

I also contacted the customer, as I thought that we could assist her to put it right and I was do dismayed that she had been treated shabbily.

We have some of the best tilers in London working for us and I am extremely disappointed that a Moderator has the ability to select "one of the boys" from outside London for a job in London advertised on the Forum

I am constantly telling customers who contact me, when I am unable to assist, to advertise their jobs on the Forum, because I thought it was open for all registered members to seek the work on their abilities - but obviously I am mistaken.

Disappointed

Anne

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Dave

I also contacted the customer, as I thought that we could assist her to put it right and I was do dismayed that she had been treated shabbily.

We have some of the best tilers in London working for us and I am extremely disappointed that a Moderator has the ability to select "one of the boys" from outside London for a job in London advertised on the Forum

I am constantly telling customers who contact me, when I am unable to assist, to advertise their jobs on the Forum, because I thought it was open for all registered members to seek the work on their abilities - but obviously I am mistaken.

Disappointed

Anne

I think, with all due respect Anne, that 'beams name would've popped up on the radar first due to the amount of time, energy and posts he's committed to TF over the years.

 

[aphilp]

Doug

That's not the point I made - Dave recommended another Moderator not based in London - equal opportunities for vacancies should apply based on the pm sent to the customer from the registered members . I get lots of work from the recommendations that we have on the Forum and my tilers deserve a fair bite of the cherry when work is advertised.

Anne

 

[DHTiling]

Dave

I also contacted the customer, as I thought that we could assist her to put it right and I was do dismayed that she had been treated shabbily.

We have some of the best tilers in London working for us and I am extremely disappointed that a Moderator has the ability to select "one of the boys" from outside London for a job in London advertised on the Forum

I am constantly telling customers who contact me, when I am unable to assist, to advertise their jobs on the Forum, because I thought it was open for all registered members to seek the work on their abilities - but obviously I am mistaken.

Disappointed

Anne

Firstly i am not a Moderator or Admin .... the customer phoned me and asked if Mark ( Whitebeam) was a good tiler and i said yes most definitely .. not my problem if your comp was not selected and you cannot expect to win every job you pm looking for work.. simple as that and seen as i do not know you or your hubby , then i recommend tradesmen i know and who's work is top notch ..

I also said that if Mark was not available then they should ask Timeless John as he too is a top tiler and covers the London area , oh and is not a Moderator..

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I don't know how far Mark is from London tbh Anne, but say a job 20-30 miles from me popped up I'd be a bit peeved if someone else from Kendal area got recommended for it even though they may be nearer to the actual location, can you imagine having nearing 30,000 posts, all the input into the forum and the hours spent trying to dispense good advice, then another person with a fraction of your input gets the heads up over you?