The worst install I've ever come across

[Ian]

I started a job on Monday doing a bathroom in a very prestigious home, the client asked me to have a look at a few loose tiles in another bathroom. I popped a tile off the wall with ease and this is what greeted me

This was only completed 2 years ago so I suggested that he contact the firm that did the installation, surprisingly, they've gone bust.

 

[Peter]

Just goes to show that work can look nice and tidy on the outside and the tiler will get recommended for leaving a good finish. Fixed a lot of jobs which look great but prep/proper fixing is non existent.

 

[White Room]

Bit more work to do then Bri.....can't believe the board that was used also well tanked then:yikes:

 

[AliGage]

Just noticed the spruce ply!

My eyes didnt vere from the dabs.

 

[Ian]

It's a shocker, you can just see some Impey lapping up from the floor, so they did one part of the job properly! Some more work for the new year!

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

It looks like a lovely job too just a shame he couldn't be bothered to prep and use a trowel

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Well a notched trowel that is

 

[EverDon Tiling]

I see the problem the idiot used to many dabs makes you wonder if its even had a coat of Pva.

 

[Ian]

It looks like a lovely job too just a shame he couldn't be bothered to prep and use a trowel

On the face of it, the job looks very tidy. It's a massive room and its like this all over, I reckon it's 60/70 m2 in total. If the floor is the same as the bathroom I'm currently in, it'll be tiled directly to chipboard. Rip out shouldn't take long.

 

[Andy Allen]

looks like a dogs pooped over the tile...lol

 

[Peter]

An OSB boarded wetroom must be like trying to build a flask out of Weetabix.

 

[White Room]

On the face of it, the job looks very tidy. It's a massive room and its like this all over, I reckon it's 60/70 m2 in total. If the floor is the same as the bathroom I'm currently in, it'll be tiled directly to chipboard. Rip out shouldn't take long.

Hard hats at the ready then:builder2:

 

[streaky]

Just goes to show never judge a bathroom by its looks.

 

[wildeywilde]

OSB under tiles in a wetroom shower. WOW!

 

[area tiling]

These guys r in out in a flash , and getting congratulated for speed and finished look! But as it goes to show theirs a right way and wrong way, at least your getting some work out it!!

 

[CJ]

Quality. :yikes:

 

[ianflem]

OSB ! DOT DAB ! NO TANKING ! WET ROOM ! :incazzato:

Do they keep Magpies as pet's by anychance ? :sofahide: lol

 

[peteablard]

A bit of PVA and some tubbed addy and you'll have that fixed in no time:yikes:

 

[John Benton]

Look like Porcelanosa Bri?

Shocking the way that's been installed, but what they eye can't see!!

 

[Ian]

Look like Porcelanosa Bri?

Shocking the way that's been installed, but what they eye can't see!!

it is Porcelanosa indeed, the house is full of their tiles, all fitted in a tragic manner! On the plus side, it'll keep me in work for a while.

 

[Andy Allen]

What did the customer say bri....?

 

[Lee@emctiles]

Shocking, like everyone else, on the face of it it looks a good job, but why the ply? Just doesnt make any sense.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Shocking, like everyone else, on the face of it it looks a good job, but why the ply? Just doesnt make any sense.

it's not even ply though Lee, osb is just a load of dross pulped together with a bit of binder. The tragic thing is that we're competing with these guys and trying to price on belt and braces approach, a bit like trying to box with a hand tied behind your back and wearing a blindfold

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I think all the threads like these, bad job threads, should have there own category on the forum menu.

Potential customers/diy'ers can easily click on any area or topic to research what they like. But if they were to see more of these examples it might help people choose more wisely who to spend there money on.

They need to be easier to find, instead of getting diluted in all the other more positive treads and topics??

 

[Peter]

If this fella is pricing against me and the finished work in his portfolio looks as good as mine yet my quote is hundreds more then it's not a surprise these cowboys can keep busy. Will look like the real tiler is trying to pull a fast one.

 

[Dan]

If this fella is pricing against me and the finished work in his portfolio looks as good as mine yet my quote is hundreds more then it's not a surprise these cowboys can keep busy. Will look like the real tiler is trying to pull a fast one.

You need a print off of all these jobs that look good, but aren't. Show the customers when quoting why it can look okay and last a few months but will always backfire.

Wondering if this one was a plumber who did a bit of tiling too?

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Good call dan I might try that on next quote see if it secures the job if not ill blame u

 

[afright]

Surely it would have been quicker to trowel the wall rather than to Dot & Dab and as for for me tiling on to osb, god would not slept at night with worry mind you would not have started it.

 

[On one]

You need a print off of all these jobs that look good, but aren't. Show the customers when quoting why it can look okay and last a few months but will always backfire.

Wondering if this one was a plumber who did a bit of tiling too?

On the face of it this one looks a bit better than a plumber that does a bit of tiling........maybe a decent tiler who has turned up blind and all of the prep has been done by a well meaning builder who has done it this way for years and never had a problem yet!!!

 

[Peter]

Doesn't explain spotting the whole job with a bucket of showerproof and a gauging trowel. :lol: