Anyone can tile – can’t they?

Sean Kelly · May 2, 2010

Anyone can tile – can’t they?
Myself & my Wife joined a gym last December on the promise that an upgrade of facilities would be taking place early in the new year. The other day I saw a workman in the disabled toilet. I took interest because he had with him 2 boxes of tiles. His whole demeanour did not fill me with any confidence at all.
A few days later I checked the disabled toilet to find out the quality of this chaps workmanship. The enclosed pictures need to words to describe what a total mess he made of the job. I have taken a personal interest in this situation because I am a tiler, and I have a disabled Daughter.
I asked to see the Manager of the club, but surprise surprise when the receptionist checked his whereabouts he was in a meeting. He promised to call me, but that was last Thursday and I have not had a call.
I also enclose a picture of the men’s shower area which has had a few tiles replaced. The grouting looks like it was put on with a trowel and left for a few days to harden. It really is no joke what these builders have done.
If I was allowed to I would name and shame the gym, but for legal reasons I had best keep their name quiet.
Cheers Sean

Gazzer · May 2, 2010

Classic :mad2::mad2:

faithhealer · May 2, 2010

would be funny it it weren't true. Another one for Neales gallery me thinks
I'll bet the membership ain't as cheap as the tiling

jay · May 2, 2010

oh dear:mad2:

nybor62 · May 2, 2010

mistral · May 2, 2010

Nice to see people taking pride in their work.......

Time's Ran Out · May 2, 2010

Everone notices bad tiling and beautiful tiles - but how many notice GOOD tiling!
It is surely a reflection of the owners/managements lack of interest to allow such workmanship to remain and will undoubtably lead to further vandalism which this is an example of!

Perry · May 2, 2010

these places wont pay for a good job the cheapest will do why pay for a good job ?they don't understand that it will cost them more in the end

Ken Bruty · May 2, 2010

:ban:Jees :mad2::mad2:

The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP · May 2, 2010

:yikes::yikes::yikes:

mikethetile · May 2, 2010

it would be funny if it wasnt so tragic

david campbell · May 2, 2010

wow:yikes:

as TJ says it will probably lead to vandalism and clientel adopting an attitude of "if the establishment don't care neither do we":ban:

Scott · May 2, 2010

Who, as a 'professional tradesman/builder' would leave a job like that?

I dont care what line of work you are in, if your are in the building trade you simply MUST be able to look at that and see its a pile of poo! :mad2:

mz30 · May 2, 2010

Compared to some of the gyms i have been in ,thats pretty good,but what do you expect when builders pay labourers to throw(literally) the tiles up.

It really has nothing to do with the manager of the gym ,at the end of the day all he can do is pass on that someone has complained about the standard of tiling,to be honest not something they are gonna care about,while they are getting the revenue off all the people who are'nt tilers,if 1 in 100 hundred complain they laughing all the way to the bank.

diamondtiling · May 2, 2010

mz30 said:
Compared to some of the gyms i have been in ,thats pretty good,but what do you expect when builders pay labourers to throw(literally) the tiles up.

It really has nothing to do with the manager of the gym ,at the end of the day all he can do is pass on that someone has complained about the standard of tiling,to be honest not something they are gonna care about,while they are getting the revenue off all the people who are'nt tilers,if 1 in 100 hundred complain they laughing all the way to the bank.

The managers of most gyms that I do work for would not stand for that abortion of a job. They have the say so of what work is carried out and believe me they want top notch results.

mz30 · May 2, 2010

Thats fair enough diamond,but at the end of the day they are only managers who answer to the owners,who pay the builders,who have the final say on what they deem exceptable obviously the owner of said club has let it go.

Am not defending the work in any way shape or form(its ****)but its been passed by the owner,and unless every member is a tiler and complains nothing will be done.

brinkley · May 2, 2010

They (management ) should care about it isnt it supposed to be a gym you dont pay through the nose to look at crap once youve finished your sweaty work out . It should be a pleasurable experience from start to finish .(gym surroundings i mean)

Sean Kelly · May 2, 2010

brinkley said:
They (management ) should care about it isnt it supposed to be a gym you dont pay through the nose to look at crap once youve finished your sweaty work out . It should be a pleasurable experience from start to finish .(gym surroundings i mean)

Brinkley, my Wife will not use the shower or the Ladies changing room because they are in a worse state of repair than the male changing rooms! We were told (verbally!) that all areas of the gym/changing rooms and pool would be upgraded. You are right, the experience should be a pleasurable one, but it's not.
However, I got a general broadcast email from the gym today stating that there will be disruption during the referb, and that members could use any other gym in the chain. More importantly, it stated that if any member wants to advertise their business or give discounts to other gym members then to contact the Manager.
I now need to get on the good side of the Manager, as I want to get my card on their notice board. This was an idea I tried to get the previous Manager to buy into, but he was not interested. Saying that, I will still bring to his attention the bad workmanship in the disabled area.

Cheers
Sean

facetile · May 2, 2010

:yikes: Shocker!

brinkley · May 2, 2010

Get in there sean , You never know could be a good contract for you especially if they have a chain.

faithhealer · May 2, 2010

slight tangent, apologies Sean, one of our local 'chain' of gyms are Duncan bannatynes. Stripped one of his bathrooms (he had sold his house and moved on when I worked on it) once and every tile was siliconed on lol

diamondtiling · May 2, 2010

Sean Kelly said:
Brinkley, my Wife will not use the shower or the Ladies changing room because they are in a worse state of repair than the male changing rooms! We were told (verbally!) that all areas of the gym/changing rooms and pool would be upgraded. You are right, the experience should be a pleasurable one, but it's not.
However, I got a general broadcast email from the gym today stating that there will be disruption during the referb, and that members could use any other gym in the chain. More importantly, it stated that if any member wants to advertise their business or give discounts to other gym members then to contact the Manager.
I now need to get on the good side of the Manager, as I want to get my card on their notice board. This was an idea I tried to get the previous Manager to buy into, but he was not interested. Saying that, I will still bring to his attention the bad workmanship in the disabled area.

Cheers
Sean

So who is the firm?

White Room · May 2, 2010

Another quality job by a not so quality tiler:yikes:

hillhead · May 2, 2010

:yikes:
It's happening everywhere unfortunately

Sean Kelly · May 2, 2010

diamondtiling said:
So who is the firm?

Diamondtiling, without spelling out the name of the company I’ll give you a clue:
First part of the name is also known as the ‘City of Angels’
Second part of the name rhymes with ‘Witness’

diamondtiling · May 2, 2010

Sean Kelly said:
Diamondtiling, without spelling out the name of the company I’ll give you a clue:
First part of the name is also known as the ‘City of Angels’
Second part of the name rhymes with ‘Witness’

So its LA Fitness, I am surprised, I have done over 20 of their clubs in the UK and they have an unprecedented level of service.

mikethetile · May 2, 2010

ive made oak fitments for them and they have a high standard

brinkley · May 3, 2010

well thats tarnished the brush

diamondtiling · May 3, 2010

Within La Fitness the manager is usually brought in because of his/hers marketing skills, they know how to run a club, they probably have little understanding of fitness, this is left to the fitness managers. They have a duty to keep their club up to the highest standards and in turn they attract new members. If you look at the figures of a typical club, they will have upwards of 1500 members and each will pay about £30 per month, thats £45,000 minimum going through their books which equates to over half a million in cash terms, if you think their standards fall below par then complain loudly, they are a plc and they want to keep their share of the market.
Their marketing director is Dave Wickers, I have his mobile number but obviously I cant put it here, I will pass your comments on to him when I next speak with him as I think you have a justified case.

davy_G · May 3, 2010

A sign of the times unfortunately, speaking the the manager of my tile shop last week. A retired lady was in buying tiles, she was going to tile her shower and bath area herself and tilers are too expensive! I dread to think how it turned out never mind the leaks!

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