Advice: independent expert report on tiling

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i would worry!

 

[diamondtiling]

If this work is as bad as the guy is saying then in a nutshell it has to come up, you cant go over the top again with more tiles, how much height is that going to add? too much. An independent inspection does not have to be carried out by the TTA alone, any tiling company worth its salt can do that, its a third party evaluation of work below or up to standard. I have done plenty of them over the years on commercial work where Joe bloggs has decided he is a tiler and the incompetant site managers have let them on (pre cscs). You give them a choice to rectify or get off site, if they don't fix then they forfeit the retention money. This is a private case and if the tiler is not going to fix it then the small claims court is next, this sounds like £4000 plus, let a solicitor send a letter and then go to court, if you win send the bailiffs to collect your money. I have no time for these sort of "tradesman", the sooner all trades people are vetted or in a cscs system for private houses the better, all should have qualifications in their chosen trade, I am 43 and have been tiling for over 20 years but I know these regulations are going to come in so I went and trained to get my qualifications and I will keep training to get as many as I can, they generate work for me, no other tiler near me puts NVQ on their letterheads because they have not got the qualifications and dont see the need to train for the future, do you want to be tiling at 60? no thanks, I will be an assessor taking it a bit easier on my knees.

Rant over,............................................. Next!!

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[diamondtiling]

With that much weight from all the tiles i wouldnt worry bout that :smilewinkgrin:

Trev

Have I just read that correctly? where are my glasses?

 

[heavytrevy]

Nothing wrong with floating floors?
I can assure u with that much weight nothing will move.
Maybee u should check out how the Egyptians tiled they all had floating floors with sand between the various substrates , thats the problem with tiling today everything is hard fixed with no room to move, even with expansion joints and such, i wont go on , its easy enough to research for urself.

I dont think the orig tiler will come to the party and getting anything from him will be like gettin blood from a stone , i offered a very good cost effective solution.
And yes im qualified and this is MY qualified opinion.

Regards
Trev

 

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Nothing wrong with floating floors?
I can assure u with that much weight nothing will move.
Maybee u should check out how the Egyptians tiled they all had floating floors with sand between the various substrates , thats the problem with tiling today everything is hard fixed with no room to move, even with expansion joints and such, i wont go on , its easy enough to research for urself.

I dont think the orig tiler will come to the party and getting anything from him will be like gettin blood from a stone , i offered a very good cost effective solution.
And yes im qualified and this is MY qualified opinion.

Regards
Trev

i have seen that dietra advertisment about the sand and egyptians,
and i have just come back from sharm el sheik, and i went to cairo, it was very nice.

that aside your plan wont work.

the heat generated by the heatmat will turn the adhesive into dusty lumps, all the tiles will pop and rise, if you self level over the top you are just covering the faulty substraite, debonding will occur and failure again, incurring more cost.

imo.

 

[heavytrevy]

Quick question?
Do qualified tilers in the UK carry insurance for this type of stuff?
Also how do you guys become qualified in this trade? is it the same in Aus?
appenticeships and stuff?

sorry for the off topic, trying to get a handle on all the cowboys uve got working over there, ive seen and heard of some shockers?

Regards
Trev

 

[dagger]

Heavy,
all Professional tilers carry public liability insurance, and are either appenticeship trained, or have passed a nvq in tiling, or both!

there is a cash in hand culture in the uk which means you can bypass the systems put in place and go and ruin someones home (paid in cash, no reciept).

but in 2010 we will all have to carry and show identity cards to clients to prove we are compitent in what our trade is.

roll on 2010.

 

[DHTiling]

Heavy,
all Professional tilers carry public liability insurance, and are either appenticeship trained, or have passed a nvq in tiling, or both!

there is a cash in hand culture in the uk which means you can bypass the systems put in place and go and ruin someones home (paid in cash, no reciept).

but in 2010 we will all have to carry and show identity cards to clients to prove we are compitent in what our trade is.

roll on 2010.

That only applys to site work...no control over domestic market yet...

 

[heavytrevy]

In my country and state we are required to have a BSA lic card (domestic and builder) updated each year , plus insurance if a job is over a certain dollar amount.(I also carry pub lib insurance aswell) need to if working for a builder.

Regards,
Trev

 

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That only applys to site work...no control over domestic market yet...

i read somewhere dave that alongside the roll out of the cards, they were going to advertise it on tv, so the general public will be aware of what the cards are and why a tradesman entering thier home should have one!

double edged sword kinda thing!