Dot & Dab travertine?

[Olz]

if only the clown had purchased a good quality travertine copy he wouldent of had any of these headackes ,looks like tubed paste and no tanking hope he knows these tiles need sealing and re sealing over the years .A fool and his money is always easily parted .Going to court - dont be silly just sort it .Try and take a couple of tiles off ,if its difficult just leave them ,if its easy keep taking them off until its hard .
Then soak the tiles to loosen the adhesive and re fix after cleaning them .use your common sense - nobody will work for sombody who threatens to take people to court at a simple whim get on with it .

Your introductory post on this forum was
I am the only female working in a company called Tilemaze(tile retailers based in Shrewsbury and Telford, both in Shropshire) and I find the information on adhesives, grouts very useful ie what adhesive to use for what surface etc and then I can tell my male colleagues what adhesive they should be selling for each job and amaze them with my knowledge!

You imply in it that you have used the forum to research and increase your knowledge, yet you mock - no insult someone who has less knowledge that you. Maybe if he'd come to your shop "the clown" may have been better advised eh?

If you speak the same way to customers as you post in this forum, you will soon be looking for a new job.

 

[charlie1]

"a fool and his money are easily parted" You sound as if you are speaking from experience.:lol:

 

[spanky]

And what is it going to look like in 12 months around the shower and bath?

Porous tile with perhaps 50% adhesive coverage & only grout in between?
On 12mm Plasterboard.

 

[grumpygrouter]

And what is it going to look like in 12 months around the shower and bath?

Porous tile with perhaps 50% adhesive coverage & only grout in between?
On 12mm Plasterboard.

Ignore Biddyrider Spanky, she is only trying to elicit a response. Don't give her the satisfaction.

 

[spanky]

I do understand the thoughts of Internet forums, they give a wonderful feeling of aninimty, I actually think that helps on most occasions.

I do not think I will struggle to find another contractor, times are getting hard and I have money to spend.

Obviously assuming I am told that the work is substandard for the type of tile by someone who has the authority and experience to act as an expert witness then I would feel safe in the knowledge the current contractor will have to sort something out.

I have always said I DO NOT want to go to court, all I want is a bathroom that will last.

The Shower and Bath area should have been waterproofed, I even offered 2 large sheets of Aquaboard and a tanking agent which were both turned down by the contractor as they "never" use them, but also that they have never had any problems.

Anyone who watches various TV programs on DIY matters would find that strange, let alone you lot.

Water is a funny substance, the bringer of life but the destroyer of everything, given time.

I can't believe this threads still going. My mind is made up, if I wanted a shoddy, cheap job I would have paid a couple of guys in the pub to rip out originally, boarded it out myself and had a handy man in to tile it.

That is not what I wanted, nor what I did.

 

[CJ]

Cracking post Grumpy.

 

[spanky]

I am surprised though that I have only had a couple of responses from the advert for work, given the hard times we are in.

Please bear in mind if you are a Tiler that knows what you are doing then you will have no problems, I am most definately not a hard person to work for, all I want is what I have paid for, no less than any of you.

I sell TV's and I wouldn't dream of selling you a dodgy TV, I don't cut corners, and if a TV I sold you went wrong within a reasonable amount of time I would fix it. Period.

I strive for that good name just like all you lot.

Once I have been told that it is wrong by someone with authority and I have a course of action I can take then buying more tiles is not a problem.

If it takes more than a certain length of time to remove the adhesive than surely it's more cost effective to just buy more tile than messing about with trying to get the adhesive off?

I do not think it would take more than a days work to empty the room of plasterboard and tile, although having removed a few tiles it is entirely possible that the plasterboard will survive. all the tiles I have removed have left absolutley no adhesive on the board, it has all stayed on the tile. I had expected it to rip holes in the board.

The other contractor will end up with the bill unless he sorts it, one way or another I will get this sorted with him.

A fool and his money may be soon parted, but I'm no fool and I will get it back or get it sorted one way or another.

 

[spanky]

Sorry, I forgot too add.

Grumpy, an excellent honest post, no doubt.

Sure, it is going to be hard work to now put it right, you don't need to tell me that. But I want it right, we made the decision not to move house and that we'd spend some money on this one and stay here until the kids had grown up, that 16 years minimum.

This bathroom needs to last that 16 years, plus the time then required to sell the house.

I do not think it will in it's present state.

These things are sent to try us are they not?

 

[grumpy]

I know I said my last post but its not fair to leave you with any false hope spanky.So at the risk of upsetting the massive again here is the deal.

On here are people of very different skill levels and only the more experienced ones are suitably skilled to take the job on. So this leaves a considerably smaller piece of cake to bite from. Some have already shown their hands and intimated that they would never dab tiles ( a well worn phrase about a pinch of salt springs to mind) you can see how the piece of cake to bite from is getting smaller spanky cant you? The walls you have may well be like a contour map of the lake district and so who honestly wants to come along and ask you to get the walls put straight enough to tile. Finding a good enough plasterer who is available is like trying to pick tonight’s lottery numbers. Now if the adhesive is cement based it will be a pig of a job to get it off. I hope you can see how this is going spanky.Throw in the mix the fact that by the time a good tiler has removed the tiles clean and prep everything, he could have tile three cushy little kitchens with no hassle and be sat in the pub with the cash in his pocket. Its fair to say 90% of the lads on here would love to help you out and to be perfectly honest it’s very uncomfortable watching you go through this It reflects bad on the tiling industry and the ensuing bun fight shows how passionate people are about their opinions however right or wrong they are. From what I can see so far you seem to be quite a reasonable chap and I’m guessing you had the faint sound of alarm bells ringing well before you came on here. anyone who puts up with someone cutting with an angle grinder in their house doesn’t strike me as an awkward customer but more someone who trustingly put his faith in the wrong person.If I could give any help now I would say take advice from someone and stick with that one person.There is someone on here that is perfect for the role,His advice has always been impeccable in my opinion.I will pm you with his name.Just remember that well worn phrase about to many cooks!
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And before anyone ask I’m not putting myself forward, maybe spanky will come back on and confirm this for me.

 

[frostfree]

Well done Grumpy on providing an intelligent, well rounded, well structured and real world viewpoint.