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Hello,
We had a tiler come round to tile our bathroom before a plumber comes to fit a new suite.
The tiler retiled the floor a week ago and some of the floor tiles are clearly moving and still stuck down. The tiler says it’s normal and we should leave it a few weeks to dry - but I think he might be fobbing us off. One if the tiles is not only moving, but is not flat and rocks from side to side if you walk on it. We’ve got a heater in the bathroom and it’s pretty warm in there.

He’s also left a gap of about 50mm at the top where the wall tiles meet the ceiling which he’s filled in with grout. I think it looks pretty awful, but was wondering if this is normal?
 
Thanks everyone. I've got a picture of the area - plus the edging (he didn't put an edging strip in when he did the tiling so the plumber tried to squeeze one in after the tiling was finished). This also shows how he's left the top of the tiles and how he's finished some of tbe plastering. His view is that the job is finished.
 

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As stated above a trim could be inserted. But to be honest why should you have to do it? The original tiler should be held to account, I'd never expect a customer or plumber to tidy up or rectify my mistakes. And no real excuse for the gap by the ceiling a 50mm cut could still be scored and snapped from split face porcelain. Sorry if I'm not sounding festive.
 
Thanks everyone. The original floor was concrete.
I've just had another look and ALL of the floor tiles lift up really easily, you can just lift them up with your fingers. The plumber is back on the 27th to fit the toilet - but I imagine he won't be able to do that onto a floor that isn't stuck down. Also, the grout is all cracked and there also isn't any sort of seal between the floor tiles and the wall.

I've checked the tile adhesive he used and it was MAPEI Ultimate Shower - but it says on the pot that it is suitable for wall tiles. I guess not floor tiles.... The tiler had asked me to supply the adhesive and grout and obviously he saw it before he started the job - but I wonder if some of this is now my fault. Basically, he fitted the wall tiles but ran out of adhesive at the end so asked me to supply some more before he came back and I bought the same stuff. He had said it was really good adhesive and what he would have bought, but still...
I don't mind too much about the feeder taps coming down from the ceiling. That's where they were before and I had told the plumber I was okay with it.
 

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This is another case of the person fixing tiles not knowing a thing about what they're doing.

You needed to get a few quotes and not go for the cheapest. Not always fool proof mind.

So sorry to hear about this. Sounds like the floor has to come up and he fixed with cement adhesive and the walls could be questionable.

Dont pay them anything else. I wouldn't even have them back to repair it. Not worth the hassle.

Now the tiles are cut, get yourself some cement based adhesive and refix them yourself perhaps? Half the job is done perhaps.
 

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