N
Nick Jones
What I am after is an impartial, independent report.I am not inferring anything I ask a question or two that if we had a certain answer maybe relevant . Don't think you won't be asked these questions if it goes legal .
I would expect the report to state what must be done to rectify matters.
For this contractor to carry out remedial work, I would have to be assured that he was capable of doing it. I'm sorry, but I do not believe that he can show this. If, for instance, he was able to show tiling work that he had completed in, say, the previous 6 months and that the client was happy with the work, then I would reluctantly be forced (against my better judgement) to allow him to carry out remedial work. However, I do not believe that he has done any tiling work for over 3 years. Or if he has, then it's only a splashback behind a kitchen sink or handbasin.
If nothing else, he would have to accept that he was out of practice, that he had miscalculated the timing (but that I had never pressured him to finish on time - as a work colleague I gave him a lot of leeway) and that unless he was able to provide evidence of recent good workmanship, then he would owe it to the client(me!) to get somebody good in.
There are ins and outs which space and time prevent me from going into - suffice to say that there is no conspiracy on my part to cover up anything. His work is as can be seen. As has been suggested, there may be underlying problems - voids, or whatever.
But when an explanation for the cavities and appalling state of the grouting of a 2.38 Metre section of vertical tiling trim is that water would have run down (!) - well, I ask you! The cavities, etc on this trim run from floor to ceiling. At least he and his mate didn't try to say it was my fault because of the materials I'd supplied or that it was because of the width of joint I had specified!