Hi all,
I'm wondering if a tiler should be expected to know how to remove a stainless steel splashback. The guy who tried to remove one for me put a big chip in the ceramic hob and dug a couple of holes in the wall then gave up.
When I turned up I saw straight away it was too thick just to be glued on so I took the cooker hood down and sure enough, there were two screws and a flange under the hood. There was another flange at the bottom running behind the worktop so you had to lift it up. It took about 20mins and it would have been quicker but there was one bolt and three screws and I didn't have a spanner on me.
When I booked the job I said to them: I would like you to remove the hood and tile behind it but don't bother if it is going to be hassle.
I'm freshening up a 10 year old kitchen and the hood chimney thing goes up into a top panel running across the top of the wall units. Adding 8mm of tile and adhesive behind it would have made it difficult to put back together.
To be fair, in response, they said they would not be removing the cooker hood but that was in the context of the tiling job.
The communication was good too and they warned me it was going to be tight to take the splashback off and the units might get scratched a bit. They actually got fairly chewed up on one side.
When I asked why he didn't remove the hood he said the insurance doesn't cover them to do electric work but it was no different to loosening a light switch to tile behind. Actually it was probably a bit safer. I didn't have to disconnect anything, I just took it down and left it wired in.
Apparently I have to fix the hole in the wall and then they will come back and finish the job (they did one wall already).
It was so obvious that it was fixed. It was a big lump of metal and wood, not a sheet of steel. And when you did try and force it the units and hood moved.
Am I wrong to expect reasonable care and skill even though it was not the tiling bit of the job?
Thanks in advance.
I'm wondering if a tiler should be expected to know how to remove a stainless steel splashback. The guy who tried to remove one for me put a big chip in the ceramic hob and dug a couple of holes in the wall then gave up.
When I turned up I saw straight away it was too thick just to be glued on so I took the cooker hood down and sure enough, there were two screws and a flange under the hood. There was another flange at the bottom running behind the worktop so you had to lift it up. It took about 20mins and it would have been quicker but there was one bolt and three screws and I didn't have a spanner on me.
When I booked the job I said to them: I would like you to remove the hood and tile behind it but don't bother if it is going to be hassle.
I'm freshening up a 10 year old kitchen and the hood chimney thing goes up into a top panel running across the top of the wall units. Adding 8mm of tile and adhesive behind it would have made it difficult to put back together.
To be fair, in response, they said they would not be removing the cooker hood but that was in the context of the tiling job.
The communication was good too and they warned me it was going to be tight to take the splashback off and the units might get scratched a bit. They actually got fairly chewed up on one side.
When I asked why he didn't remove the hood he said the insurance doesn't cover them to do electric work but it was no different to loosening a light switch to tile behind. Actually it was probably a bit safer. I didn't have to disconnect anything, I just took it down and left it wired in.
Apparently I have to fix the hole in the wall and then they will come back and finish the job (they did one wall already).
It was so obvious that it was fixed. It was a big lump of metal and wood, not a sheet of steel. And when you did try and force it the units and hood moved.
Am I wrong to expect reasonable care and skill even though it was not the tiling bit of the job?
Thanks in advance.