Is this job being done correctly

[Blunt Tool]

When he comes back tell him you have sought professional advice and that he should have checked to see if bath was level and walls were plumb before he started whole tiles from either. Ask if he has put any form of bonding agent on loose old patchy plaster walls before tile adhesive. Also has he even set out to see if there is a nice size cut at ceiling and floor or is it just a lottery to see if he is lucky! Tile grout lines should be nice and even, plumb and level and no tile edge sticking out past another. Adhesive should be applied to walls and tiles coated on the back to compensate for poor existing walls. Tell him to stop, and go and find a reputable tiler preferably one who can give you references of past work, be prepared to pay a little extra to get a professional job!

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Update?

Hope he was sent packing. Melinda Messenger could do a better job..

 

[Spare Tool]

good question i am not to sure at the moment lol awkward...

How'd it go today then @Antony Davies ..sacked him off?

 

[Flintstone]

At least he used decent adhesive but that's where the decency ends. Poor job all round and poor tiles too unfortunately it sounds like a case of you get what you pay for

 

[LM]

No primer or tanking!!! It's wrong before a tile was put on the wall and then there's the attempt of tiling🙁

 

[Ttt1601]

No primer or tanking!!! It's wrong before a tile was put on the wall and then there's the attempt of tiling🙁

Good point Lee, I didn't even notice that as was to preoccupied with horrific tiling

 

[Antony Davies]

Thank you for all your advice the tiler is related to my partner which is what made it so awkward.
I have told him not to go any further and have a real tiler coming tomorrow to look at it.
So hopefully should be all sorted going forward, not without upsetting a few people though unfortunately.

 

[White Room]

Needs must I'm afraid.

 

[Matt Bott]

Hope all goes well and it gets resolved.

 

[widler]

It's very, very poor. Little or no background preparation.
Setting out non-existent. Full tile into a corner, obviously assuming the walls are plumb which they never are. Tiled straight off bath edge.
And that's just the bits we can see.

Shouldnt matter about a full tile in corner, im guessing a shower curtain will be up so tyou won't see it anyway , win win 😉

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Shouldnt matter about a full tile in corner, im guessing a shower curtain will be up so tyou won't see it anyway , win win 😉

What - no settee!

 

[Flintstone]

If he's not upto the job he shouldn't really be taking it on! Does he do tiling for other customers outside the family circle ?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

It's like a lot of posts - the tiler is not a tiler but a friend/family - then the tiles are poor quality and it's the material at fault, no preparation just slap them on, then next it will be, but I've paid him in advance - what action should I take!
Come on people - get real - and check them out first!

 

[Flintstone]

these sort of tiles from diy outlets are often floor tiles sold as wall tiles or vice Versa

 

[Italy]

these sort of tiles from diy outlets are often floor tiles sold as wall tiles or vice Versa

viceversa is same in italian , ahah

 

[Time's Ran Out]

these sort of tiles from diy outlets are often floor tiles sold as wall tiles or vice Versa

Unless they are BCT tiles when they are wall tiles being sold as floor tiles!!!

 

[Flintstone]

Same as spaghetti bolognese!

 

[Flintstone]

Unless they are BCT tiles when they are wall tiles being sold as floor tiles!!!

I had one of those situations only two weeks ago with those biscuit tiles, shocking.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Same as spaghetti bolognese!

You have to cook the spaghetti in the sauce - not pour it on top - IMHO.

 

[Flintstone]

I'm sure that's gonna offend Antonio.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I'm sure that's gonna offend Antonio.

Nah! He's a mate!

 

[Spare Tool]

You have to cook the spaghetti in the sauce - not pour it on top - IMHO.

Thats how it comes in the tin..wonder how they stick the hoops together 🙂

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Thats how it comes in the tin..wonder how they stick the hoops together 🙂

I often get my full name out of a tin not just - old git!

 

[Spare Tool]

I often get my full name out of a tin not just - old git!

Ah alphabet spaghetti...how the hell do they make that, bet Tony's thrilled his thread has been reduced to this 😀

 

[Italy]

You have to cook the spaghetti in the sauce - not pour it on top - IMHO.

no john,pour it on top is better 😉

 

[Valentin]

Hello,

I would not rush to blame the tiler. Or "tiler".
It depends on what you hired him for. And for how much you made the deal.

Different qualities has different prices and costs.
A good lying of tiles could take the double of time as a regular one. Consequently, must cost the duble.

But if you want to spend X money in a job, the tradesman will adapt at your budget, and might skip important steps, and I don't blame them.


1. Support looks awful. I don't know if you hired the tiler to tile or to take off old tiles and prepare the wall. So, if, for example deal a price of xx pounds by square meters, this price could not include leveling the wall. Even a good tiler could not make a great job on bad support, with bad tiles.

2. Tiles doesn't look to calibrated for me either. The same, you can not level the tiles if there are big differences between tem. You can play with, but not too much, especially if using small spacers ( of 2 mm, as I can appreciate)

So, first of all, you should give as the price that costed you this job, than I want see the opinions of the good tilers that commented here.


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[Italy]

returns again the same old story ...

 

[andy-p]

That feeling when your client tells you that they got their tiles from Wicks or B&Q ....

 

[lunty]

Once tiles have been stuck to a wall, it's basically tough luck. I work for a tile distributor and have worked for a few in my time and all terms and conditions state that no complaints will be entertained once the tiles have been fixed, pretty much standard practice across the tile industry.

As for the calibration comments. All tiles are manufactured to EN14411 standard. Therefore a 30x60 porcelain is allowed a tolerance of 0.5% across both the length and width. This equates to a 3mm difference across the length and 1.5mm across the width. Not ideal because this allows some of the not so good manufacturers to put all sorts in the boxes.

 

[Andy Allen]

Hello,

I would not rush to blame the tiler. Or "tiler".
It depends on what you hired him for. And for how much you made the deal.

Different qualities has different prices and costs.
A good lying of tiles could take the double of time as a regular one. Consequently, must cost the duble.

But if you want to spend X money in a job, the tradesman will adapt at your budget, and might skip important steps, and I don't blame them.


1. Support looks awful. I don't know if you hired the tiler to tile or to take off old tiles and prepare the wall. So, if, for example deal a price of 15 pounds by square meters, this price could not include leveling the wall. Even a good tiler could not make a great job on rubbish support, with rubbish tiles.

2. Tiles doesn't look to calibrated for me either. The same, you can not level the tiles if there are big differences between tem. You can play with, but not too much, especially if using small spacers ( of 2 mm, as I can appreciate)

So, first of all, you should give as the price that costed you this job, than I want see the opinions of the good tilers that commented here.

This post is so wrong in so many ways I don't know where to start..!!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

This post is so wrong in so many ways I don't know where to start..!!

Agreed - read it earlier but was out and started a reply. But had a coffee since and got my happy hat on.