Plasterers who try to undermine your advice - Tile Advice

[Dave]

Just had a call from my customer asking why I recommended the bathroom walls not to be skimmed ( fully tiled ).
he said the plasterer found it very strange and asked that he double checks with the tiler as he advises that they are skimmed.
More like he wants to charge him extra instead of just skimming the ceilings 😡😡.

Don’t you just love other trades who think they know it all.

 

[Dan]

WHAAAAT?!?!

I should start a thread on Danny's Plasterers Forum.

 

[J Sid]

Even worse when they put green plasterboard in a bathroom and then plaster it all 😭 and didn't know it's not designed to be plastered but if it must it has to be primed with thistlebond it. Never met a plasterer that knew this 🙄

 

[Andy Allen]

you can tile onto bonding is favourite round here.
does my head in sometimes.

 

[Cranbrook]

I did a bathroom a few weeks ago for the worst 'builder' i've ever come across..

Besides all the other issues, I tried to give him a bit of friendly advice not to bother skimming plasterboard in bathrooms... and then from that he somehow understood it to mean that I was having trouble tiling it... he then continues to give me his own advice, which was to use drywall adhesive to fit the tiles, but just add in a bit of waterproofer as well... He then says that he cant do it with natural stone as you end up seeing the dabs behind

 

[Dave]

I’ll be up to see my customer next week , oh I hope the plasterer is still there. 😁

 

[Dumbo]

What I particularly like is when they do a crap job they suggest the fact that you are complaining about their work means you are no good at yours as a decent tiler would get over it.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

A decent Tiler WILL get over it - but that’s not the point!
When we price work it’s usually unseen preparation so when you start adding extra adhesive, time and inconvenience to make that a good job it can often cause issues with the final bill payer.
The customers I tend to work for accept that extra cost, but you never recover the true value.
But builders are a different breed - they couldn’t care a sh*t!!

 

[Unused Account 1]

I did a job for a client ,the builder i never knew ,she picked a quality limestone tile for the big bath wall ,brick bond ,it was that bad half way up i left it for them to see ,i had to double the plasterboard up ,they could believe it ,

 

[Stu Lilley]

You don’t need plasterers these days... with all the backer boards and prep mortars on the market designed for tiling a good tiler could do it all.

 

[Andy Allen]

getting sick to death of these bloody plasterer cowboys.
looked at a job last week, full bathroom to be tiled covered in bonding. told the customer it needs skimming, showed him the Google searches on my phone about why you can't tile to bonding and the plaster still insists it's not a problem, 2 coats of PVA and tile away..!
according to him the tiler hasn't got a clue what he's on about....!...

 

[Dumbo]

getting sick to death of these bloody plasterer cowboys.
looked at a job last week, full bathroom to be tiled covered in bonding. told the customer it needs skimming, showed him the Google searches on my phone about why you can't tile to bonding and the plaster still insists it's not a problem, 2 coats of PVA and tile away..!
according to him the tiler hasn't got a clue what he's on about....!...

If they trust the plasterers advice about tiling more than yours , walk