Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

[Dan]

Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

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[enduro]

Here you go. 10 cracked Travertine tiles in a floor due to bad tiling.

 

[Dan]

Nice one.

I thought somebody must have seen something somewhere

 

[Bubblecraft]

How about this

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

How about this

Bubble were the tiles blown or loose ? or had this fixing method worked just out of interest ??

 

[Bubblecraft]

Bubble were the tiles blown or loose ? or had this fixing method worked just out of interest ??

The ones around the pan were cracked but the rest were fine & so was the grout. TBH, it took me HOURS to get them up. They were a nightmare!

 

[Dan]

Is that fastflex?

 

[Bubblecraft]

And there was this one. Guy started @ 9am & was still there @ 10.30pm that night to do 4m2. This is the result the customer got:

After removal of the tiles I noticed some areas were packed to at least 25mm with ready mixed addy. The plasterboard had been attempted to be stuck to the brick wall with a 50mm cavity with ready mixed too.

He stuck the tiles to painted existing tiles

I started @ 9am, removed both sets of tiles, re-sheeted, tiled, grouted & siliconed by 3pm. God knows what he was doing to be there that length of time. Customer even bought him a chippy @ 7pm as they felt bad for him.

Heres the end result with Milford Cream I think it was

 

[Bubblecraft]

Is that fastflex?

Brown silicone mate. Would have cost a fortune to do

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i know that Blob fixing or dot/dab or whatever you like to call it, is frowned -on and not -up to BS, but it's equally still not illegal to fix like this it's just another way to fix tile ( i and most on here would never dream of fixing like this ) but as said i think it allowable !!! technically .......

 

[Dan]

Brown silicone mate. Would have cost a fortune to do

No way. Ha

 

[Bubblecraft]

No way. Ha

Couldn't believe it either but boy were they stuck. SDS was no good as the silicone took the impact so had to smash it into a million pieces & dig in with a Mutt & 150mm Hamilton

 

[Dan]

Not good. I bet they didn't sound as hollow as you'd assume either then. Silicone would take the impact from the coin test too and make it sound a bit duller than you'd get with adhesive.

Suprised the grout held up though. It's a vote of confidence for whatever make that was!

 

[Bubblecraft]

They didn't sound hollow at all. Even at the pan where they were cracked. I had priced to uplift them if fitted the correct way or near enough. Normally would have had it all up in about half an hour. Took me a whole day! Couldn't even let the customer know as he was abroad so just I took the hit on it.

The grout must have been mixed with a latex to hold up to that

 

[Ian]

I've posted these before I think, dot and dab over UFH, 1200x600 porcelains. Was only there to replace a couple of loose tiles, ended up ripping the lot up and starting fresh.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Yikes. That's nasty. Did you manage to salvage the UFH with a SLC or was it ruined?

 

[Ian]

Ruined mate, saved the tiles as they weren't attached! The UFH was a loss.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Feel bad for the customer. How long we're they down for?

 

[Ian]

They were put down in 2008, customer bought the house last March, I found the house on Zoopla and they paid 950k for it, there is approx 300 m2 of tiling all fitted like this, it's only a matter of time before it all fails.

 

[Bubblecraft]

At least you've got your foot in the door for any future work

 

[Tony73]

that is not too bad Bri :lol:, i have started small job today.

 

[Bubblecraft]

that is not too bad Bri :lol:, i have started small job today. View attachment 48023 View attachment 48024 View attachment 48025 View attachment 48026 View attachment 48027

Was there any point even mixing up adhesive? Lol

 

[Tony73]

no using trowel under vanity unit , toilet.... just little dots of adhesive :mad2:. Cheap ply screwed on few screws (drywall screws), some floor boards not fixed. So i ripped everything off, and started again

 

[DHTiling]

I have a few pics of cowboy workmanship...

This couple show how NOT to install sensor in UFH..

 

[Tony73]

i would use more of that tape, to stick ufc down :lol:

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i would use more of that tape, to stick ufc down :lol: