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Phew !! None of my work😉 Ill add some photos soon.
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Time's Ran Out
Under which category - diy or rogue?
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Time's Ran Out
These photos are not DIY OR ROGUE TRADERS.The company have been trading 25 years apparently !
I was ill so they got a squad in and this is on £1 million apartments - all sold- but now I’ve been asked to try and salvage something. I’ll give them 3 days then that’s it!
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Blunt Tool
bad!
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On one
Famous words.......''it's ready to tile''
8m2 of overboarded insulated boards
6 screws(no washers)
Unprimed dusty floor
Minimal grab adhesive
= ''No its not ready to tile''
8m2 of overboarded insulated boards
6 screws(no washers)
Unprimed dusty floor
Minimal grab adhesive
= ''No its not ready to tile''
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Blunt Tool
Joiner on latest job looks about 100 and thinking I should go and get a deflibulator just incase! This is his tool kit!
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willywinki
Came home to this mess last night. Totally and utterly gutted.
Window reveal is a total mess, tiles on the ledge cut short and the gap stuffed with grout. Tiles not flush with trim anywhere. None of the trim is straight/level, stepped tiles, messy/jagged cuts, chipped corners, gap at top of wall again stuffed with grout.
Window reveal is a total mess, tiles on the ledge cut short and the gap stuffed with grout. Tiles not flush with trim anywhere. None of the trim is straight/level, stepped tiles, messy/jagged cuts, chipped corners, gap at top of wall again stuffed with grout.
Oh dear, that’ll cost more in grout and Silicon than the tiles did 
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willywinki
Where do we even begin??? We sacked the guy, I have zero faith in his having the skills to put any of this right.
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WetSaw
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willywinki
He's had £1000 deposit as they were doing the full bathroom re-fit. We supplied all bathroom fixtures, tiles, adhesive, grout and trim.
We had stripped the room and removed all the old tiles. They supplied plumbing stuff.
They have reboarded two of the walls (room is 2.5 x 2m), installed new plumbing for over-bath shower, moved bathroom tap and bath waste, sunk pipes/waste into wall for wall hung vanity sink, moved plumbing for towel radiator and fitted bathroom suite.
There are still issues with the bathroom itself including. They didn't fit the bath against a wooden frame so once full it's drops. Even though they tiled off the bath edge, they tried telling us we needed tile trim(!) along the edge as it gives a better finish, Silicon bead would look messy. The bath side panel is loose. They siliconed along the bottom of the bath panel/floor. The Silicon is messy and made worse by the bath panel moving before it went off. LOADS TO PUT RIGHT!
We had stripped the room and removed all the old tiles. They supplied plumbing stuff.
They have reboarded two of the walls (room is 2.5 x 2m), installed new plumbing for over-bath shower, moved bathroom tap and bath waste, sunk pipes/waste into wall for wall hung vanity sink, moved plumbing for towel radiator and fitted bathroom suite.
There are still issues with the bathroom itself including. They didn't fit the bath against a wooden frame so once full it's drops. Even though they tiled off the bath edge, they tried telling us we needed tile trim(!) along the edge as it gives a better finish, Silicon bead would look messy. The bath side panel is loose. They siliconed along the bottom of the bath panel/floor. The Silicon is messy and made worse by the bath panel moving before it went off. LOADS TO PUT RIGHT!
There’s everything to put right, trim around bath as Silicon looks messy!!!! How do they think trim will stop water?
Is it through a showroom that you employed these cowboys?
Is it through a showroom that you employed these cowboys?
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WetSaw
It looks like there's more to put right than there is to leave. Unfortunately it may be better to strip it out and start again, if they haven't even battened the bath what else have ( or haven't..) they done?
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willywinki
[QUOTE="Is it through a showroom that you employed these cowboys?[/QUOTE]
No, it was via MyBuilder....They had loads of great feedback. We had four companies quote and they were the the second most expensive. He wanted to come back and fix things today....including PVC window trim to cover that ugly *** chunk of grout on the window ledge.....Not a chance!!
The worst of the tiling on the window wall, around the boxed in cistern. Would it be a big job to take those tiles down and re-do it bearing in mind you'd have to work round the now installed bathroom?
No, it was via MyBuilder....They had loads of great feedback. We had four companies quote and they were the the second most expensive. He wanted to come back and fix things today....including PVC window trim to cover that ugly *** chunk of grout on the window ledge.....Not a chance!!
The worst of the tiling on the window wall, around the boxed in cistern. Would it be a big job to take those tiles down and re-do it bearing in mind you'd have to work round the now installed bathroom?
In my opinion, Checkatrade, My builder etc gives the public confidence in using these sites. Recently there was a scandal where anyone can pay and be eligible for doing work they have never done ! Its all about money. You pay for leads. I would also like to say some people are genuine but be careful !!!!! I would never sign up for one of these. Tiler for tiling, plumber for plumbing as said many times before on here.
Thats the safest option, sorry
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willywinki
I appreciate your honesty. Can anyone give me a ballpark cost for the re-tiling alone? It would the entire window wall, plus the concealed cistern, and boxed in soil pipe (it come's up from the boxed in cistern). We'd get a plumber to deal with the bathroom issues. Thanks for you help.
Were not allowed to mention prices, but I think you would be charged 1.5 to 2 days labour
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willywinki
Sorry, I didn't realise. That's helpful though
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Time's Ran Out
If you post your job in the relevant section of the forum, anyone interested on here could private message you and you’d get an indication of renewal costs!
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Blunt Tool
I would get the plumbing checked aswell, who knows what disasters have been boxed in/hidden and where did he put the spare grout and water sludge?
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willywinki
Oh, we've since discovered they washed it all down our soak away drain on our driveway, even though there was a 10yd skip right next to it😡😡😡
Will post the job up, thanks all for your help and advice
Slippery
TF
Irrespective of what their advertising says, anyone can decide they are a tradesman and sign up to these companies, and although I'm sure there are some happy customers, they are the source of loads of terrible work and workers.
Why would a good tradesman spend money getting work?
I'm always busy, I don't even advertise!
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Lex Reyes
That's just some nasty tile work, luckily ceramic tiles philippines has lessen those kinds of problems. what can you say about that? is it the quality of the tiles fault or the one who worked on it?
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