are the floor tiles loose as well..? looks a right mess, still it lasted nearly 3 months, thats a new record for a builder...:lol:
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The tiles are not loose yet, but I would say it won't be long before they're rocking Andy!!
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Qwerty
Scary :yikes:
That's got to get an award for one of the thickest beads of Silicon ever used!!
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DGJ
Wow look at the siliconing! As above said surely deserves an award :mad2:
That's not a bead Pete, I think he must have had some silicon left on his hands when he fitted the toilet and thought I'll just wipe it on the wall, sausage fingers!!! :lol:
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ianflem
Here's a few ...."Tiler" legged it when a second opinion was requested:
This guy even had a cracking website lol...Pitty about the waste of porcs ! Only bonus was the majority of tiles had been
stuck with tubbed so were easily removed & cleaned. Check the swerve it thw mosaic shower run !!!
This guy even had a cracking website lol...Pitty about the waste of porcs ! Only bonus was the majority of tiles had been
stuck with tubbed so were easily removed & cleaned. Check the swerve it thw mosaic shower run !!!
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DGJ
Abysmal and shameful!
Makes you wonder how these people land the jobs in the first place!
Makes you wonder how these people land the jobs in the first place!
Floor is coming up on Thursday. Customer getting new tiles and we'll have a go at fitting them properly. Wish I could do the walls as well but his budget won't go that far
I find the current climate to be causing a lot of penny pinching, but these cowboy so called 'tilers' make it that much harder for the likes of us.
I am curious as too how these RogueCowboy's get the job?!
Should they not be named and shamed with there own folder on this Forum?
I am curious as too how these RogueCowboy's get the job?!
Should they not be named and shamed with there own folder on this Forum?
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Ian
It would be a legal nightmare to name and shame. If only we could.
I lost a job tiling a kitchen 5m2 I was beaten by £20 less than my price and he was just a handyman/flatpacker so it looks as if customers are looking for the cheapest job I dont think they are concerned about how much skill the tiler has got, just think they are penny pinching so if they get a bad job then tough I,ve had a few come back eating humble pie and it ends up costing them more than my first price.
The floor that I posted 4 weeks ago has now come up.
Tiles came up easy. 6mm trowel used and dot n dab, no back buttering, 3mm ply fixed down with 45mm screws (No pipes hit luckily). Lifted first row of tiles and rest came up easy, there was standing water under tiles and ply was already rotten and mouldy. This bathroom was done 3 months ago.
The floor is actually perfectly flat and level so I've no idea why they dot 'n dabbed in places.
And the standing water was from the shower frame that wasn't sealed to the tray and corner that didn't have any silicon
Tiles came up easy. 6mm trowel used and dot n dab, no back buttering, 3mm ply fixed down with 45mm screws (No pipes hit luckily). Lifted first row of tiles and rest came up easy, there was standing water under tiles and ply was already rotten and mouldy. This bathroom was done 3 months ago.
The floor is actually perfectly flat and level so I've no idea why they dot 'n dabbed in places.
And the standing water was from the shower frame that wasn't sealed to the tray and corner that didn't have any silicon
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On a perfect surface... they must of not been holding the trowel right &/Or pressing to much on some & not enough on, As As before it is a shame we cannot name & shame... just to Save the Customers money (And in your case John, there floor!)
That particular customer has had a rough old time with the bodgers!
He's a wealth management advisor. Needs to think a bit more wisely before parting with his own me thinks. :yikes:
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DGJ
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Qwerty
Looks lovely!
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jlktiling
This whole thread just makes you sigh in pain.
Poor customers, poor tilers who cant get work because there are cowboys doing cut price jobs.
Poor customers, poor tilers who cant get work because there are cowboys doing cut price jobs.
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Mr T
how is the grout cracking in the third pic along is that just down to a bad bedding?
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prceramics
was working on the bathroom went down to make a cuppa and come across this 🙂
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White Room
Thats nasty and the bits and pieces on the reveal :yikes:
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Ian
Mega lols! Patchwork tiling!
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prceramics
we nicknamed it the corner of death 🙂
:lol: this must be a DIY'er!?
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mrsjprice
This is what I've just had done. Done by 2 builders/plumbers, I'm not sure what they 'specialise' in. Sent from a housing association.
Less than impressed. Now trying disguise it by using a dark grout. Ripping out the Silicon and going to get some black stuff.
Less than impressed. Now trying disguise it by using a dark grout. Ripping out the Silicon and going to get some black stuff.
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Ian
Yeah that's not the best is it.
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