so, i go to start this new bathroom today and !!!

[ian158]

only to find the tiles had been put up with dot and dab Silicon, in a lot of places and the grout was all WHITE Silicon !!!!:yikes: oh and the walls were made from compressed straw. !

 

[White Room]

Stramit board, the last photo is that a hole in the wall or just reflection.....

 

[ian158]

thats a hole, hence why im ripping out, wall is being torn down to be replaced with stud and aqua panel

 

[bugs183]

Well of course he used white silicon, the fixer wasn't stupid, clear looks awful in grouted joints!

 

[Ian]

That must have cost a fortune in Silicon!

 

[tobins tiling]

Looks like you've hit your thumb a few times gettin them tiles off mate haha post a few pictures of the job complete mate it would be good to see the transformation

 

[hillhead]

Nice way to start a monday,lol.
Should be a good transformation.

 

[jay]

Should of tiled straight over the top of the existing tiles //////// There is a few on here that would of no probs 😳

 

[peteablard]

Should of tiled straight over the top of the existing tiles //////// There is a few on here that would of no probs 😳

Just dot n dab with Silicon again to keep the weight down, job done:lol:

 

[Bubblecraft]

You got to love what some people do. Was doing a shower change over yesterday & noticed a lot of movement in the floor & a cracked tile. Customer asked if I could replace the cracked tile so lifted it to find it was tiled onto an unsecured MDF substrate. Removing the tile was moving the whole floor. No idea what the fitter used as an adhesive & more so, what he used to apply it. Looks like it was applied with a jagged Evo stick impact adhesive spreader. Grout was also the adhesive which is the only thing holding the floor in place.

Ah, the good old DIY'er will keep us in business for many years to come!

 

[jay]

Just dot n dab with Silicon again to keep the weight down, job done:lol:

Now theres a good idea to keep down the weight maybe some expanding foam as grout less weight

 

[ian158]

well im finished, job took longer, glad its over ! shower gone. bath move 90 deg.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

looks nice IAN just found these icons lol

 

[swanman]

Nice job mate

Well done

 

[AliGage]

Nice work!

This wouldn't be out Guyhern/Thorney way would it? I had a job out that way that was similar a few years back.

 

[northstar]

big change, nice job

 

[ian158]

Nice work!

This wouldn't be out Guyhern/Thorney way would it? I had a job out that way that was similar a few years back.

no in desborough, near kettering

 

[shogun rua]

gid job looks great

 

[Daveshadowman]

good job. i once ownd a house with straw filled walls persimion build it crap really

 

[ian158]

Thanks for the comments guys, I'm still learning and have to thank this site for pointing me in the right direction for materials to use and how to do it properly.

 

[nybor62]

nice job well done

 

[Stewart]

Vast improvement.....


Created on iPhone.....

 

[Bolter]

no in desborough, near kettering

Looks great mate!

I lived in Desborough for 10 years! Thankfully that was not my house 🙂 I now live in Kettering, you local?

 

[ian158]

Desbourgh is a ghost town :yikes:! No I live in Huntingdon.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Big change - why alter the bath panel from landscape to portrait?

 

[ian158]

As you walk in the I wanted the bath panel and the boxing in to flow with the floor, and not the bath wall, as it was the focal point as you walk in, and the bath screen coverd the landscape wall so just seemed right to me.

 

[Pro-spec]

nice one on the tiling,

who fitted the towel rail tho? chrome pipe would have looked alot better and the pipes should have come out the wall behind the rail like i have here, I DID NOT fit the bottom row of tiles on this wall by the way, my farther did and the customer wouldnt let me take them off and re do them lol..

 

[ian158]

i fitted towel rail, and chrome covers went over pipes, didn't fancy chasing them in the external wall, and with the towel rail the height you have, it would have looked terrible with pipes up the wall !

 

[Pro-spec]

ok mate ill let you off if you used chrome covers

just hate seeing bare copper pipe anywhere lol