Tilers Forums Hall of Shame.... - Tile Advice

[Bolter]

looks like they used chewing gum for that.

I could make a better job using chewing gum!

 

[Spud]

I got a beaut to add tomorrow from a VERY well known posh tile outlet......

how about these pictures Scott ,i have been looking forward to seeing them:yikes:

 

[RockCeramics]

Re: Hall of shame....

Is this work really worth £50m2?

In my last post "in pricing" i stated about sometiling work someone had done,went back and tried to rectify their work.



The client had noticed a dip in the floor and asked if icould level floor out. They were out all day so i started on removing the bellied tiles out after assessing the bad ones out.

Here are the results i found in his laying.

Boards were 9mmthick.

They had a new floor fitted the builder did not know anything about tiling so they asked the tiler on what boarding was required ontop of the floor boards.

Tiler quoted that 9mm was sufficient "ok" to use.

Tiles came up a pieceof cake; Adhesive had stuck to the tiles not to the floor base.

I took a small sample to tile giant to get confirmationon what i thought. He concurred that the adhesive was not flexi.

Also the bedding on the tile was only 1 maybe 2mm thick

The whole floor is out by 6/7mm in level.

He used 2 different colour grouts plus in some areas he used the addy as grout.

The cuts at rad pipes have been cut from the corner from a tile and not used a dia core bit this is also at the doors.

Grout not completely cleaned off tiles when he finished.

Instead of putting a cut to the shower tray he said that the builder can put a piece of battening to hide it.

Grout to low in areas.



i could go on.

Here are some more photos.

IS THIS REALLY WORTH £50M2?

 

[Stewart]

That's a disgrace... And at £50 metre it's highway robbery.

 

[RockCeramics]

yep I waited for the lady to get in from work before i started any more work, showed and told the client about the issues and that the floor prob wont last that long.
I even bought latex thinking i needed to level out the floor but didnt need it.

 

[Ian]

For that money it should be perfect, the rads should have come off so the pipes could be cored tight, the cuts for architraves are poor and the gap at the shower is just poor setting out. If it was a £20 per m job it's almost acceptable........ actually no it wouldn't.

 

[Qwerty]

Unreal that there are so many tilers out there like this.......... yet they still get the work!

 

[RockCeramics]

yep he even had 20 yrs experience and had his own business.
I have loads of more photos and more over stuff to.

 

[Bolter]

Unreal that there are so many tilers out there like this.......... yet they still get the work!

Yea but probably a small figure compared to the thousands of top quality bathrooms completed every week up and down the land.

 

[PJ Tiling]

Been to look at a job today for a friend of the family who I recently done some work for. She got me in to look at her bathroom that her boyfriend decided he would tile for her, after telling her that he's done loads of tiling in the past according to his words.....'it's easy!'

I lol'd........literally!



Didn't have time to take any more pics, the customer was to embaressed

 

[DHTiling]

:yikes: Holy moses... that is well funny..:lol:

 

[Stewart]

That'll be alright once grouted......(;0)

 

[PJ Tiling]

That'll be alright once grouted......(;0)

:lol: Thats exactly what he told her!

 

[White Room]

He should've gone to spec savers:yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[doug boardley]

goodness grief!!