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

[doug boardley]

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Went to look at an en-suite tonight. Customer asked if I would take a look at his bathroom first as "he has had issues with his previous tiler".

This is what I found......(see pics)

The wall tiles are 450 x 300 with a marble border all stuck with Payless tubbed wall tile adhesive. I found lipping, varying grout line thickness, nearly every tile had a hollow area in the middle, the tile trim around the window was 6mm with a 10mm thick tile. Oh, and check out the brickbond pattern :yikes::yikes:. When I walked in I felt the floor move (and I'm not a big bloke!). The floor tiles had also been stuck with the same Payless rubbish. I pulled up a couple of tiles by hand (very little effort required) and found wet adhesive even though the tiles have been down for 2 weeks :lol:. Worst of all, I found electric underfloor heating which on closer inspection was 3 layers thick laid on top of each other :yikes::yikes:.

I did feel sorry for the customer when I told him that it all has to come out so that I can do it properly, but at least I got the job .
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Holy Jesus!!:ban:

 

[andy-p]

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thats a goddamn shambles doug but did the customer go for the cheapest quote?? its happened to me once or twice and that mess is what they ended up with...

 

[doug boardley]

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thats a goddamn shambles doug but did the customer go for the cheapest quote?? its happened to me once or twice and that mess is what they ended up with...

it's capt slow's post i was replying to, andy

 

[CJ]

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That is a right shocker..............this guy is obviously not a tiler........another trade/builder having a go, and by the look of the pictures.........appallingly

 

[Leatherface]

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Shocking

 

[Leatherface]

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Up until now I thought I had seen it all, the following video is some of the worst tiling I have seen in my life !
Watch and enjoy !
YouTube - My New Bathroom

 

[Olz]

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Started a job today, upstairs toliet, about 10.5 sq m, fully tiled, all tiles to remove and replace. Guess what I found when I started pulling them off............
Tubbed addy onto tiles that I would consider not suitable because of size. Most of walls rendered, adhesive has not even stuck to most of the tiles ( apart from the dot and dabbed ones ) Plenty of Big Dot and dabbed tiles. Floor tiles stuck down direct onto floor boards with what I think is ordinary flexi or some kind of tubbed addy.
Bad lipping on floor tiles
Tiler was from Wakefield.....
Oli hope it wasn't you :lol:

Nope, i would have spotted that penny on the floor and whipped it straight into the my pocket. :lol:

Besides, i only ever fix tiles with bluetack, (sometimes whitetack - that fake bluetack).

 

[Olz]

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I though you were taking the mick, but it actually called PAYLESS......LMFAO

 

[Colour Republic]

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Up until now I thought I had seen it all, the following video is some of the worst tiling I have seen in my life !
Watch and enjoy !
YouTube - My New Bathroom

i'm lost for words:nonod:

 

[Olz]

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Up until now I thought I had seen it all, the following video is some of the worst tiling I have seen in my life !
Watch and enjoy !
YouTube - My New Bathroom

:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[BDS]

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Captain Are you sure a tiler has done it and not the customer,cos if a tiler had done that in my house i`d of chucked his gear outside followed by him then a swift kicking thats shocking

 

[Daz]

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Captain Are you sure a tiler has done it and not the customer,cos if a tiler had done that in my house i`d of chucked his gear outside followed by him then a swift kicking thats shocking

The bathroom has been first fixed by a plumber. The plumber organised a "tiler". My customer told him not to come back and chinned the plumber. I've now got to strip it right back and do it properly. I'll take more pics on Monday - lol.

Interestingly??? the plumber can't contact the "tiler" any more!!!!!

 

[BDS]

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Thank god some1 got it,cos that is absalute dyer rubbish,hope the plumber goes and chins the tiler now that would be justice.feel sorry for the customer.

 

[Colour Republic]

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Shocking slate Leatherface, I've heard you mention that floor before but still wasn't quite prepared for it!:yikes:

But I’m going to play devil’s advocate here... I've seen many posts by tilers on this forum that have asked why customers don't stop tradesmen after the first day if the work is not up to standard and most of the time follow it with 'I bet you accepted the cheapest quote' or 'you get what you pay for'. Now I know you chose this guy because he advertised 'slate specialist' so did you let him carry on because you trusted him and at what point did realise that all was not well? Now that you have been both sides of the fence I'd like to know how you found the whole experience? And lastly did your floor have any bearing on you becoming a tiler?

 

[Leatherface]

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Shocking slate Leatherface, I've heard you mention that floor before but still wasn't quite prepared for it!:yikes:

But I’m going to play devil’s advocate here... I've seen many posts by tilers on this forum that have asked why customers don't stop tradesmen after the first day if the work is not up to standard and most of the time follow it with 'I bet you accepted the cheapest quote' or 'you get what you pay for'. Now I know you chose this guy because he advertised 'slate specialist' so did you let him carry on because you trusted him and at what point did realise that all was not well? Now that you have been both sides of the fence I'd like to know how you found the whole experience? And lastly did your floor have any bearing on you becoming a tiler?

was all done in a day, there was 2 of them, we went for the middle quote !