Trade Only Thread: Poor Workmanship done by DIY'er or Rogue trader - Tile Advice

[High Peak Tiling]

Here is a job I got called out to the other day to price, they want me to rip two tiles out and replace and grout in because the two tiles don't match...!
BUT!! The customer was in for a shock, the shower (bath tap end) wall has 1 shade of white and the bath length wall has a complete different shade of whitey blue! !
the 2 tiles they wanted replacing were the shade of the opposite walls!!

After explaining batch no.'s in brief etc i showed the how bad the tiling had been done!
The company that had done this 'was a reputable company'

 

[Gazzer]

Nice expansion joint and did you tell them they had mounted the shower riser rail on the floor ???:lol:

 

[AliGage]

Do you know how long ago was that tiled??

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Tiled 1 1/2 years ago, it was a new bathroom when the tiling was done

 

[mz30]

Can someone turn the pic round my neck hurts :0

 

[DHTiling]

Nice tiling peak .. any before pics :lol:

 

[Ian]

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Nice tiling peak .. any before pics :lol:

:hurray: Good one Dave lol

 

[AliGage]

I blue "bumpy white" after fixing usually suggests to me moisture behind the tile. Maybe they were once white?

 

[High Peak Tiling]

I blue "bumpy white" after fixing usually suggests to me moisture behind the tile. Maybe they were once white?

Bumpy whites lol, cheap 6"squares!

Maybe... but it looks like you have two different packs with different batch no.'s and they have mixed 1 tile on each wall!!

 

[AliGage]

Bumpy whites i mean as a general term for cheap white tiles. Habit.

 

[Tile Shop]

I have never seen this before. Been sent this. Failed after being tiled onto a cement screed, overlaid with some form of bubble-wrap in a shop entrance.... He said you can still pop some of it.

 

[Dan]

Wtf?!

 

[WetSaw]

That's what you get buying Chinese Ditra!

 

[Dave]

I have never seen this before. Been sent this. Failed after being tiled onto a cement screed, overlaid with some form of bubble-wrap in a shop entrance.... He said you can still pop some of it.

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Thats the old version of Dural Durabase , the one they had problems with delamination from the fleece backing .. Hence why floors have failed .