Will they stay stuck?

[davo66]

Any opinions whether there appears to be enough adhesive behind my tiles to keep them stuck to the wall of my shower cubicle, and prevent water ingress behind the tiles?

As can be seen I’ve removed one of the offending tiles to show how the adhesive doesn’t go all the way to the tile edges, especially at the corners. My question is whether the rest of the offending tiles need to be removed and replaced, before grouting?

This is sent as a follow up to a previous post on this forum about whether this job was at risk of leaking:
"looks-like-could-leaky-one"

cheers,

Davo

 

[Brian the Tile]

cant see the pic proper but has the adhesive just been put on the back of the tile ,if so imo take them off before you do have problems

 

[davo66]

Sorry about the rubbish photo – the maximum size allowed appears to be a paltry 9.8kb.

To me, it looks as though the adhesive has been dabbed onto the tile in two large dollops , then pressed onto the wall where it has spread out covering most of the surface, but not quite to the edges.

 

[charlie1]

Why did you remove one of the tiles?

 

[davo66]

Charlie,

From just looking at the joints I couldn’t see the extent of the problem, only that the adhesive hadn’t reached the edges of some tiles. A sample tile therefore needed to be removed to assess how much adhesive had actually been used.

 

[steve187]

a more detailed picture would help

 

[davo66]

a more detailed picture would help

Does anyone have any tips how to compress a photo to within the 9.8kb limit without turning it into a postage stamp?

 

[Brian the Tile]

take the tiles off if they have been dotted and dabbed or you will have trouble,that is not the right way to fix tiles

 

[davo66]

take the tiles off if they have been dotted and dabbed or you will have trouble,that is not the right way to fix tiles

Would you say it looks like it's been dot and dabbed from the attached photo? - the tiles are green and the adhesive is the grey splodge, which kind of looks like a number 8 on its side. The slightly darker area of grey in the corners are free from adhesive

 

[Brian the Tile]

yes i would say two blobs and away we go from what i can see of it

 

[Ian]

Can't do anything with your pic I'm afraid.

 

[stusgsx]

From what I can see of the pic it looks like you have a good 90% coverage on the tile. I should think grout will fill the voids in the corners. I wouldn't rip the whole lot off just yet

 

[steve187]

try this for on line resize try 350pixel setting - Resize Images online

i use this one installed on pc, just drag and drop photo, and will reduce automatically - Batch Picture Resize

 

[davo66]

try this for on line resize try 350pixel setting - Resize Images online

i use this one installed on pc, just drag and drop photo, and will reduce automatically - Batch Picture Resize

Thanks Steve, I've managed to create a better photo (by cropping) but now I am unable to upload it as I only have 4.2kb left from the 9.8Kb allocation and there doesn't appear to be any way of removing the originally posted photo under the attachment management window.

Sorry to be a dimbo, but I don't suppose you know of any way to remove a picture from a post?

 

[charlie1]

As above, looks like pretty good coverage although I think we are only seing half the tile? Ps, I'd be furious as a tiler if a customer decided to take my work apart. Hope this all works out for you and the tiler.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Davo
You need to Go Advanced and click Manage Attachments. You should be able to remove the attachment from there.

Alternatively, if you have the photo saved to your pc, can you just copy and paste it straight into the reply box? Instead of attaching.

grr

 

[Brian the Tile]

As above, looks like pretty good coverage although I think we are only seing half the tile? Ps, I'd be furious as a tiler if a customer decided to take my work apart. Hope this all works out for you and the tiler.

if the work wasnt done right in the first place as it appears the cutomer must have doughts about the tiler and is right to be checking the work do you not think as i presume he will be paying good money and doesnt want them falling off
as to wich i am sure will happen at some time in the future if not fixed right

 

[davo66]

Davo
You need to Go Advanced and click Manage Attachments. You should be able to remove the attachment from there.

grr

RacerGirl,
unless I'm being dense there doesn't appear to be any options for removing attachments under the manage attachments tab though. Can you let me know where I should be looking?

And trying to post it direct to the mail doesn't help either as it still generates the size restriction error because of the existing image. Grrr!

 

[Brian the Tile]

my other concern is, as to why the tile has come away so easily without breaking if the pic is a full tile

 

[davo66]

As above, looks like pretty good coverage although I think we are only seing half the tile? Ps, I'd be furious as a tiler if a customer decided to take my work apart. Hope this all works out for you and the tiler.

The right hand edge is where the tiling trim was, so yes, you're only really seeing about 2/3rds of the tile. And just to let you know, the tiler (multitradesman) is no longer around due to a host of other crimes committed in the name of bathroom refurbishment.

 

[Brian the Tile]

ah well theres your answer

 

[davo66]

my other concern is, as to why the tile has come away so easily without breaking if the pic is a full tile

Bosch multi tool Brian. Allows for a very accurate removal of problematic tiles. Not quick though at roughly 30 minutes per tile

 

[Deleted member 9966]

RacerGirl,
unless I'm being dense there doesn't appear to be any options for removing attachments under the manage attachments tab though. Can you let me know where I should be looking?

And trying to post it direct to the mail doesn't help either as it still generates the size restriction error because of the existing image. Grrr!

Davo
thanks for letting me know. I'll raise it with Admin, as I can't remove the pic from there myself.

 

[Brian the Tile]

The right hand edge is where the tiling trim was, so yes, you're only really seeing about 2/3rds of the tile. And just to let you know, the tiler (multitradesman) is no longer around due to a host of other crimes committed in the name of bathroom refurbishment.

i feel for you but at least thats another cowboy out of the way

 

[davo66]

at least thats another cowboy out of the way

Just re reading my previous post, and Brians follow up, it sounds a bit like the original tiler had been despatched. Permanently. So just for the record, they are, as far as I'm aware, alive and well - just ruining some other poor souls bathroom instead! I'm sure this forum doesn't condone the execution of tradesmen, even really shoddy ones

 

[cam_low]

Where are you based ?

 

[davo66]

Where are you based ?

I'm in Peckham, SE london

 

[charlie1]

It's very hard to properly asses the quality of an installation without proper pictures. How did all this bathroom fitting shananigans come about and what else where the problems?

 

[widler]

Bosch multi tool Brian. Allows for a very accurate removal of problematic tiles. Not quick though at roughly 30 minutes per tile

30mins to remove one tile , that's stuck in my eyes

 

[cam_low]

just what I was thinking Charlie, if it was close I would have called but its SE and Im not down there in the near future !