Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

[Dan]

Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

This is a public thread. So please do NOT include personal information of who's done the job, where it's been done, etc. Only include information related to the workmanship. What's been done wrong, what should have been done, how the repair has gone on, etc.
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[White Room]

Looks like the tiles could be reused.....

 

[Dan]

Any more for the rogues thread or what?

 

[Old Mod]

 

[Del W]

Only a bit out,,,,

 

[Blunt Tool]

Wanted non slip tiles

 

[demi34]

Have a look this one

 

[dave l and l]

Wanted non slip tiles View attachment 88417 [/s

surely no one is that stupid . was there a reason for them to be down like that

 

[GoneGuy]

Apparently customer was happy with this, was on every door downstairs in a new house

 

[Dan]

Apparently customer was happy with this, was on every door downstairs in a new house

View attachment 88575

No excuse for that.

 

[GoneGuy]

And when I tapped some of the floor tiles they sounded hollow, i advised them not to wear high heels.
Where the tile finished in doorway to hallway it was finished with a tile trim and not a threshold bar

 

[Dan]

I want to blame the customer when they are employing 'tilers' that tile to that kind of standard. People need to check more.

I'm writing some pages on the blog to explain why to avoid cheap tilers and how to check work etc

How much do tilers charge? » Tile News Blog - http://www.tilersforums.com/tiles/need-a-tiler/how-much-do-tilers-charge/

Very rough start to one area but hopefully it'll get some points across.

 

[GoneGuy]

It does and needs the public to read it and understand the benefits of a proffesional tiler.

 

[Kevbos]

And there was this one. Guy started @ 9am & was still there @ 10.30pm that night to do 4m2. This is the result the customer got:

After removal of the tiles I noticed some areas were packed to at least 25mm with ready mixed addy. The plasterboard had been attempted to be stuck to the brick wall with a 50mm cavity with ready mixed too.

He stuck the tiles to painted existing tiles

I started @ 9am, removed both sets of tiles, re-sheeted, tiled, grouted & siliconed by 3pm. God knows what he was doing to be there that length of time. Customer even bought him a chippy @ 7pm as they felt bad for him.

Heres the end result with Milford Cream I think it was

How come they didn't use same tiles you took off .?

 

[GoneGuy]

Job I went to look at yesterday in bathroom on chipboard floor.
The bath overflowed and made some tiles loose.
Looks like tub adhesive and grout all in one ?

 

[Kevbos]

Looks like they were stuck with self levelling

 

[Qwerty]

I was contacted by a new customer to see if I could rectify this cowboy travesty attempt at tiling. Absolutely shocking!

 

[Blunt Tool]

I was contacted by a new customer to see if I could rectify this cowboy travesty attempt at tiling. Absolutely shocking!

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That is BAD!!

 

[Dumbo]

Shall I go to the shop and get some more adhesive ? No it will be OK.

 

[Blunt Tool]

Shall I go to the shop and get some more adhesive ? No it will be OK. View attachment 89556

Morse code.......dot........dot........dab...!

 

[Matt Bott]

I love a good dabber makes for an easy strip retile

 

[On one]

A photo I took of a travertine tiled hearth a few weeks ago......definitely not a tiler

 

[Blunt Tool]

A photo I took of a travertine tiled hearth a few weeks ago......definitely not a tiler

View attachment 89557

Aaww he was going for 10th bond!

 

[Kevbos]

If they use rubbish adhesive yes .you won't get mapei keraquik up like that

 

[Tile Shop]

Some customers you have to feel sorry for. But just because he's a nice guy does not mean he's a "professional tiler"....... like this guy.

Chimney centre feature with split face effect interlocking porcelain. Sounds straightforward enough right?

Wrong!



Used the interlocks on the external corners and made a central closing section by hacking small squares out of the remaining tiles, filled in [some of] the joints with adhesive (yep... not grout), lippage galore.

But somehow, her only complaint was that they weren't cleaned up properly!

 

[Blunt Tool]

Some customers you have to feel sorry for. But just because he's a nice guy does not mean he's a "professional tiler"....... like this guy.

Chimney centre feature with split face effect interlocking porcelain. Sounds straightforward enough right?

Wrong!

View attachment 89626 View attachment 89627

Used the interlocks on the external corners and made a central closing section by hacking small squares out of the remaining tiles, filled in [some of] the joints with adhesive (yep... not grout), lippage galore.

But somehow, her only complaint was that they weren't cleaned up properly!

Maybe the externals are like that for hand and footholds when you are practicing your climbing skills!

 

[Tile Shop]

Maybe be the externals are like that for hand and footholds when you are practicing your climbing skills!

He didn't make it very challenging!

 

[Two-Trowels]

 

[demi34]

Quality mate , what pub it is that picture

 

[One Day]

Quality mate , what pub it is that picture

It's The Blind Pig pub in Manchester - of course.

 

[Tilerdurden]

Here you go. 10 cracked Travertine tiles in a floor due to bad tiling. View attachment 48005 View attachment 48006 View attachment 48007 View attachment 48008 View attachment 48009

Aaah ye olde spot fix brigade... Massive no no. Air pockets under tile is asking for trouble!