Please help, I made a screw up...

surflaur · May 9, 2009

What a read! This mystery will live forever! Lol

Colour Republic · May 9, 2009

I hope you're not running before you can walk, that is a big job even for an experienced tiler. TBH I wouldn't go near it until you have the basics all dealt with.

If it goes wrong the financial implications on such a job are huge. I understand you need the work but if it goes wrong, it will go spectacularly wrong

I mean this in a good way; please don't think I’m putting you down. But the quality of you work needs to be raised before you start working on any large jobs or with expensive tiles

Be lucky

tileboy · May 9, 2009

Colour Republic said:
I hope you're not running before you can walk, that is a big job even for an experienced tiler. TBH I wouldn't go near it until you have the basics all dealt with.

If it goes wrong the financial implications on such a job are huge. I understand you need the work but if it goes wrong, it will go spectacularly wrong

I mean this in a good way; please don't think I’m putting you down. But the quality of you work needs to be raised before you start working on any large jobs or with expensive tiles

Be lucky

Duly noted mate. I think I'll do just that. It's gonna sting a bit saying no to a large chunk of money like that, maybe I should accept anyway and sell the job to a contractor more experienced than myself...That way it will seem as if it's my company that did the work. Plus then I can learn while I'm at it!!! Nice!!!

Good idea?

smurf21 · May 9, 2009

Oh my god.... you struggled a little with the bathroom (by the way defo lost your level accros doorway imo) a simple strip above the door into wall would have fixed the prob and left you feeling better about it accepted or not i could never have left it like that but thats just me.......(and probably 99.9% of all other tilers on the forums but way hey) But as far as this next job goes take my advice and get help from a more experienced fixer because if all your lines need to marry throughout the job and up the stairs just setting from the basement and going with the flow aint gonna cut it,this one needs allot of thought and setting out 600 x 600 porc aint very forgiving and it will cost you dearly if it goes **** up........GET HELP....

Colour Republic · May 9, 2009

tileboy said:
Duly noted mate. I think I'll do just that. It's gonna sting a bit saying no to a large chunk of money like that, maybe I should accept anyway and sell the job to a contractor more experienced than myself...That way it will seem as if it's my company that did the work. Plus then I can learn while I'm at it!!! Nice!!!

Good idea?

very good idea! although bare in mind that your price might have been cheap and a contractor would have charged more so they may not want to take the job on at your price

tileboy · May 9, 2009

smurf21 said:
Oh my god.... you struggled a little with the bathroom (by the way defo lost your level accros doorway imo) a simple strip above the door into wall would have fixed the prob and left you feeling better about it accepted or not i could never have left it like that but thats just me.......(and probably 99.9% of all other tilers on the forums but way hey) But as far as this next job goes take my advice and get help from a more experienced fixer because if all your lines need to marry throughout the job and up the stairs just setting from the basement and going with the flow aint gonna cut it,this one needs allot of thought and setting out 600 x 600 porc aint very forgiving and it will cost you dearly if it goes **** up........GET HELP....

Well, it's not as simple as just a strip as you put it. Trust me mate. I've taken everything that everyone has said here and I've looked at the wall and at the end of the day whether you want to agree or not, the only way to correct the issue is to redo the whole bathroom. Logistically thats not possible. If you could stand in the bathroom with me you will see what I mean. Also, the client suggested I leave it that way, it wasn't my suggestion. I'm sorry but irrelevant of what anyone thinks (and here's where I stick to my guns) if the client says pink, then pink it is so I won't feel bad because I know we discussed it honestly and openly and it's got nothing to do with pride. It's called understanding and we understand each other.

As for the large job, I think I will call one of the larger contractors I know and maybe I can learn from him how to do such a large complicated job!!!

:smilewinkgrin:

smurf21 · May 9, 2009

Noted and understood.......Good luck with all your future endeavours my friend.

smurf21 · May 9, 2009

But on another note. why come on and ask for help and advice ifyour not gonna take it..

Deleted member 1779 · May 9, 2009

What a marathon post......

There are corners, twists, turns, doors, more corners it's not a square roomed house...Setting out a dry run won't even work because even though the house is HUGE it's cramped inside so muchos cutting is no doubt gonna have to happen...Aaaah, new cutter investment it seems. My industrial cutter can only cut tiles up to 520mm. Uuughhh....Tools, tools, tools.

I need a bloody rotozip too which you don't get in South Africa!!! What a pain, cuz there's no way I'm going to cut 600 X 600 size tiles to shape around the pillars in this house by using a wet cutter to start and then nipping the rest, it's gonna look pants....A rotozip wil make a PERFECT circle!!!

Just got one thing to add.... Dont forget your drill bits!

tommyzooom · May 10, 2009

As myself and others advised you to replace the tiles above the door it was because your explanation and the first pictures seemed to suggest that the tiles lower down on both sides of the door were lining up OK,(lifes too short to read it all again) It is now quite clear that your lines have been dropping slightly as you go round the room, A new spirit level is your first purchase and do as I do, turn the level round for each wall

Glad your client is happy

Deleted member 1779 · May 10, 2009

I made a bit of a schoolboy error myself in the past.

Bought two colours of 600x300 tiles. Stone. And Black.

The stone were 599mm and the Black were 602mm.

When we fitted them they rose higher each time. We could have taken some off each black tile but my tiler was tired and wasnt that bothered !

To this day the white lines of the black tiles are rising higher than the left hand stone tiles.. But I live with it.

andy-p · May 10, 2009

Having spent half my life reading this thread id like to add something , its crucial in my mind to use a quality laser (like the autocross laserliner or similar) especially when fitting large formats as the slightest out of level can cause big problems especially over larger areas, even with a good spirit level you can be out .. heres a pic of me using one in a floor area of 100m2 , the laser is on the right of the pic on the wall . the datum matched up 100% over the area , try that with a spirit level.. any way good luck tileboy and one last piece of advice try and hook up with an experienced fixer its the best way to learn..

Colour Republic · May 10, 2009

What is that room used for Andy? keeping animals? looks very interesting

andy-p · May 10, 2009

Colour Republic said:
What is that room used for Andy? keeping animals? looks very interesting

dog kennels !! and it was blimmin freeziing , the wind howled through the apertures for the outside runs.
there was 80m2 of white 6x6 wall tiles and 100m2 of floor tiles which the bloke got for £5m2 , they were different sizes tho hence the brickbond pattern. took 2 of us 5days and it took us one day to grout the floor , forgot to bring my kd washboy too so that was a bit of a chore , it was a nice little cash earner though!!

White Room · May 10, 2009

Me and my mate done a subway quite a few years ago, no laser used he had a old theodolite, not every bodys cup of tea but done the trick

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