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

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• Jul 21, 2018

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Tony73 said:

Looks like he applied grout and went for a lunch , for couple of hours...

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His lunch has now been over a month and he's declared job done...

 

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• Jul 21, 2018

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3_fall said:

Hey Tony,
Long time no post, hows things, you good?

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Hey mate, all good . Extremely busy.... Getting married again Have new addition to my family- another dog. How are you?

 

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• Jul 21, 2018

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Tony73 said:

Hey mate, all good . Extremely busy.... Getting married again Have new addition to my family- another dog. How are you?

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You found it then haha

Yeah I’m good Tony mate thanks.
Miss seeing your work here!
Well congratulations and congratulations, again!

 

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• Jul 21, 2018

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3_fall said:

You found it then haha

Yeah I’m good Tony mate thanks.
Miss seeing your work here!
Well congratulations and congratulations, again!

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Thanks. Will post some … Have done some interesting wooden mosaics not long ago. They said it was first in the UK. So would like to hear opinion.

 

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• Jul 21, 2018

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Tony73 said:

Thanks. Will post some … Have done some interesting wooden mosaics not long ago. They said it was first in the UK. So would like to hear opinion.

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Yeah that’d be kool Tony.

 

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• Jul 22, 2018

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Tony73 said:

Thanks. Will post some … Have done some interesting wooden mosaics not long ago. They said it was first in the UK. So would like to hear opinion.

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A new thread introducing yourself would be good!!

 

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• Aug 11, 2018

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The below post from @Wishiwasatoptiler .........

Job that i will be doing after a guy tiled the kitchen
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The same guy fitted the kitchen. Its a mess. Another joiner is coming to redo it. New benches etc. The guy tiled but didnt even fix the benches, there on the **** anyway. View attachment 100147 View attachment 100149

 

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• Mar 12, 2019

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This is the result I got for a bathroom refurb. Tiling took 8 working days from 19-28 Feb. He said his cutting machine kept breaking because my tiles were 'good'. He enquired about why his machine was breaking at his trade store. He also tried to invoice me for 15m sq, when he decided to only do 2 walls (I had asked for all walls half-tiled). Aside from him lying about how many walls we agreed, and lying about the amount of tiles on my walls, is this a professional standard? Will I have issues with leaking through this cracking and patchy grout or tiles cracking or falling off?

 

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• Mar 13, 2019

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It’s hard to tell, you have some cracked and missing grout and a few chipped cuts but wider view photos would help see the bigger picture.

 

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• Mar 21, 2019

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Hi all, here is what I found... Pool is been done only 5-6 years ago. Looks like only grout holds them together.

 

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• Mar 21, 2019

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Those tiles look iffy for pools.

The adhesive doesn't look too clever either.

 

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Tile Shop

• May 9, 2019

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Your tiles are faulty!

Why?

They've all lifted after 6 months!

Oh. Any pictures?

 

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• May 9, 2019

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Thanks builders, plumbers, quality control etc ...

 

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• May 9, 2019

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Paul C. said:

Your tiles are faulty!

Why?

They've all lifted after 6 months!

Oh. Any pictures?

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I don't even understand how he has done that , surely it just would of been quicker to do it properly .

 

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• May 14, 2019

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Again, tiles must be faulty because they have cracked in 5 months of installation.

Few emails later getting the fitters method statement.

No, they have cracks because your "professional bathroom fitter" (turns out he's a general builder) has tiled a shower, without tanking, onto plywood!


Waiting for further images when the tiles are taken down.... or fall off!

EDIT: Exact reply from the builder:
"Your bathroom hasn’t been tanked, nor does it need to be, it’s not a wet room, we have used 18mm marine ply as a base, screwed in every 6 inches with 40mm wood screws, flexible adhesive (Mapai)

Flexible grout (mapai), corners and joints have been sealed with dowsil 791 flexible translucent Silicon before application of adhesive, we used a 6mm notched trowel."

 

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