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    Advice needed - poor tiling job, dot and dab not to BS5385

    Just an update to say we won our case in full against this builder and the judge found the tiling to be well below standard and awarded us all our money back. They made the mistake of denying dot and dab on their witness statement also and saying they would never use it. They didn't know that...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Just an update to say we won our case in full against this builder and the judge found the tiling to be below standard and awarded us all our money back.
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Just an update. After almost 2 years there is still a dispute but we managed to get some tiles off this week.... Pretty sure this show dot and dab...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Just messaged you.
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Cant see it very well in this picture but there is about a 20mm / 1 inch gap from top of tiles to ceiling. Stuff with caulk and grout apparently but i wouldn't know
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    broken tile. Don't worry about the gunk on the window that was there before. But if you can see also from this picture the overhang over the window frame. These is because he hasn't set out properly i guess
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    I have lots more pictures etc but these a small selection. I have some that show the peaks and troughs better than these
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Believe it or not, this person had threatened us with legal action for not giving him the final payment on his contract (he had had £4000 from us before the job had even really started (my mum is 75 and she gave it to him). Anyway after a month of this happening, he dropped a claim form on us...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Yeap. That is exactly it. One wall is also tile over tile. AND he has dot and dabbed the mosaic section of the shower area leaving some peaks and troughs in the mosaic and lots and lots of holes because he has tried to push grout into the voids to lift the tiles into position.
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Paul C, Acaciaguy, oh my gosh i think this is everything I should need to be able to through his argument out. I think he must not realise that there is a part 4 for wet areas.
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    No he used 9mm plasterboard on the wall the shower is attached to (i believe it was 9mm). He said he didn't need to tank it because he was using water resistant adhesive and grout and it will never have a failure and he has never had a leak and he doesn't need to tank it. Which i believe is...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    So he is used dot and dab in the shower area also and so we can hear many voids behind the tiles. Also, he has gone so far as to dot and dab the sheet of mosaic ! He said that the grout would go into the gaps in the adhesive behind the tiles and lift them up into place...obviously we knew that...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Hi Paul, It's in the bathroom which includes shower areas. I know the part 4 7.2 section says that it should be solidly bedded but this builder is trying to use the whole 50% thing to say that the tile doesn't need to be fully covered over the back. It's wall tiles.
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Thank you Julian. I am hoping that the bit about "spread evenly over the back of the tile" and the fact that the entire wall needs to be covered in adhesive should be enough to bat this out. It's a shower area and there should be no voids and the areas should be solidly bedded which i believe...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Thanks jcrtiling. We are in court at the moment sadly. Been ongoing for a year and I think this person is likely to only stop all this if the TTA do a report - completely agree
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    OMG Tony, that is perfect !!! I hadn't even thought of it that way but that would make anyone understand !!! Thank you so so much
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Believe it or not Paul, this builder is arguing that he did the work in May 2018 and therefore the June 2018 version of the text which came out in june itself doesn't apply and he wouldn't have known about it. So he is trying to warp what the sentence i the bsi 2009 version which is the 50%...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Hello all, I have a query regarding the British standards. I note that they say the following below about notched towelling method. What is confusing me is the bit about 50% contact. Surely this is 50% while its being placed on the wall but that the twisting and sliding action should result...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Yes - agree. We are a little worried that maybe the builder knows someone there or knows the local inspector or something. This builder seems to be quite well known in the local area (not in a good way). Just also concerned that we want someone who can genuinely inspect tile issues...
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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    Thanks jcrtiling. I agree the tiling will definitely be the most expensive as it will require removal and re-installation of goods as a consequence of needing to be re-tiled anyway. The trouble is that small claims court only covers up to £750 but the tile association with VAT included is £900...
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