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    Air Admittance Valve to stop the bad smells

    Hello all, We just finished renovating our house and there are some issues with the plumbing: that is, our shower has a terrible smell. During the renovation, we had a last minute change to move the toilet down the hall. Although it is a new renovation, we did clean it to make sure there is...
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    Bad tiling job - Tilers Forums: Tilers Community

    Bad tiling job - Tilers Forums Bad tiling job Hello, we were wondering if anyone could help us please. We have had a bathroom fitted in August this year and it has been a disaster. Nothing works in it now. The pump is broken due to not fitted properly as is the heated towel rail. W e did...
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    Bad tiling job

    Hello, we were wondering if anyone could help us please. We have had a bathroom fitted in August this year and it has been a disaster. Nothing works in it now. The pump is broken due to not fitted properly as is the heated towel rail. W e did have a lovely gentleman look at the tiling and was...
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    Aliddin easyfit isolator, Anyone with a bad experience of these? Discussion Thread

    Aliddin easyfit isolator, Anyone with a bad experience of these? Discussion Thread Hi all, thinking of fitting the said isolator to my heating system from boiler to circulation pump in 22mm copper, so I can fir a MagnaClean Atom ( I know the position of the MagnaClean is not ideal but the...
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    Bad starter motor or bad battery or something else? Help! Electrical Advice

    Bad starter motor or bad battery or something else? Help! Discussion ThreadBad starter motor or bad battery or something else? Help! Electrical Advice Hello I have issues starting my car after having the key in the accessory position for about an hour or so. Radio off. The first crank of the...
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    How to track down a bad neutral in a home electrical circuit Electrical Advice

    How to track down a bad neutral in a home electrical circuit Discussion ThreadHow to track down a bad neutral in a home electrical circuit Electrical Advice Ok, please be aware that I am a 'do-it-yourself-er,' so if this isn't the right place to be posting this thread, let me know where I...
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    Intermittent bad smell Discussion Thread

    Intermittent bad smell Discussion Thread Hi I have an intermittent bad smell that's really hard to pin down, I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on it. I can go months without smelling that sulphur smell and then one day it kicks in. Sometimes its really faint, others its strong and...
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    Didn't know where to post this Topps Tiles Bad Experience

    I purchased some tiles on the 13th August from Topps Tiles in London, I wont say which one. But the tile came all different batches, the tiler then fixed them I understand that this is accepted at times but you need to mix the tiles to make them at least uniform and mixed. Please what can I do...
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    Is this a bad Job? Or am I worrying over nothing?

    Hi, Hope everyone is well. I'm after some advice please. I'm currently having my bathroom tiled floor to ceiling. Tiler started yesterday and has completed 3 walls. Before he left he mentioned that in the top corner near the ceiling there is only a small tile due to uneven walls. Not really...
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    Is This A Bad Bathroom Tiling Job: Suspect Prep + Toilet Now Slopes

    Recently had a building company replace a leaking wet room floor, located on the 1st floor of a 1930's built terrace house. The tiles are large format porcelain tiles sitting on a Ditra Matt supported by 18" plywood. The rusty trowel that he left before the bank holiday w/e gave me some...
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    Help with bad tile job and grout

    I was hoping for some advice. I have large white tiles in my kitchen who a friend laid. I was away at the time he laid them so was unable to give him feel back and ask for them to be altered at the time. I absolutely hate the way they have been laid, the joints do not line up and he didn't use...
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    Larsen Tile Adhesive and Grout - good or bad?

    I am planning to get 1000x1000 tiles in my kitchen from the following website. In the quote they have also suggested the following tile adhesive and grouting. Larsen Standard Set Flexible Plus Grey Floor & Wall Tile Adhesive S1 Grade...
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    Tile to ceiling - salvage of bad tiling

    Hello everyone, I had a very unprofessional tiler who did a lot of errors and left my bathroom job unfinished with a lot of excuses on why he is not available. I stopped chasing him now and have a friend to help me to finish and fix the errors as much as we can as I cannot afford the re-tiling...
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    Bad job? Help! Or just being fussy!

    Hello, after some advice, I feel like I’ve had a really bad tiling job done, it’s half finished as he’s tried to place dark grout over white grout and realised half way through its not working, I just feel where he’s finished the spacing between the tiles isn’t even, am I being too fussy?
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    Wonky walls or bad tiling?

    We are currently in the process of having our bathroom refitted. We’ve been on holiday whilst he has been here but he has been able to contact us the entire time we’ve been away. He acknowledged that the tiles on the mirror wall are uneven but said that is due to the uneven walls behind. As...
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    Is this a bad tiling job?

    Hi, I'm sorry its another bad job or not thread. We've been having our downstairs toilet renovated using a local plumbing company who employ and external tiler to do any tiling work. Throughout it has felt rushed- and I have had doubts regarding the mitring of the tile border in particular-...
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    How bad is this tiling job and how can I fix it?

    I'm currently dealing with the contractor from hell who has ruined job after job in my house. The latest installment is the bathroom tiles. The tiler came in and threw the tiles on the wall and floor; no spacers used, different space between every single tile, rough adhesive, squint tiles and...
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    Bad Fitter has walked off job. Help!

    My mum is having her bathroom fitted and she sent me some photos and my partner pointed out that several things weren’t looking great. I spoke to the contractor and he said we didn’t know what we were talking about and that he’d been in the trade for 30+ years and told his fitter to carry on...
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    Bad Bathroom Fitter. Help!

    My mum is having her bathroom fitted and she sent me some photos and my partner pointed out that several things weren’t looking great. I spoke to the contractor and he said we didn’t know what we were talking about and that he’d been in the trade for 30+ years and told his fitter to carry on...
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    Kitchen splashback metro tiles -is it a bad job?

    Hi! Could I get some advice on my tiling? It's just been done last week by a tiler by trade but my builder who does everything says that he could have done a neater job and that he's surprised by the level of finish and pointed out some clumsy areas. I'm now worried that my tiler did a bad job...

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