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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...
  2. A

    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?
  3. JimC1988

    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-...
  5. I

    Poor and unfinished job - what are my options

    We had our loft bathroom done a month ago and are having issues with the tiler (recommended on a local Facebook group, he also sent us pictures of his work). He quoted us a price without seeing the place or the tiles, but I sent him pictures of the bathroom (we had another tiler come around who...
  6. M

    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...
  7. M

    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...
  9. M

    Help! Fitter has walked off job & said this work is fine.

    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...
  10. R

    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...
  11. R

    Need advice on waterproofing 3 bathrooms - seems a bad job

    We are in the process of renovating our 3 bathrooms. One wet room (walk-in shower), one with a bath, and one with a shower tray. They have done the job whilst we were away on holiday and when we returned, two of the bathrooms were tiled and grouted, the third one wasn't grouted so we were able...
  13. S

    Bad job or unavoidable?

    Hi, Currently getting a new bathroom fitted with metro tiles. The tiler is back today to finish off grouting and laying the floor tiles. I've gone in this morning to check the last 2 days work (having been busy working myself so couldn't check before now) and I am pretty unhappy with the way...
  14. A

    Is this fine or a bad job?

    Our builder has just finished grouting our bathroom renovation and we’ve started to notice some issues. Is this us being picky or is it actually a bad job? We’ve noticed a lot of uneven tiles, some bad grout work and chips in the cuts of tiles. If it is a bad job is there anyway of fixing it...
  15. cosmogal14

    Please help! Subway tiles are a shambles

    A family friend has tiled my kitchen with subway tiles however there is a lot of areas that are awful! They have been left to set overnight and I am wondering will it be possible to remove the singular tile (so I can attempt to fix it myself) before I grout? Thank you in advance! Here is an...
  17. S

    Bad job!

    We paid a “tiler” to tile our front path and steps over 2 years ago. At first he mismatched the tiles on the steps to the pattern on the ground and had to take them up and redo it!! He finished and we thought it looked alright!!! However since this we have noticed that he didn’t put any trim on...
  18. D

    Another bad job???

    Hope to gauge the reaction from pro tilers on here, as the guy I’ve employed to do my kitchen floor thinks he’s doing a great job. The gap on the wall on is 30mm btw, don’t know what size of skirting he thinks I’m putting on. Would anyone here not use spacers? Opinions welcome before he comes...
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  19. D

    Is this shoddy tiling? Advice much appreciated!

    Hi! We've just had our kitchen installed and one of the installers said he does tiling too. So we got him to the tiles, including a herringbone pattern behind the oven/splashback. White tiles, dark grout. The main issue is the corners, where there is a massive thick line of grout on some...
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  21. B

    Poor quality work. What’s should I do?

    We have had a tile tile a bathroom and an ensuite and are not happy with the overall finish of the job. We have asked the tiler to rectify them and he is refusing and is threating court action as we have not paid him anything. The number one issue is the tile trims which have been poorly and...
  22. ThomasJamesReid

    Can you tell me if this is a bad job? (with photos)

    Hello, can you please help me decide if this is a bad job. We have two balconies and I'm not massively happy with the workmanship on either one: Problem 1 close to the sliding doors: We have sliding balcony doors and the waterproofing for the balcony goes right up to the door and there is an...
  23. V

    Am I being picky or is this a bad job?..

    Hello Am I just being picky or is this a bad job? Tiles not lined up to the base units or straight when you come down the stairs. Another problem is that some tiles sound hollow when you knock on them and one actually broke when I walked on it last night :( Tiles not in line with base units...
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    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Sos advice needed can bad job can be salvaged

    My first post, joined forum to get some help as my husband thinks everything is ok and i am harrasing. We Had warmap Ufh installed on Friday. It went on a bare concrete floor. Tiler used Tarmac floor levelling compound and did on the go as he poured compound. he never laid wires down, they are...
  26. W

    Help, I think my tiler is doing a bad job. What should I do?

    It was his first day today. I found him on mybuilder. He wasn't the cheapest quote and I chose him because he says he's a professional tiler. It's a bathroom which we're fully tiling with white travertine tiles 30 x 45 x 12. The things I'm worried about / unhappy about are: 1. the first...
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    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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