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  1. M

    Bad condition wall preparation

    Ok, I'm sorry if this has already been mentioned but i couldnt find this exact problem! I have just about finished stripping some old tiles off a bathroom wall. Over some quite large areas, the wall under the tiles is just bare render that is not in good condition and needs levelling/covering...
    • milhouse_31
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    • aus bad preparation usa wall
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. J

    Other trades having a bad day!!!

    Arrived on site just before 8 and the snow was getting really heavy. The Kitchen fitter had been down south all week from Sheffield. He was looking out of the window deciding whether to stay or go?? He decided to stay. We started tiling and he could not believe it. He is a mad mad Sheffield...
  3. A

    How bad is All in One adhesive & grout?

    Hi Guys, New on here. But weve been tiling for a while, Just had a bad experience doing a kitchen spashback for a contractor as a favour before christmas in a friends house. Bascially i was told they had all materials sorted, when i got there it was johnson 4x4 tiles.... grand but a big old...
    • AMCON CM
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    • adhesive aus bad grout how tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. C

    What do topps tiles need to do to fix their bad reputation?

    It's well known amongst everyone here that Topps don't have the greatest reputation on here? if you were running the show...what would you change or implement?
  5. A

    Bad tiling job

    Hi there Just wondering if anyone can help me. Ive just had my hallway and kitchen floor tiled with very expensive rough edge porcelain tiles, 50 sq metres approx and paid a lot of money for fitting , includes adhesive and grout. Being very busy with work i was away when most of the work was...
    • AJ48
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    • aus bad bad tiling find a tiler job jobs tiling tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. D

    Bad filler job

    Should travertine filler appear as blotches and long jagged lines in the light of day? There's so much filler that it reflects off of my stainless steel appliances and at first I thought there were stains all over the appliances. At night, it looks better because of lighting ( you can still...
    • Debby
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    • aus bad find a tiler job jobs tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. Andy Allen

    how do you know your having a bad day?

    when this happens..... ....:mad2: moral of the story.......dont leave your tub of spacers on the floor.....you will kick them over !!
  8. M

    customer wants me to over grout bad work

    Hi all Got recommended for a job, went to look at it. Massive house,6 en-suites all in engineered quartz. Tiles loose in every room,grout cracked everywhere,wet trays not supported underneath and walls are ply,plasterboard and whatever else. Customer wants me to go over existing...
    • ms.tiles
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    • aus bad customer grout job jobs over tile grout tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. Two-Trowels

    Bad walls after hacking off old tiles.

    Up to now, and before seeing the error of my ways by reading all the good advice on here - I have always just tiled straight on the mess that was left after taking off old tiles following suitable preparation. Well I ain't going to mess around like that anymore, from now on it will be suitable...
  10. John Benton

    More bad tiling

    Started a rip out today. Didn't really need any tools, just bare hands would've done the job. Ceramics dotted onto contiboard with tubbed adhesive. If you want to do everything wrong, this is the way to do it!!! :mad2:
  11. G

    gyvlon floor and I am the bad boy!

    So i am starting a gyvlon floor today but the hygrometer says 85%. I tell the client that it is too high and he goes ballistic at me. I explained all about the issues and what needs to be done when tiling onto these floors and he seemed to understand. Now i am getting blamed for any delay...
  12. M

    Another bad job !

    Just been to look a bathroom floor for a customer,she couldn't explain on the phone the problem suggesting it would be better to see it.She was asking if it would be possible to save it,How bad could it be I thought? Before I set eyes on it she told me the whole bathroom had been retiled about...
    • Marksmithtiling
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    • aus bad bad job find a tiler job jobs tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  13. S

    Using silicon sealant as grout for shower walls - good or bad idea??

    Trying to figure out how to fix a leak problem which seems to stem from a badly tiled shower wall (dabs of adhesive not complete coverage), would it help to rake out the grout and replace with heavy dose of silicon sealant? Obvioulsy the sealant is much softer than grout but I can't think of a...
    • steveguildford
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    • aus bad grout sealant shower silicon tile grout usa wall walls
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  14. D

    bad customers advice

    ive currently finished a job where the customer did nothing i asked from having washing machines tumble driers sofas sideboards placed on my work only hours after its been carried out, to add insult to injury the customer insisted in having 2 kitchen fitters a painter and a spark working at...
  15. bobbynz

    Ardex products: the good, the bad and the ugly.

    Hi guys, haven't been around much lately, been busy with new job at tile warehouse nz. Yesterday we had a rep from Ardex come in and started talking to us about their products. The manager and I looked at each other, both without a clue about what he was on about. It turns out that Ardex had...
  16. A

    Cowboy Trap just as bad as Homebase.

    I posted a thread last week about Homebase recommended thickness of ply which they said 9mm, just watched Cowboy Trap and guess what,they recommended the same thickness they of got the bad guys in.
  17. D

    have you ever seen a tiled substrate as bad as this?

    Got asked to investigate and remedy a failed bathroom floor this week, the tiles didn't even need a hammer and bolster to release them from this floating floor a caber chipboard floor, rockwool fibreglass insulation on that, plasterboard on top of that, then another layer of chipboard (all...
  18. B

    bad tiling

    I've just had my bathroom tiled & it looks awful. He's coming back tomorrow to grout & for his money. I've taken lots of pictures & already started taking the tiles down. This has ruined my newly plastered walls & I've had to order new tiles as several of them have broken. Please help
  19. J

    bad quality jerusalem gold honed limestone

    ive just opened a batch of 600x 400 x 12mm jerusalem gold honed limestone. the face looks as though it has been hand honed with a 100 diamond grit. loads of chips and edges not straight and out of square. if you flip the tile over the back of the tile is brushed!!! when i call supplier they...
  20. D

    Bad knee's !

    i appear to have arthritis in my right knee :yikes: and currently popping pills to keep going :20: the long term prognosis is not good, scraps,wash outs, replacements but only when you are 60 + only 53 thats a long wait on pills then the re-placement will only last 10 years the government hope...
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