Advice needed

[Drjones]

Hi All,

Having our bathroom tiled and fitted, we are 4 days in so far and its not looking great.

I tried to post up some images but as im a new user i cannot, a few problems i can see are:

They have cut the roof away to silde in a few tiles as roof curves towards the window. in corners on wall and roof some gaps are small and some you can fit you finger in, on the corner where two walls meet the tiles do not line up, on the same corner they have used two different size trims one of them is angled, tiles are not flush some go in and some out.

We have been assured that once grouted and sealed we will not notice and will be fine, but some cuts around worktop etc are really bad it seems?

Then bathroom wise: no trap on bath, shower pipes are loose behind the wall tiles, taps not straight and so on.

Floor has yet to be done, been prepared with 6mm marine ply and have spare wall tiles, they been 4 days on day rate and paid upto now. Have asked them about tiles not being flush and was told not to worry. Any advice on what to do? Should we let them grout and do floor you think? would another tiler be happy try fix things or would it need gutting and starting again? Or am i over reacting and may actually be ok when finished?

thanks for any opinions.

https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A6G6XBubcSDY9
images and video above

 

[nybor62]

thx for pics , shocking i feel sorry for you, 6mm ply is no good for the floor to start with . am i reading correct you have paid them for 4 days .not good they need to put right the tiles not lining up imo . or get ya money back . if you can. dont let them touch the floor
4 days for that amount of tiling is shocking . imo should have agreed a price per m2 rate .
i hope you get this sorted . please let us know
also tile should have bean scribed tight to the ceiling

 

[Andy Allen]

Can I ask ...why did you pay them if your not happy with the work..?
I fear your not going to see them again once you ask them to put it right.

 

[Drjones]

Thanks for reply.

yes we have learnt the hard way it seems, first time we have had work on house done.

First was looking at 2-3 days as there is 2 if them, but already on 4 and can't see them finishing this weekend. I wouldn't trust them to put it right if they are not being paid, from the work they have done so far being paid.

If we can line up that wall and do the trim, we have 16 spare wall tiles so could fix some bad cuts, at least floor can be done well. where tiling is down to floor are we stuck changing the 6mm to something else?

 

[Drjones]

The first bit was not so bad, we have been letting them get on with it, after they went on the last day we had a proper look and started to notice things.

On the start of the second weekend i did tell them about tiles not being flush etc and was told once grouted and sealed you would not notice and all would be fine. In hindsight a price for the job and timescale would be the way.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Ask them if they did a weekend tiling course , ask for your money back plus you will need to take them tiles off, they are not tilers at all

 

[Dave]

JEEEZ!!!!!! , That has to be one of the worst attempts of putting tiles on a wall I ever seen.

they need stopping ASAP.

 

[Chalker]

4 days!
would be finished and grouted in that time. On my own.
looks like they don't own a grinder, or a notched trowel. Those tiles are on spots!

Tbh there is so much wrong I don't know where to start.

 

[Drjones]

thanks for all posts, does anyone think its salvageable in getting some corners and cuts right by replacing tiles and getting the floor done properly, living with it being ok rather than really bad?

 

[Drjones]

quick closer look on the shower wall and between the tiles i can see the plasterboard, once filled with grout would this seal then enough for the plasterboard not to soak up water and fall apart....

 

[Brian the Tile]

If you can see the plasterboard im afraid they have not tanked the wet area and have dotted the tiles, sorry to say you will have problems, please dont let them do anymore or your problems will only get worse

 

[Stef]

That's not a very good job.
I wouldn't let them do any more but I'm afraid once you tell them to sort things they will be off.
Did you get recommended these Tilers or do you see an add in the paper?

 

[widler]

Weekend work?
Who are they,firemen,polish or mates of the family who can 'tile'?

 

[CJ]

:yikes: Shocking work.

 

[White Room]

Thats going to need some serious sorting out:yikes: