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:

 

[nybor62]

what adhesive did they use , im guessing ready mixed if so the tiles will come off easy , remove the lot and start again if thats the case

what was there names ,JESSE AND FRANK JAMES WILD WEST TILERS

 

[orange peel]

yes not a very good job ,seen worse , would strip it out and start again ,hopefully for you they have used tub adhesive and dotted them ,might give you a better chance of salvaging the full ones ,

 

[Drjones]

Thanks for replies ,the tiler was recommended supposedly a bathroom fitter for a firm and his brother did the electrics and helped tile. I have put a picture of the adhesives and grout on the pictures we brought these as thought was the best stuff to use.

 

[John Benton]

Do not let them carry on working, the tiles look as though they have been fixed onto painted walls as well. You can see a greeny blue colour through the joints.

The fact that they have clearly have not used a datum line to start from a level around the room means that the joints do not line up as they meet around the corner.

Why have they left such large expansion joints where the tiles meet? Should be 2mm not 10mm.

The joint between the bath and tiles is far too big! Were they planning on just filling it with silicon or grout?

The list is endless. How did you come across these 'tilers'? Were they recommended or did you just pluck them out of the Yellow Pages? Probably more homework on your behalf prior to employing these guys. Easy to say now, but hope it all works out for you.

 

[Mr Tiler]

does your chimney stack run up through the bathroom in the corner?

 

[White Room]

Good to see their buying their addy from B&Q and it's cement based.....

 

[nybor62]

i would have bet my house that they had used tubbed addy , at least they got somet right

 

[Drjones]

These were recommended as were fitters for a bathroom company supposedly, we did question gaps and uneven tiles when noticed and was told all gaps etc will be sealed and grouted and said "you won't notice any imperfections with gaps and uneven tiles once grouted`"

This corner is a cutout from a bedroom where boiler is situated.

Before they came in we stripped the room and yes were painted walls behind wallpaper which we took off.

the adhesive is mapei - super flexible put a picture on pictures

https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A6G6XBubcSDY9

Do you think using this some tiles can be saved?

 

[The D]

Looks bad and needs retiling and 6mm ply is inadequate sothat will need to be sorted out.

 

[White Room]

Thats a tough call, Mapei is a good adhesive and the only thing to do is try and remove a couple of tiles but I doubt wether your'll have much luck but I've been wrong before.