Advice needed

[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.

 

[Drjones]

We brought the materials ourselves so thats something we got right

Regarding the money, they have wasted around £800 of materials and £500 or so in labour, do we accept this as a lesson learned or would there be a way to to try and claim something back, as they are not going to want to, especially with no contract or so in place.

 

[Drjones]

Another kick in the balls is that they have dropped a tile in the new bath and chipped 2 places.

 

[nybor62]

jeez it goes from bad to worse. 500 in labour so far . and a chipped bath . . you need to have a serious word with them

i do hope you get some joy with them ,but i doubt it , you may have to count your losses , start again , save has many tiles has you can
and put the job on here ,

plenty of tilers in your area im sure

good luck

 

[Drjones]

that does sound like a good plan will confront them tomorrow see what happens.

I also have a kitchen floor and hallway which needs doing, this was going to go to them but no way now lol - tiling area around 17sqm 600x600 porcine tiles.

once we know where we stand will look at going forward, all your responses and advice have been a great help, thanks for your time.

 

[John Benton]

You can find tilers available in your area on here on this forum.

http://www.tilersforums.com/115-looking-wall-floor-tiler/