Advice please, bathroom fitter has dot and dabbed tiles! Page: 2

[Mitchell]

Hi all, I'm hoping you can help with some feedback, please

My parents are currently having a new bathroom installed, all stripped back to bare walls and floor.

The fitter has done/hasn't done some things that I'm 99% sure aren't good practice, but he has convinced my Dad it is fine.

I have only done Able skills basic tiling course, but I was soaking up info like a sponge, so maybe I'm wrong, but so far my research and gut says otherwise.

The biggest issue I have, is that he has dot and dabbed the tiles to the wall. 800x800 porcelain at 8mm thick. His excuse was that the wall wasn't level, which is no excuse really because surely he should have leveled the wall before tiling. I called him out on it, he told my Dad it is perfectly fine.

He then proceeded to dot and dab the tiles onto the new wall that he built, which presumably is flat and level. Although he has done it in ply, which to my understanding isn't a suitable substrate for a shower wall?

There is no tanking on the plywood shower wall or under the bath.

I then came back yesterday to find the bathroom floor is about 16-18mm higher than the hallway carpet floor, which means a massive lip.

To top it off, it looks like the floor has been dot and dabbed too.

Some tiles aren't lined up properly or grout lines are different widths. Not big discrepancies, but considering the size of the tiles and there are only 6 tiles laid, seems a bit pony to me.

I've attached some photos. As I said, I'm a beginner when it comes to tiling, so help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Lou]

Have you got any photos of the redone tiling?

 

[Mitchell]

I appreciate you all chipping in here lads. *bows down to you.

Me too! My folks were on the cusp of letting him leave it as it was. So I'm grateful for the back up 🍻

 

[Mitchell]

Have you got any photos of the redone tiling?

Just these so far, Lou. I will get my dad to said me some pics when all finished 👍

 

[Kastar UK]

Just these so far, Lou. I will get my dad to said me some pics when all finished 👍

Few more fixings not go a miss imho is why i like cement board , can drive lots of screws into it sink the heads and dont need those plates

 

[Samerlam]

Yeah this guy doesn’t know how too tile I’m sorry you’ve got such a bad tradesmen doing your bathroom. I’ve been tiling 12 years tiling is a different game nowadays using large format tiles takes knowledge and skill. so many cowboys out here taking on jobs that they can’t do I can’t get my head round people still dot and dabbing they use a notched trowel but dot and dab tiles 😂😂. 30 years ago that was the practice but now there’s a lot more too it what ever you do don’t pay this guy and kick him off the job.

 

[Samerlam]

Prep is key with tiling. walls dont have too be level as in in the bubble as some times with old houses and certain circumstances it’s impossible but bows and bumps can be sorted using bonding and a straight edge prior too tiling. Flat is what your looking for building tiles out with adhesive shouldn’t be done as you end up with hollow points.

 

[TimelessJohn]

So has he taken the tiles already fixed to plywood on other wall off - or just leaving them?
Looks a really disappointing effort so far!

 

[Kastar UK]

Prep is key with tiling. walls dont have too be level as in in the bubble as some times with old houses and certain circumstances it’s impossible but bows and bumps can be sorted using bonding and a straight edge prior too tiling. Flat is what your looking for building tiles out with adhesive shouldn’t be done as you end up with hollow points.

Technically tiling out of plumb is a defect unless the customer is willing to accept it , like you say some walls are 1 and 3/4 inch out of plumb

 

[demi34]

Hi all, I'm hoping you can help with some feedback, please

My parents are currently having a new bathroom installed, all stripped back to bare walls and floor.

The fitter has done/hasn't done some things that I'm 99% sure aren't good practice, but he has convinced my Dad it is fine.

I have only done Able skills basic tiling course, but I was soaking up info like a sponge, so maybe I'm wrong, but so far my research and gut says otherwise.

The biggest issue I have, is that he has dot and dabbed the tiles to the wall. 800x800 porcelain at 8mm thick. His excuse was that the wall wasn't level, which is no excuse really because surely he should have leveled the wall before tiling. I called him out on it, he told my Dad it is perfectly fine.

He then proceeded to dot and dab the tiles onto the new wall that he built, which presumably is flat and level. Although he has done it in ply, which to my understanding isn't a suitable substrate for a shower wall?

There is no tanking on the plywood shower wall or under the bath.

I then came back yesterday to find the bathroom floor is about 16-18mm higher than the hallway carpet floor, which means a massive lip.

To top it off, it looks like the floor has been dot and dabbed too.

Some tiles aren't lined up properly or grout lines are different widths. Not big discrepancies, but considering the size of the tiles and there are only 6 tiles laid, seems a bit pony to me.

I've attached some photos. As I said, I'm a beginner when it comes to tiling, so help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi they have to come out and walls replaced with hardiebaker boards

 

[Mitchell]

Thanks for all of your feedback.
Here is a little update for you all.

He installed took the tiles off and installed tile backer board...then proceeded to do a bad job.
I told my folks to sack him off, unfortunately they didn't listen. Now he says they're just being fussy, thankfully they withheld the next payment, so there is that. I will post some photos of the mostly finished job.

Also no tanking or anything under the bath.

Oh and where the tiles aren't cut level.with each other, apparently that is ok because they will mask it off and paint over the tiles 🤣🤦🏻