Discuss Advice please, bathroom fitter has dot and dabbed tiles! in the Bathroom Tiling Advice area at TilersForums.com.

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.
 

Attachments

  • 20240523_000429.jpg
    219.5 KB · Views: 237
  • 20240525_121244.jpg
    234.9 KB · Views: 129
  • 20240524_233158.jpg
    527.2 KB · Views: 163
  • 20240523_000959.jpg
    283.2 KB · Views: 144
  • IMG-20240523-WA0010.jpeg
    193.3 KB · Views: 137
  • 20240523_000935.jpg
    196 KB · Views: 127
  • 20240523_001129.jpg
    98.9 KB · Views: 130
  • 20240523_001118.jpg
    124 KB · Views: 123
  • 20240523_000553.jpg
    189.5 KB · Views: 121
  • 20240523_000438.jpg
    221.8 KB · Views: 127

bsc ceramics

TF
Esteemed
Arms
Subscribed
Not the best practice. Heavy tiles. I personally wouldn't have gone on ply and I think I can see some OSB there as well. Walls look well out and should have been sorted. All in all not great.
What's with the timber at the bottom?
 
Not the best practice. Heavy tiles. I personally wouldn't have gone on ply and I think I can see some OSB there as well. Walls look well out and should have been sorted. All in all not great.
What's with the timber at the bottom?
Thanks for the feedback mate.

I guess he is a tiler by tradesorry supposed to be, as his son is the plumber.
Yeah I only noticed the OSB last night not even flush with the ply, and a load of rubbish chucked behind the walls they built (even though we have a skip)

The timber at the bottom is what he used to set off from.

It's only been a few days and one of the top tiles has popped off the ply already!
 

Attachments

  • 20240526_145240.jpg
    403 KB · Views: 119
  • 20240526_145410.jpg
    341.1 KB · Views: 125
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.
Is defect after defect im afraid , at least is not finished and can be salvaged .
 
Is defect after defect im afraid , at least is not finished and can be salvaged .
Yeah, discussed it all with him, got him to change all the ply to tile backer board and tile with the correct method of adhesive application 👍
 
Yeah, discussed it all with him, got him to change all the ply to tile backer board and tile with the correct method of adhesive application 👍
Would of gone cement board can get in 6mm and 12mm , or a green plasterboard or tile backer certainly not wood .
Looks like a easy in bath probably would of done the room while leaving the bath in the garage
Your going to have to project manage that job or going to end up with a mess
 
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 👍
 

Attachments

  • IMG-20240529-WA0006.jpg
    203.4 KB · Views: 93
  • IMG-20240529-WA0007.jpg
    261.6 KB · Views: 100
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
 
22
223
Bucks
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.
 

Reply to Advice please, bathroom fitter has dot and dabbed tiles! in the Bathroom Tiling Advice area at TilersForums.com

Subscribe to Tilers Forums

There are similar tiling threads here

Hello, I'm just a home owner who doesn't have much experience with tiling but I'm looking for...
Replies
12
Views
3K
Hi people I'm in desperate need of advice So my builder who I let go due to poor work has...
Replies
3
Views
1K
Hi. Hoping you al. Can help me. I have an issue where I had a bathroom built and a shower...
Replies
8
Views
962
Hi, Can anyone please give me some advice. I have an old bathroom and I want to turn it into a...
Replies
1
Views
873
Hi, i'm undertaking all of the tiling in our project. I have two different types of 600mm tiles...
Replies
1
Views
670

Advertisement

Thread starter

Joined
Location
Shepperton
What member type are you?
  1. Contractor

Thread Information

Title
Advice please, bathroom fitter has dot and dabbed tiles!
Prefix
N/A
Forum
Bathroom Tiling Advice
Start date
Last reply date
Replies
24
Unsolved
--

Which tile adhesive brand did you use most this year?

  • Palace

    Votes: 5 5.0%
  • Kerakoll

    Votes: 8 8.0%
  • Ardex

    Votes: 6 6.0%
  • Mapei

    Votes: 25 25.0%
  • Ultra Tile

    Votes: 14 14.0%
  • BAL

    Votes: 27 27.0%
  • Wedi

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Benfer

    Votes: 2 2.0%
  • Tilemaster

    Votes: 19 19.0%
  • Weber

    Votes: 18 18.0%
  • Other (any other brand not listed)

    Votes: 10 10.0%
  • Nicobond

    Votes: 5 5.0%
  • Norcros

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Kelmore

    Votes: 1 1.0%
Top