Am I just being snooty or does the result look the same as the "before"

[Deleted member 1779]

http://www.jen-uine.com/Bathroom.htm

Takes you to a sequence shot of "before and after" bathroom project.

When I followed the work I couldnt decide if the after was any better than the before.....

Is it just me!

 

[smartile]

see wot you mean...personally I wouldnt hav bothered. Hardly improvement. How does the saying go?.."out with the old in with old again" or something like that!

 

[Deleted member 1779]

haha yes I like that one.. "Out with the old..... IN with the old...."

Now if I had seen after-shots looking like this... Well

Then I could see the reason for the gut and strip. Maybe the look is too European.

 

[smartile]

cool....thats nice!!!! Unfortunately us brits have no dynamics in taste..I think we all fear the new so hey ho lets stick back the same as the old as your pics hav shown...such a shame really

 

[andy-h]

those tiles look the same as ive just fitted in my own bathroom 300x300 non-slip porcelain.

 

[Turkish]

haha yes I like that one.. "Out with the old..... IN with the old...."

Now if I had seen after-shots looking like this... Well

Then I could see the reason for the gut and strip. Maybe the look is too European.

Call me old fashioned but YUK!!! Looks like some baby nappy changing area!

Turkish

 

[Dan]

It does say "renovating the retro house" perhaps that's what they mean.

lol​

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I can see there's quite a bit of work been done though, and the craftsmanship can't be faulted from what I can see. A couple of out of line grout joints or poor picture re-sizing, they've used one of those tile hole covers (chrome though) behind the loo and not a 365drills hole that's seamless may I add?

 

[Dan]

haha yes I like that one.. "Out with the old..... IN with the old...."

Now if I had seen after-shots looking like this... Well

Then I could see the reason for the gut and strip. Maybe the look is too European.

Can you imagine wee'ing on a plate? lol I'm not sure I'd like to use that when I've had a few. And I wouldn't want to wonder where the number two's go. :joker:

 

[sWe]

Can you imagine wee'ing on a plate? lol I'm not sure I'd like to use that when I've had a few. And I wouldn't want to wonder where the number two's go. :joker:

Look closer. It's not a plate There is a bowl part from what I can see, and it's black

 

[Branty]

haha yes I like that one.. "Out with the old..... IN with the old...."

Now if I had seen after-shots looking like this... Well

Then I could see the reason for the gut and strip. Maybe the look is too European.

That's hideous.

 

[Branty]

cool....thats nice!!!! Unfortunately us brits have no dynamics in taste..I think we all fear the new so hey ho lets stick back the same as the old as your pics hav shown...such a shame really

But those pics are from America.

 

[Taz8130]

Hope I'm not appearing too negative about the "Before & After" job, as he obviously put an awful lot of time and effort into the job but it appears that this guy has replaced an old tired look with a new tired look. Going on the fittings that have been used, I also get the impression that it was work carried out abroard e.g. Spain etc.

But as per the old saying: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

 

[Big-Smudge]

http://www.jen-uine.com/Bathroom.htm

Takes you to a sequence shot of "before and after" bathroom project.

When I followed the work I couldnt decide if the after was any better than the before.....

Is it just me!

unfortunately there's no close-up pics of the Silicon joints so I'll have to reserve judgment.

Sorry
Andy

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Its funny but when I saw the Silicon shot (this is it below) my first thoughts were that he was using cornertape. Not because he was doing the Silicon work. But because it appears that he is using some sort of product to get a neat finish.

If you look at the piccie there appears to be blue tape set out with a gap in the middle. At first I thought it was the US version of corner tape. But if I am not mistaken it looks like he has run two pieces of blue tape.

Has he improvised and done his own thing? Or is there someone out there nicking your idea in the US? I am going to assume the first

PS: If he HAS improvised then one thing it tells you is that there is a need or market for it in the USA and that they know what to do... If you can crack the USA then what a market! Maybe at T&S show we should see if we can pool ideas to get both our products over there. Lets fly the British flag. Now all we need is a tile convention in viva las vegas.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Its funny but when I saw the Silicon shot (this is it below) my first thoughts were that he was using cornertape. Not because he was doing the Silicon work. But because it appears that he is using some sort of product to get a neat finish.

If you look at the piccie there appears to be blue tape set out with a gap in the middle. At first I thought it was the US version of corner tape. But if I am not mistaken it looks like he has run two pieces of blue tape.

Has he improvised and done his own thing? Or is there someone out there nicking your idea in the US? I am going to assume the first

PS: If he HAS improvised then one thing it tells you is that there is a need or market for it in the USA and that they know what to do... If you can crack the USA then what a market! Maybe at T&S show we should see if we can pool ideas to get both our products over there. Lets fly the British flag. Now all we need is a tile convention in viva las vegas.

Now we're talking!:yes: