any advice re bad tiling job would be appreciated

[cam_low]

I would have called in on way to didsbury but I have no plans to go see my sis any time soon.

 

[sparkle333]

would u mind telling me from the pics in ur opinion what is wrong that would help me thx

 

[Qwerty]

Sorry to read about your predicament. I have found her on mybuilder and then her website. It is evident that tiling is not her forte, and there is very little to show any real experience or expertise. I really hope you get it sorted

 

[cam_low]

She doesn't know how to prep the job, she doesn't know how to tile. She should not be tiling for money.

 

[Gazzer]

Its as you have said , Mosaic is not flush and tiles not even in line with the next joint. There is serious lippage to the tiling. The floor tiles have broken due to not having adhesive under them . The setting out is poor, wall tile joints do not line up, cutting is poor. Really the tiling shoud have been taken behind the vanity unit.
Adhesive in the joints showing through.
Grout residue on the walls in places.

 

[sparkle333]

plan tech ur a gd detective lol, please dont warn her ive got this thread going, i havent decided what to do yet, i will ring trading standards in the morning to see what they suggest too


is any of the tiling acceptable or is the whole job wrong :-(

 

[Gazzer]

hard to say re the photos as most are too close. I wold guess that No would be teh answer but its up to you to what standard you will accept.
In my opinion it should be redone completely

 

[Qwerty]

No worries, my lips are sealed. I draw your attention to her opening line- "I value every sized job I undertake, as I believe you are only as good as your last piece of work. I believe it is imperative to have a good working reputation, and so ensure that my work always reflects my professionalism." (I'm assuming I found the right trader!!!)
That's not what I see from her work. I wish you all the very best. Her tiling is far from acceptable in all aspects

 

[sparkle333]

border is sunk in and out all around the room , the walls were not good i will say that , but at the end of the day she knew that and took job on knowing that. lipping on tiles all around room is worse that pics showing but thats due to walls not being that level she said. the tile under window sill in middle isnt as high as others so will show when edging goes on. are these slim cuts side and bottom wrong ?

 

[sparkle333]

its done to finances thats my problem i dont have any funds to have to pay out and have all this redone, i allocated so much money for each job im having done and have used all the tiling money up, so unless i dont have to pay her and the tiles and adhesive doesnt come to more than i owe her and the heating mats are ok, then ill have enough, does anyone know if flexible floor adhesive ruins heating mats when tiles are removed

 

[Gazzer]

More than likely damage will be done by removing the floor tiles.

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Most likely already damaged if she went over the ufh with adhesive.

 

[sparkle333]

i could try and do a video around the room if thats easy to add on here is that worth doing ?

 

[Gazzer]

you would need to upload to Youtube and link to it . If you do, slow camera movements !

 

[sparkle333]

what does ufh mean, the electricians told me to have the mat fully covered in flexible adhesive mind you they have been horrendous too ,is there anyway to have this mat checked as it is now, its just getting worse

 

[sparkle333]

i dont know how to add to utube lol, would it be worth doing

 

[Gazzer]

i dont know how to add to utube lol, would it be worth doing

Not really I think we have all seen enough.

 

[sparkle333]

ok thats fine, would you like me to keep you updated on her replies and my call to trading standards etc

 

[Gazzer]

Yeah that would be great and a great comfort for others that face the same situations

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Ufh under floor heating.

 

[sparkle333]

ive sent 1 more pic infront of the loo, god knows what she was going to do with that , you can add if you want. i will keep you informed if it helps anyone else then thats good. im worried about my underfloor heating now

 

[sparkle333]

the adhesive said it was suitable for underfloor heating and the electricians said that was ok, so if its not working god knows who i will blame but clearly they will blame each other

 

[Gazzer]

one more pic

 

[White Room]

Looks like there've laid on sterling board....

 

[sparkle333]

thx, not sure how she was going to do floor around this cos shes tiled to about 1/2 ins away from loo so i suspect was going to have a huge thick grout around loo area which would have looked horrendous