any advice re bad tiling job would be appreciated

[White Room]

There are few very good female tilers who you would not categorize in the same league as the work of your bathroom.

 

[cam_low]

same as all these other chancers who think they can tile ! I bet you that's her kitchen...thought this is easy lets make a living from it.

did u say you have kids ?

 

[jamespaul]

god I wish I lived a bit nearer
come on lads this lady needs our help!!!!

 

[sparkle333]

same as all these other chancers who think they can tile ! I bet you that's her kitchen...thought this is easy lets make a living from it.

did u say you have kids ?

yes i have a 14 yr old daughter living with me. u have a good point there cos she told me it was doing up her house she decided to go into plastering and tiling, never thought about that til you just said that , ill ring trading standards this morning, shes not responded to me since i emailed the actual photos !!

 

[sparkle333]

thx johnpaul thats very kind of u

 

[sparkle333]

thx johnpaul thats very kind of u

just to add trading standards are busy and not covered by house ins grr

 

[cam_low]

Long shot and a small one but try sending dom a message on Twitter or facebook

 

[sparkle333]

lol, im not that sort of person that would like to go on tv etc. i need a nick knowles type lol

 

[charlie1]

shes only 27 so i think shes just started out doing this and forgot to mention to me she wasnt experienced in tiling , i just decided to give her a go liked idea of a woman working in my house for a change thought she would be neater and cleaner etc lol, back fired big time

can you be more specific. Did she forget to tell you she was not experienced or are you now just telling us this information that she told you before the job started that she was not experienced?

 

[sparkle333]

she never mentioned to me she wasnt experienced in tiling, im just realising this from the response ive had here, if she had told me no way would i have let her do my bathroom.

ive just had a reply from her, basically saying shes injured her neck plastering and wont be available for work for a while, i can either wait and she will sort out what she has accepted as her fault, which is 1 tile on the side of my window lol not ones out above bath, the 1 sunken border and the couple of areas where the adhesive is showing above grout. no mention of floor broken tiles, the 2 chipped tiles etc. she did say if i couldnt wait to get someone else out to sort this couple of things out and she wont charge me for work shes done so far. that appears fair enough unless having to have all the work re done and all the costs for tiles, adhesive, grout, costs more than what i owe her and thats without the fact my heating mat could be ruined too. i need to decide what to do and i guess i need a tiler here to give me an honest opinion and quote

 

[Mr Tiler]

I don't think a tiler could make it look any better unless it all comes down sorry. cant ur ex help out with taking the tiles off and try to salvage what is there?

 

[AETilingFloorin]

The question you need to ask yourself is if the bits she has accepted fault for get repaired/replaced will you be happy having to look at the other faults everyday now you know they are there? If not then dont accept what she has said.

The heating mat will need to be checked first if its working, it will only get ruined if you decide you want the tiles up taking up.

Ring another tiler close to you to come round and give you a quote for the repairs and another quote for a complete rip out and restart then go to her with the quotes and see what she says then.

 

[sparkle333]

i dont think he would to be honest hes not very helpful really the jobs hes done ive paid him as it is, hes busy also so would be wks if he agreed , i dont like asking him cos he moans about it, not nice when his daughter is living in this mess, but hey ho thats another story lol

what is the going rate for tiling a bathroom with ceramic tiles as a rough guide

 

[sparkle333]

2 of the floor tiles do need replacing cos they have chipped at the edges due to her not putting any adhesive under them,so that worries me , i dont think many tilers would want to take on this with all the probs unless its restarted i bet

 

[Rossymcg]

Hello sparkle,
this is one long thread, I've read some of it but not all,
why did you let her continue tiling after day 1? The job can only be described as a mess,
did you not ask to look at some of her work prior to her starting? Not wanting to come across as harsh but that's the 1st thing I be asking before I let someone loose on something that mattered to me,
what ever excuses she's using its pony, rule number 1 for me when pricing a job is check walls for plumb and straightness and floors for level so I can quote for the right amount of materials and the right amount of prep work,
good luck