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Sean Kelly

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Anyone can tile – can’t they?
Myself & my Wife joined a gym last December on the promise that an upgrade of facilities would be taking place early in the new year. The other day I saw a workman in the disabled toilet. I took interest because he had with him 2 boxes of tiles. His whole demeanour did not fill me with any confidence at all.
A few days later I checked the disabled toilet to find out the quality of this chaps workmanship. The enclosed pictures need to words to describe what a total mess he made of the job. I have taken a personal interest in this situation because I am a tiler, and I have a disabled Daughter.
I asked to see the Manager of the club, but surprise surprise when the receptionist checked his whereabouts he was in a meeting. He promised to call me, but that was last Thursday and I have not had a call.
I also enclose a picture of the men’s shower area which has had a few tiles replaced. The grouting looks like it was put on with a trowel and left for a few days to harden. It really is no joke what these builders have done.
If I was allowed to I would name and shame the gym, but for legal reasons I had best keep their name quiet.
Cheers Sean
 

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mz30

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Compared to some of the gyms i have been in ,thats pretty good,but what do you expect when builders pay labourers to throw(literally) the tiles up.


It really has nothing to do with the manager of the gym ,at the end of the day all he can do is pass on that someone has complained about the standard of tiling,to be honest not something they are gonna care about,while they are getting the revenue off all the people who are'nt tilers,if 1 in 100 hundred complain they laughing all the way to the bank.
 
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Compared to some of the gyms i have been in ,thats pretty good,but what do you expect when builders pay labourers to throw(literally) the tiles up.


It really has nothing to do with the manager of the gym ,at the end of the day all he can do is pass on that someone has complained about the standard of tiling,to be honest not something they are gonna care about,while they are getting the revenue off all the people who are'nt tilers,if 1 in 100 hundred complain they laughing all the way to the bank.


The managers of most gyms that I do work for would not stand for that abortion of a job. They have the say so of what work is carried out and believe me they want top notch results.

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