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Dan

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Re: bad tradesman

They are the best pictures you should have seen the tiles before he tried to fix them, had 3 of your members round before I took them off, so please help by passing word around to people not use < name removed>,

I've removed his name and details. I don't think it's fair to put the blame fully on the handyman. The choice you made to use a handyman and not an actual professional wall and floor tilers is mostly to blame for this situation.

I wish you all the best in rectifying the work.

Consider using a professional tiler to sort the problem out and it'll save you money in the long run.
 

Dan

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Re: bad tradesman

You should really check references. But the fact his business name had "handyman" in it would put me off using him for most things unless I didn't have time to put together some Ikea wardrobes or something myself.

A handyman won't be a master of anything. And you need a tiler to fix tiles these days. The days of 6x6 whites are well and truly over.
 
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charlie1

It's awfull tiling but as previously said, you don't get a handyman to do a pro job, for tiling you really need a craftsman or a tradesman! By hiring a handyman you really should not be surprised at the poor quality!
I specialise in tiling, that's all I do really and that's all I want to do because I am passionate about it! Next time hire a tiler that is passionate about there work and you will get good results...
Sorry if harsh but these guys should know there level and in this case not very high!
 
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mountainman

it is not a excuse that he is a handyman.he took job on, charged proper price and failed to provide good service.it is only his fault that he took job he can not do properly.just my opinion.

What price did he charge?
What price would a proper tiler have charged?
I'm happy to have a pop at related trades and welcome any comeback but if you want a cheapo job then don't come on a forum whingeing that your 'cheap tradesman' isn't what you expected.
 
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bumslap

hi
yer your right in one way, but is £140 aday cheap and the guy said he could tile i am not expert in getting tradesman, but i would not of choosen you either because you sound like a very aggresive and arrogant big head, which all so gets tradesman bad names,mountainman
 
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mountainman

hi
yer your right in one way, but is £140 aday cheap and the guy said he could tile i am not expert in getting tradesman, but i would not of choosen you either because you sound like a very aggresive and arrogant big head, which all so gets tradesman bad names,mountainman

I agree that you wouldnt have chosen me, mainly because im not a tiler and would never profess to be one.
I dont recall you saying how much you paid before i asked but i'd say £140pd is about right if you'd used a tradesman.
Learn from your mistake and in future remember that 'tradesman' and 'handyman' aren't the same.
 

AliGage

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he was not the cheapest and photos of his work, might not of been his work ,

But then again it might of been. Unless you check you don't know. But if he showed you glamarous pictures of wonderful professional tiling and then produced this rubbish for you you'd have some come back. If they were his pictures of his work you'd expect to get a decent job.

it is not a excuse that he is a handyman.he took job on, charged proper price and failed to provide good service.it is only his fault that he took job he can not do properly.just my opinion.

Completely agree, and this is the problem we have. Someone who "thinks" they can do it, "can't" actually do it, and has the cheek to charge a professional price, or worse undercuts the professionals and basically buys the work.

hi
yer your right in one way, but is £140 aday cheap and the guy said he could tile i am not expert in getting tradesman, but i would not of choosen you either because you sound like a very aggresive and arrogant big head, which all so gets tradesman bad names,mountainman

What you have to understand Bumslap. The large majority of people on this forum are professional tilers.
There are a lot of bad "tradesman" (for want of a better , more appropriate word) that undercut the professionals. The guys and girls on here and other professional tilers are bound to get anti. When they've spent years watching their trade, learning their trade and then years perfecting their trade.
if you want a tiler, employ a tiler, you want a plasterer then employ a plaster, and on and on.

Put it this way, if you wanted your motor serviced and mot'd. Would you take it to a garage? Or go to the spotty lad down the road armed with a haynes manual and a socket set because he was cheaper??

Eventually people will learn. Either by word of mouth or the hard way. Unfortunately you've learn't the hard way. Just make sure you LEARN from it.

Good luck.
 

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