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Gazzer
Ok here is the suituation, I was asked to to a house and it was a big job,
1,Tank out wet room, lay UFH. Tile wet room floor which in the shower was mosaic, walls normal tile.
2, Tile walls and floors in Guest shower room, Floor normal ceramics, Walls 600x400 Glass tiles.
3, Main bathroom, UFH and 800x130 floor tiles (to look like floor boards), Walls 400 x100 and a featured 2 walls of a nother tile to add a contrast.
4, WC, floor and walls, standard stuff
5, Kitchen floor ( unknown at the moment but with UFH)
So far so good and i discussed deatils regarding working with the bathroom company and all was agreed that we would work together. The job was measured and quantities supplied to the company for them to supply all tiles. Again so far so good.
The quote was given to the client whose house it was and after some haggling a deal was done. I will point out that when talking with the bathroom company it was agreed that when i started all that would be fitted in the rooms would be the bath and /or shower trays and relevent shower controls etc. So basically i would have a blank canvas to work on.
So last monday i turned up as agreed to make a start in the smallest room but no tiles had arrived for that floor. The walls could not be started as the shower controls still needed to be fitted and boards replaced on the walls.
The wet room was in no state to have any work done at that time.
The only room i could have made a start in was main bathroom but that was where the plumber was working. He had installed all bathroom furniture, ie. Vanity units and wall units, i pointed out that we were lead to believe the furniture would be fitted on teh tiles, The client agreed too but bathroom company said that this was the way they worked.
Then the client could not remember which way she wanted the tiles on the walls laid and then dropped it to me that she wanted lights in the floor in front of the bath. But the electrician was on holiday for a week and he needed to position the lights . Bear in mind there is an Electric UFH being installed.
To further frustrate matter 6 lights needed to be installed around the shower controller.
Well i wasnt too pleased and pointed out that all this would be extra costs, this didnt go down well with the client. So basically now the situation is taht i have said no to the job as i feel that everyone is messing me about and that i am expected to carry the extra cost of all the extra cutting and drilling 16 (in total) 26mm holes in the floor and wall tiles to accomodate the lights.
So why am i telling you all this?
Well for a start i feel bad because i hate letting anyone down, I really wanted the job as i felt it would make a good addition to my portfolio and i dont like turning work away anyway but.....I just have a gut feeling that things would get no better and that was the reason for saying no in the end.
How would you have reacted in the same situation? I have to say that my main gripe apart from being asked to carry the cost of drilling the holes etc was the fact that the bathroom units were all instaleld before tiling. I cant ever remember that happening to me before unless it was an existing bathroom.
Sorry for the rant, but i am really wound up today.
1,Tank out wet room, lay UFH. Tile wet room floor which in the shower was mosaic, walls normal tile.
2, Tile walls and floors in Guest shower room, Floor normal ceramics, Walls 600x400 Glass tiles.
3, Main bathroom, UFH and 800x130 floor tiles (to look like floor boards), Walls 400 x100 and a featured 2 walls of a nother tile to add a contrast.
4, WC, floor and walls, standard stuff
5, Kitchen floor ( unknown at the moment but with UFH)
So far so good and i discussed deatils regarding working with the bathroom company and all was agreed that we would work together. The job was measured and quantities supplied to the company for them to supply all tiles. Again so far so good.
The quote was given to the client whose house it was and after some haggling a deal was done. I will point out that when talking with the bathroom company it was agreed that when i started all that would be fitted in the rooms would be the bath and /or shower trays and relevent shower controls etc. So basically i would have a blank canvas to work on.
So last monday i turned up as agreed to make a start in the smallest room but no tiles had arrived for that floor. The walls could not be started as the shower controls still needed to be fitted and boards replaced on the walls.
The wet room was in no state to have any work done at that time.
The only room i could have made a start in was main bathroom but that was where the plumber was working. He had installed all bathroom furniture, ie. Vanity units and wall units, i pointed out that we were lead to believe the furniture would be fitted on teh tiles, The client agreed too but bathroom company said that this was the way they worked.
Then the client could not remember which way she wanted the tiles on the walls laid and then dropped it to me that she wanted lights in the floor in front of the bath. But the electrician was on holiday for a week and he needed to position the lights . Bear in mind there is an Electric UFH being installed.
To further frustrate matter 6 lights needed to be installed around the shower controller.
Well i wasnt too pleased and pointed out that all this would be extra costs, this didnt go down well with the client. So basically now the situation is taht i have said no to the job as i feel that everyone is messing me about and that i am expected to carry the extra cost of all the extra cutting and drilling 16 (in total) 26mm holes in the floor and wall tiles to accomodate the lights.
So why am i telling you all this?
Well for a start i feel bad because i hate letting anyone down, I really wanted the job as i felt it would make a good addition to my portfolio and i dont like turning work away anyway but.....I just have a gut feeling that things would get no better and that was the reason for saying no in the end.
How would you have reacted in the same situation? I have to say that my main gripe apart from being asked to carry the cost of drilling the holes etc was the fact that the bathroom units were all instaleld before tiling. I cant ever remember that happening to me before unless it was an existing bathroom.
Sorry for the rant, but i am really wound up today.
