bummer

[kilty55]

not had one of these jobs for while,,had to come home as the walls were a disgrace......bathroom company as well which is a joke they know what i expect


6mm ply bouncing around like a prostitues bedspring on one wall covered in paint and aold adhesive...tut tut

one wall half skim missing to expose old dry plaster all crumbly with adhesive trowel lines everywhere,,this one was to be mosaiced

window wall a shambles covered in lining paper

when will these people learn:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

job now postponed a full week for the sake of 1 days prep,,,pure greed imo

thanks for listening lol

 

[Deleted member 9966]

and breathe Jamie :lol:

 

[kilty55]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol

 

[doug boardley]

I stopped doing work for a bathroom company as they were leaving jobs in that state and expecting me to tile straight over it.

 

[kilty55]

every so often doug this crowd do this to me,,and i always end up saying come fix it.

they give me 30 bathrooms a year so i dont want to dump them and the work is generally a decent standard,its a pain tho when they pull stunts like this

 

[jay]

bugger

 

[david campbell]

not had one of these jobs for while,,had to come home as the walls were a disgrace......bathroom company as well which is a joke they know what i expect


6mm ply bouncing around like a prostitues bedspring on one wall covered in paint and aold adhesive...tut tut

one wall half skim missing to expose old dry plaster all crumbly with adhesive trowel lines everywhere,,this one was to be mosaiced

window wall a shambles covered in lining paper

when will these people learn:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

job now postponed a full week for the sake of 1 days prep,,,pure greed imo

thanks for listening lol

can you back up that statement..................lol:smilewinkgrin:

as i keep telling you mate,stop whinging and get on with it:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Dan]

Unlucky Jamie mate. Love the hooker terminology, we should use that more. :lol:

A bad day for the shop or something then? Do they sub the prep work or do it themselves or something then? Can't you get the prep work too?

 

[faithhealer]

I seem to get a lot of rubbish walls but getting better at standing my ground.

 

[Bolter]

I too do work for a firm that get a lot of council work. What I mean is they convert bathrooms into wetrooms for disabled folk or indeed old folk. Last room I did for them, I spent half a day prepping two of the walls myself that were so far out I could get my hand behind the level if I put it on the wall, but the window wall needed a heck of a lot more work, and I wanted payingfor the prep, so I called them.

I said "this wall is impossible to tile"
"what? A good tiler can get over anything"
me "listen, I cant even draw a datum line, the level will not sit properly on any part of the wall, let alone the wall dropping away 15mm past the window"

he then said nonchalantly "fine, there is no money in these jobs from the council to prep the walls like you want them prepping, so I will get the plumber to do it as he can tile anything"

me "fine, you get the plumber in, I'll expect a phone call in a weeks time"

and sure enough, we got the phone call yesterday

 

[aph257]

I too do work for a firm that get a lot of council work. What I mean is they convert bathrooms into wetrooms for disabled folk or indeed old folk. Last room I did for them, I spent half a day prepping two of the walls myself that were so far out I could get my hand behind the level if I put it on the wall, but the window wall needed a heck of a lot more work, and I wanted payingfor the prep, so I called them.

I said "this wall is impossible to tile"
"what? A good tiler can get over anything"
me "listen, I cant even draw a datum line, the level will not sit properly on any part of the wall, let alone the wall dropping away 15mm past the window"

he then said nonchalantly "fine, there is no money in these jobs from the council to prep the walls like you want them prepping, so I will get the plumber to do it as he can tile anything"

me "fine, you get the plumber in, I'll expect a phone call in a weeks time"

and sure enough, we got the phone call yesterday

nice one. get more money?

 

[Bolter]

nice one. get more money?

Nope, told them didnt want it. Not that Im that flush that I can pick and choose jobs, I just want to make a point with this one. Although I think at time of phone call, they finally were getting to understand a little more of what we need.

The problem is, most builders think that a "Pro tiler" is someone who is faster than their plumbing mate. Generally I meet people who tell me how to do my job, and how easy my job is. Im sure a lot of you can relate.