customer has changed her mind

[nybor62]

we were due start a bathroom this week 16m2 fully tiled , my partner has just rang me ,she now wants mermaid board in stead ,we were charging them 400.00 with all materials.
to be honest never fitted mermaid board and was wondering how much to charge just labour i reckon , is there any special tools you need to cut this , i aint seen the job yet my partner priced it up , but i reckon the walls will need to be bang on for mermaid

 

[tfs]

I have fitted quite a bit of the Multi panel stuff which is pretty much the same.

You will need a circular saw with a fine blade to prevent chipping the laminate veneer on the boards. Same goes as for cutting anything measure twice and cut once. I preffer to use trim for joins rather than using tongie and groove boards as I reckon the joins will gather grime etc long term.

They just get stuck on with and adhesive or you can screw edges that will be covered with trim etc. Silicone inside of all trim to achieve a water tight seal.

 

[tfs]

some pics of multi panel with silver trim

 

[Scott]

I fitted it once to out of square walls (arent they all?) and it was a pig to fit. I fit bathrooms for a living and avoid it now. Get the corner trim in plumb. I cut mine with a circular saw (laminate side down to stop it chipping it) or with a jigsaw. You have to hold the jigsaw upsidedownthough so the blade sticks through the surface other wise that will chip too. Unless of course you get some 'down' cut blades. Good luck and make it last the 2 days

 

[nybor62]

can find any one who stocks it in my area

 

[nybor62]

ive decided were not doing it , its not in my comfort zone, and my reputation is at stake

 

[DHTiling]

mermaid board in stead

NO!! Tiling.. A firing squad will be arranged for tomorrow morning..:lol:..:60:

 

[tfs]

ive decided were not doing it , its not in my comfort zone, and my reputation is at stake

Good choice mate

 

[Scott]

Dont blame you mate the job we did was a ***** and the tongue and groove joins were awful. Customer was well happy i just thought it looked nasty.

 

[nybor62]

she is now havin second after pricing up the panels .

knew it lol

 

[kilty55]

dont u just love em nybor

 

[nybor62]

does ya head in , but they dont listen

 

[Scott]

They are expensive them boards!

 

[doug boardley]

one of my customers wanted them in her downstairs bathroom but when I'd started tiling the shower tray hadn't been fitted (was going in the next day) and I tiled to an obsoete plumb line so that the tiles encroached about 3/4 of a tile past into shower traywe decided to continue with the tiles in shower enclosure (phew!!) and used the panels in the small en-suite upstairs. We were both glad as at the end of the job she didn't really like the look of the panels and was relieved that they weren't in the main bathroom.