Customers and Tanking

[diamondtiling]

when you say bargain basement do you mean tubbed

I think he means cheap tiles Mike

 

[Time's Ran Out]

if i may add to that tj in my opinion power showers need tanking .

I'd agree!
I usually waffle a bit on most subjects and as my first point asked -around a bath or shower enclosure - so by the time I got to the end of around a bath, I didn't elaborate on shower enclosure which we tank as standard.
For the additional £40-00 for materials its always included.

 

[cuttintiles]

I always include tanking into my tiling price and do not even mention it to the customer.

this way i know the install will last and i will not get any "comebacks".

 

[Colour Republic]

On the counter in one of my local tiling shops they have the packaging box from the BAL WP1 kit which has been turned into a fish tank, of course it has been coated in WP1, very effective visual marketing. i'm thinking of doing the same

 

[Deleted member 9966]

hi Slowly Learning

take a look at my thread
http://www.tilersforums.com/tanking-wetrooms/30278-tanking-do-you-bother.html?highlight=tanking

that's my own en-suite shower room in my house. it only took 6 years to deteriorate like that. the damp patches on the ceiling in the lounge were a bit of a giveaway to the fact that there were problems in the shower room.

feel free to use the photographs from the thread to show customers

 

[DHTiling]

On the counter in one of my local tiling shops they have the packaging box from the BAL WP1 kit which has been turned into a fish tank, of course it has been coated in WP1, very effective visual marketing. i'm thinking of doing the same

What fish you gunna get..:lol:

 

[Aston]

i think dont sell it as tanking....
i suggest they waterproof their water sensitive areas so as not to cause any possible future damage...

it has far more impact...the word tanking is half the problem imo..you nearly always have to stop mid sentence and then explain what tanking is and that can add to the confusion...waterproofing is grasped by everbody..

ed

 

[Colour Republic]

What fish you gunna get..:lol:

i'm thinking more of a duck pond, i've already got quite a collection and i've hand picked this one to do the honors

 

[faithhealer]

i'm thinking more of a duck pond, i've already got quite a collection and i've hand picked this one to do the honors

Just reminded me of a dozy thing I nearly did on Friday. Went to a tile shop to buy a tanking 'paint on', kit. (usually use membrane but another story) Anyway, picked up an Ardex kit, paid for it, then as I picked it up I noticed this plastic duck floating inside! I had only picked up the demo box Duh!

 

[davy_G]

If i think the area needs tanked, i explain what it is, what it costs and the benefits of doing it. I say if it was my house i would be using it. If they are still not interested I wont tile it as i wouldnt be happy with it, some then think about it but others arnt botherered, and if they are not im not botherered about doing their tiling.:lol:

 

[Scott]

Wht areas are you discussing tanking with the customers - is it around the bath or shower enclosures?
With proper substrate preparation,correct materials,good tiling and Silicon use your work will last the life of the average bathroom. At least in the time I've been tiling most areas were never tanked.
However as technical developments occur we have to take on board these improvements to our trade and pass our knowledge onto the end user. Not all will embrace this additional cost as you have found so its through initiating them that the market will improve.

I have just taken out a shower tiled on plaster board and it was perfect. The tiling wasnt great and the grouting was shocking.
However the plasterboard was dry and no black marks at all, and it was 25 years old. In my opinion for every shower that we take out thats black and soggy there are a high percentage that are dry.

For all the failures that i have replaced, and there are many from my days of rental property work, the failures are down to the 4 things; poor quality of tiling, grouting, siliconing and tubbed adhesive.

However with the shower technology we have seen introduced over the last ten years with ever more powerful showers then need for extra protection has increased massively.

Most customers relate to tanking as something which is done to cellars as that propbaly the only place the have ever heard of it being carried out and usually expensive!

 

[Slowly Learning]

Cheers for all your feedback. Aston, I think "waterproofing" is the phrase that pays should make it quite clear what it does. I will continue to insist that wet areas are tanked ( sorry waterproofed! ) No Tanky No Likey!

 

[diamondtiling]

"No Tanky, no Likey"

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Dan]

Just bumping some of the older popular (sometimes not so popular) threads. Probably wont be current discussion these days but I just need to do it. So just ignore the thread if it's not current for you.