Dot and Dab tiles!!

[Time's Ran Out]

It's a lovely day! Get out and enjoy the fresh air or you will become a sad young lady who spends her day on forums with sad tilers. Today's problems will be yesterday's memories and it will still get sorted tomorrow. Have a nice day and remember there are nice people out there who are good tradesmen.

 

[nat]

More to claim against them for damaged ceiling if they have caused leak on central heating pipes!
Stop all work if your not assured it is being completed to British Standards and in a professional manner and demand a full refund.

Thanks John I will be firm and stand my ground. Hopefully have an update tomorrow. Am trying to forget about as best I can but very hard!!

 

[nat]

Hi all, just an update, the owner/bathroom fitter has come this morning, explained all the issues, he was very apologetic and seemed very concerned about it all. I asked why the dot and dab and he said as the walls are plasterboard (dot&dab) you can't run a full bed of adhesive, raised all my other concerns and he has offered to rip all out and start again and do it all himself, don't know what to do he is coming back with all my other fittings this morning, any advice?

 

[AliGage]

as the walls are plasterboard (dot&dab) you can't run a full bed of adhesive

Never heard so much nonsense in all my life. Is the owner the guy who did the work originally Nat?

 

[nat]

Never heard so much nonsense in all my life. Is the owner the guy who did the work originally Nat?

No he had tiler do it mostly, I have to let him know if we want him to continue with the work when returns (hopefully), he has offered to re-order more tiles, my Dad asked why he didn't remove all the plasterboard and take it back to original underneath to do a proper job and he said there is only so much he can do? I feel that I shouldn't let him return to finish work, but I am stuck without a bathroom and have to find someone to do the work........

 

[Gazzer]

The plasterboard can be dot and dabbed but the tiles cant !
*confused ?*

 

[AliGage]

It is inevitable when removing tiles from platerboard that it will likely ruin and leave holes in the wall. When the bathroom was ripped out did they leave the boards up and tile over them? Or did they re-board the room??

 

[nat]

they ripped out and replaced the boards which were really bad and tiled over.

 

[Gazzer]

So is he saying he couldnt fix the tiles with a full bed of adhesive ?

 

[nat]

His argument was that as the walls aren't perfect he had to dot and dab