Fail

[macten]

Called out to replace a couple of tiles that were cracked (not quite through to the glaze) on a kitchen floor.
They had 4 spare tiles so took the job on.

Non modified adhesive built up to 45mm in places on to unprepped asphalt. Did the job and left them my card as I am quite sure
they'll be needing my services in the future.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Nice one Nick, bad practice like that will see you into your retirement, and me.:lol::lol:

 

[Ian]

How many bags of addy must have been used if its 45mm in places!!!!!! That's not even half a square meter a bag!

 

[macten]

35m2 in total but the owner reckons it's only been built up for the last 10m2 or so!

Prep - wrong
Adhesive choice - wrong
Fixing method - wrong
Result - failure

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Sounds like quite a few jobs on here, wrong, wrong, wrong, but do they listen.:mad2:

 

[Gazzer]

Sounds like quite a few jobs on here, wrong, wrong, wrong, but do they listen.:mad2:

I dont know what you mean :lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I think you do Neale, It's getting worse.

 

[charlie1]

here one im waiting on.... 800 x 400 x 15 granite (i think) , from porcelainosa.... on skimmed walls, im crapping myself when i need to go in to this toilet as they want me to grout it but i keep putting it off lol

 

[White Room]

here one im waiting on.... 800 x 400 x 15 granite (i think) , from porcelainosa.... on skimmed walls, im crapping myself when i need to go in to this toilet as they want me to grout it but i keep putting it off lol

Who done that.....

 

[afright]

here one im waiting on.... 800 x 400 x 15 granite (i think) , from porcelainosa.... on skimmed walls, im crapping myself when i need to go in to this toilet as they want me to grout it but i keep putting it off lol

Dont forget your hard hat.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

here one im waiting on.... 800 x 400 x 15 granite (i think) , from porcelainosa.... on skimmed walls, im crapping myself when i need to go in to this toilet as they want me to grout it but i keep putting it off lol

I was doing a job a couple of years ago and the guys that were doing the wetroom spot fixed 22mm thick slate to skimmed walls,,,the slate were 2200 x 900:yikes:, the ceiling was slightly sloped down in the middle so I'm guessing that it's the only thing that's keeping them wedged in place.

 

[afright]

I was doing a job a couple of years ago and the guys that were doing the wetroom spot fixed 22mm thick slate to skimmed walls,,,the slate were 2200 x 900:yikes:, the ceiling was slightly sloped down in the middle so I'm guessing that it's the only thing that's keeping them wedged in place.

All relying on the plaster to hold them up, its getting difficult big tiles and bad walls dont mix when you tell the customer about weight ratio they really dont understand Ive talked myself out of a few jobs regarding this problem just dont want the flack if anything goes wrong.

 

[macten]

I really wish that weight constraints information was on the tile boxes themselves, with a summary stating not suitable for plaster skimmed walls.