Update: (pics to follow tomorrow)
Good evening
Another layer of SLC was applied to the floor on Sunday morning, in anticipation of another tiler quoting mid-afternoon and not wanting him see the state of the floor.
The leveling went very well and was perfect (all the practice we have had :lol: ) and the tiler said it was the best he has ever seen so no excuses for a bad job.
The tiler gave me great confidence with his approach and understanding of the situation so i awarded him the work. He realized that the tiles were already cut so had to be laid in an identical layout but agreed that lippage and grout lines had to be spot on. He is also registered with the local council as a certified trader and he is also an "inactive" member on this site so all good signs in my eyes.
Day 1 (Tuesday)
I arrived home late Tuesday night to a fully laid floor. After inspection i found 6 x tiles to have lippage in excess of 2mm!! There are only a couple of tiles which are perfect with the rest having 0.5mm - 1mm lippage on a 2mm grout line. I couldn't believe the situation i was left in again and thought this must be a wind up and expected the camera man to jump out of the cupboard! Unfortunately it didn't happen. I picked myself off the floor and called the tiler. He agreed to drive straight round and have a look. We ended up pulling 8 x tiles taking 1.5 hrs (breaking one) as he agreed they were not acceptable. The tiler is a lovely bloke and i gave him the benifit of the doubt because for some odd reason he walked over the floor to store his tools for the night when he left for the day, even though the addhesive hadn't set??
Day 2 (Wednesday)
The floor has been finished but 2 x tiles refitted are still not acceptable with 2mm of
tile lippage. The wall has 12 x tiles fitted (100x33) and 2 x tiles have terrible lippage! On a positive note grout lines are consistent throughout. I'm a grown man and have a lot of responsibility at work but this situation is getting the better of me. I haven't called the tiler because I simply can't keep having these dramas late in the evening when neighbors and family (its an apartment) are trying to relax. This is actually causing me serious grief with my partner!
I will simply put "post it" notes on the worst tiles with a note saying sort it out. Regrettably i have conceded that my bathroom dream will never be "real" and i will accept defeat. Quite sad really when i have pumped 10K of my bloody hard earned money into it and have been without a functional bathroom for 10 weeks. Another hard lesson in life.
