Floor Has Tile Lippage, Wall Tiles Going Up In The Morning! Help Please!

[White Room]

The floor should be tiled first irrespective if UFH is fitted or not.
A pro tiler will only on a very rare occasion damage a floor tile when tiling the walls.

I cant believe you are having this trouble again with another tiler.
Even if they say they have 25 years experience then it counts for nothing if they have never tiled right in the 1st place.

I had a guy with 25year experience advising my friend that you PVA tiles before tiling on top of tiles!! :mad2:

I hope you get this situation sorted eventually.

If the tile joints are following floor to wall or has ufh laid then yes other than that walls first...IMO

 

[Stef]

i also cant get my head round why he has started the wall tiling there? maybe its just me

Jamie i thought the exact same, i doubt he has checked for his run into the ceiling & floor.

I would have set it out, struck a line round the bath, cut onto the bath then up we go.

 

[kilty55]

me too stef,,hes going to have to tile the entire room down the way now? no thanks

 

[actionjackson]

floors poor......in regards to your walls is the wall with the towel rail hanging getting done? why did the tiler not ask for it to be removed? if its getting tiled of course im only assuming

No that side is only being tiled above bath.

 

[Stef]

Whitebeam, i would always try & stick the floor in 1st then up from there but it all depends on what time you have & as you say if the grout lines need to match up.

 

[kilty55]

No that side is only being tiled above bath.

ahh ok cheers for clearing that up action,

 

[actionjackson]

anyway it doesnt matter now,,,floors poor as said are you going to get another tiler in action?

No more tilers. I will live with the minor lippage and make the best of it myself this weekend. 2 x floor and wall tiles to be removed before i begin which means i have to buy more tiles....

Im continually being told that zero tile lippage is achiveable, but what is passed as acceptable? O.5mm? Not interested in the regs, just wondered at what point would a pro tiler move onto the next tile?

 

[actionjackson]

me too stef,,hes going to have to tile the entire room down the way now? no thanks

What does this mean Kilty?

 

[jay]

O M G just cannot believe what i am seeing this must be some kind of a wind up or the real tilers in the UK are fighting an up hill battle think we might have to call it TEXAS

 

[TheTiler]

Yilkes! I'm afraid you've not employed a qualified wall and floor tiler. This is why I urge for the Government regulations to tighten up and make sure that people entering homes know what they are doing and have PROOF of a government-backed qualification and not a Mickey-mouse 2 day course qualification. It has to stop. Innocent people are getting fleeced and the true tradesman are getting underpriced and put out of a job by the unqualified cowboys employed of the poorly erected new-build homes which stopped production after huge profits disappeared. I'm witnessing a flood in Yorkshire of building site "handymen" who aren't qualified in jack, doing anything that is offered for next to nothing without paying tax, and the public are lapping it up because it's cheap. We are in a whole new world now where cheap overrules common sense. I wish I was in great homes in London, where people will pay for good honest and qualified work, but as it stands, I'm looking for a regular job as now nobody wants an ICA Level 2 (Distinction) ex Tiler of the Year charging £25/sqm (ceramics) round here. Skilled labour is about to die out fellas...be warned!....

 

[TheTiler]

Wow! You boys change the tune when you're telling me off for laying a 12mm ply base and then Rich doesn't condemn a 12mm adhesive bed? Great adhesive or otherwise, it's malpractice.

 

[jay]

Wow! You boys change the tune when you're telling me off for laying a 12mm ply base and then Rich doesn't condemn a 12mm adhesive bed? Great adhesive or otherwise, it's malpractice.

care to explain

 

[DHTiling]

Wow! You boys change the tune when you're telling me off for laying a 12mm ply base and then Rich doesn't condemn a 12mm adhesive bed? Great adhesive or otherwise, it's malpractice.

You want to wind your attitude right in.

And if I recall correctly, it was 9mm wasn't it. ?

That is another thread, so leave this one to the matter in hand and not your dummy spit for wrong practice.

 

[DHTiling]

And an ICA level 2. That is a training centre based qualification and you have the Gaul to say qualified. Lol.

The way you went on, I thought you were time served. I could go on but I will leave it there.

Apologies to OP for thread jacking. .

 

[bobbynz]

A lot of lippage going on around here. Whats going on. These tilers are giving OP more lip than Mohammed Ali gave George Foreman.:lol:
AS/NZS lippage for over 300mm polished is 1.5mm. But I wont tolerate more than 0.5. if the tiles are top quality. As already said as long as the floor is good, a good tiler should get close to zero lippage. If you have up to 1.5mm lippage and you are happy with it then go for it. I can understand why you wont get another tiler in though.