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We live in an Edwardian House and recently commissioned a bathroom specialist to install a new bathroom and tile the room. The room was created from an existing en-suite bathroom and some loft space that had not been utilised. The builders we have used to create the space left the timber floors and the new boarded floor exposed so that the bathroom floor could be prepared for tiling by the bathroom specialist who had been most insistent that they did this. It was clear to me from the start that this floor was not level (as I would expect for an old house).
However, the tiled floor has been installed and whilst it looks good there are two main issues I am not happy with but am not sure whether or not I am expecting too much. They are:
1. The floor is not at all level. I appreciate there are some tolerances which are going to be acceptable but the levels around the door are particularly uneven (out by as much as 18mm from the level of the rest of the floor. Not only is it not level around the door but it is then uneven throughout the bathroom but not to the same extent. There are plenty of areas I can put a 10p piece and 50p piece on top of each other and slide them under a 2m long spirit level. I am being told that is just the way it has to be because of the way the original floor joists are. I know we started with an uneven floor but from what I can see if it is prepared correctly this simply shouldn't be the issue it is. Can anyone tell me what I should expect, as against BS5385-3 it seems that a circa 3mm tolerance over the course of the floor is what is acceptable.
2. The floor has not been tiled into the door threshold. Again, I am being told it is perfectly acceptable to have the carpet joint showing within the bathroom. It just seems strange that when the floor has been prepared for tiling with the plywood board it has been cut into the threshold and yet when it has been tiled it hasn't. I do not think that it will look at all good and that had a little more time being spent in the preparation this would have been an issue easily resolved.
Any guidance or observations would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
However, the tiled floor has been installed and whilst it looks good there are two main issues I am not happy with but am not sure whether or not I am expecting too much. They are:
1. The floor is not at all level. I appreciate there are some tolerances which are going to be acceptable but the levels around the door are particularly uneven (out by as much as 18mm from the level of the rest of the floor. Not only is it not level around the door but it is then uneven throughout the bathroom but not to the same extent. There are plenty of areas I can put a 10p piece and 50p piece on top of each other and slide them under a 2m long spirit level. I am being told that is just the way it has to be because of the way the original floor joists are. I know we started with an uneven floor but from what I can see if it is prepared correctly this simply shouldn't be the issue it is. Can anyone tell me what I should expect, as against BS5385-3 it seems that a circa 3mm tolerance over the course of the floor is what is acceptable.
2. The floor has not been tiled into the door threshold. Again, I am being told it is perfectly acceptable to have the carpet joint showing within the bathroom. It just seems strange that when the floor has been prepared for tiling with the plywood board it has been cut into the threshold and yet when it has been tiled it hasn't. I do not think that it will look at all good and that had a little more time being spent in the preparation this would have been an issue easily resolved.
Any guidance or observations would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
