Have i been had over?????

[silverbullit]

Thanks Dan.

I at least now have a good idea that this is something that needs to be redressed with the tiler, i will let you know how it goes.

Many thanks again.

Silverbullit

 

[silverbullit]

Sorry to ask what could be perceived as obvious but what are the pros and cons of using pva or not on paint? and why should the tiler have not used it?, personally i would have thought that it would have been beneficial to prime the surfaces first but then again... i am not trained in this area of expertise.

silverbullit

 

[Colour Republic]

It's not a question of priming it's the use of PVA its self

http://www.tilersforums.com/tile-adhesive-grout-substrate-preparation/2511-p-v-versus-primers.html

 

[silverbullit]

Well that is interesting, i now understand why there is issues with pva in this aplication when compared to chemically matched adhesive primers, it now makes perfect sense.

Thanks.

Silverbullit

 

[DHTiling]

Hi silverbullit..

I think another error here is tiling to skimmed walls and not just the paint.. Travertine is well over the BS standard for weight carrying to skimmed walls.

You should also never use plastic trims with stone installations.. looks pure rubbish IMO..

You should also contact trade and standards to get some advice as to progress and try and get this rectified.

 

[silverbullit]

Hi Dave.

Thanks for the update, i do have trading standards on my list of people to contact about this but at the moment i am getting as much info as i can so when i do make a move to sort this out i will be well advised and well armed beforehand. I think that you are quite right about the trims , we did decide to just have him cut the tiles with a mitered joint to avoid the plastic trims situation but he said it could not be done.... and after seeing the kid learning to cut tiles with our expensive travertine , it would have been a much worse disaster than the minor one i am dealing with now.

I would like to say that the wall that was stripped of ceramic tiles was just scraped back to the bare cement rendering , as far as i am aware there was no stabilising materials used on the cement prior to tile adhesive, as i am no expert tiler i am now not sure if what he did was correct or not.

I only found this little tit-bit out about the manufacturer of the trims but they dont make cove trims or corner trims so the plastic trim he carried on the van would have been more acceptable if he made the effort to locate the manufacturers who do make the cove and corner trims to match what he has done.... but as i have found out, this additional set of bits will cost me almost £100.00, then i have to butcher the anchor off the back of the cove as its designed to laid in with a tile to trap it in place , as he has laid the tiles without the trim... i have to adapt the back of the trims and bond them in with Silicon.

This job could have been fantastic if only he never underestimated how long it would take to do and if he used all of the correct trims.... or better yet , just cut the tiles correctly himself as trims would not be needed at all.

Silverbullit

 

[jay]

hi pics would help

 

[silverbullit]

Hi Jay.

I will try and get some pics taken and then link them to the forum, unfortunately at work until late tonight so it maybe tomorrow until i can take them.

cheers mate.

Silverbullit