Having a nightmare, A bodge job or am I being picky

[The D]

not a penny was considering sending him an invoice for the tiles he used!!!

then you are in the wrong as you have to give the opportunity for the tiler to put the work right. what was his quote compared others was he the cheapest ??

 

[The D]

I'm with Colour Republic on this. You can't expect a job to be the same with a massive price difference and I hope you just didn't go for the cheapest "tiler".

However with regards to the job, that's not good.
Slithers in corners
Not plumb
Dot and dabbing tiles

That's a person who has not only had no training, but they've not even be shown the ropes by a tiler on a job on site or whatever.

If they'd have even just read the forum, they'd have done a job much more appealing to the eye and to the standards.

I'm wondering what adhesive that is too. :-/

looks like green star

 

[SlippySlipster]

then you are in the wrong as you have to give the opportunity for the tiler to put the work right. what was his quote compared others was he the cheapest ??

Pointed out an issue of the tiles not being centered correctly to him he said i was over being over picky and took his stuff and told me to get someone else to do it i could do without the hassle of sorting his mess out!!

How am i in the wrong mate I did say that before in the original post and no he was not the cheapest or the second cheapest.

 

[Dan]

Maybe it is a case of wrong choice of 'tiler' then. But if he's dot and dabbing, he's not had training, or read the back of the tub!!!

Cheap Bostik is awful (they do some alright cements apparently though), so is green star, but green star is at least from a decent manufacturer.

I feel for you.

I'd ask the 'tiler' to come back and sort the job out as Deano says. Else you're doing wrong withholding payment.

 

[The D]

Pointed out an issue of the tiles not being centered correctly to him he said i was over being over picky and took his stuff and told me to get someone else to do it i could do without the hassle of sorting his mess out!!

How am i in the wrong mate I did say that before in the original post and no he was not the cheapest or the second cheapest.

OK didn't read your post fully. pop them off and put them in water over night and the adhesive will come off no problem then you can re use the full ones.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[SlippySlipster]

I asked him to sort the job out when i said it wasn't correct, he said he didn't want to.

He slapped those tiles up in about 1 hour and I have took them all off again and scrapped the adhesive off so may be able to salvage the tiles.

In no way am i in the wrong, I would pay him with no issue at all if the job was right or he sorted it out and i gave him every opportunity for him to resolve the issues.

 

[Dan]

Fair enough then.

What you thinking of doing now? Get a proper tiler in? Or give it a go yourself?

 

[SlippySlipster]

Going to do it myself now, done a fair bit of tiling myself (Strictly DIY) and get good comments on it and my work looks a shed load better than that!!

I have laid the whole thing out on my PC gathered a lot of help off this forum when i was originally going to do the job myself; have checked to make sure my cuts leave no slithers i have a laser level to make sure the lines are plumb etc.

Just a shame i have to do it and that my inner perfectionist will start to kick in!!

 

[Dan]

Be sure to check out our new DIY area then!!

DIY Tiling | Tilers Forums

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Thats some poor work there. Shame he doesnt own a Level or a notched trowel. Any queries you have pm and ill be more than happy to help you slippy.