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

[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.

 

[Mr Tiler]

where in uk are ya?

 

[Andy Allen]

was the chap who did it a tiler..(sign written van, proper cutters etc) or an odd job, do anything, bill down the pub kind of guy..?

 

[lizzardtong]

was the chap who did it a tiler..(sign written van, proper cutters etc) or an odd job, do anything, bill down the pub kind of guy..?

Having sing written van, proper/branded cutters wont make person a proper tiler

 

[Andy Allen]

Having sing written van, proper/branded cutters wont make person a proper tiler

I know, just trying to get a gist what type of guy did the work, imo makes things twice as worst if this guy actually things he is a tiler....doing tiling day in day out..

 

[SlippySlipster]

The guy was a full time tiller no van he had an estate car. Big Rubi tile cutter and massive wet saw monogrammed t-shirt business cards Facebook group page with thanks and fair few likes.

He had a diary full of jobs for the next few months and I had to wait for two weeks for him to start as be had to fit me in!

Obviously people are happy with crap work I know brick bond is slightly more complex to do but he showed me pictures of work he had just finished with a red metro style tile that looked good on the photos but you never saw the corners thinking about it!!

 

[Andy Allen]

jeeezz, makes you wonder how he gets away with it...

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Or its pictures of other people's work and hes uses them to get work.

 

[White Room]

Or its pictures of other people's work and hes uses them to get work.

Been done before as many would vouch for on here....

 

[SlippySlipster]

Could well be. But you live and learn think he got the idea I roughly (DIY wise) knew what I was on about so scarpered ASAP

You live and learn and its given me the confidence to do it myself like i originally planned to I know I won't **** it up anywhere near as bad as he did. I've made a start on fixing the problem and what I have done so far looks spot on

 

[MTiler]

Those internal corners are bonkers, did he have a Labrador with him by any chance?