Help I need your opinions please

[Sanke]

Get him to come in here and post pictures of your finished work. Then let us critique it ????

Don't think he will do that. Judging by the state of his house (loads of part finished jobs) I think he gets people to do work up to the point of almost finishing then gets rid of them

 

[Ian]

He's trying to pull a fast one, from what I can see from your pics, there is nothing that could be picked up as being poor workmanship.

 

[Sanke]

Thanks Bri If I had done a very poor job I could accept the hit but don't feel that the job is that bad (not perfect I know !) hence asking for critique from the forum Learning the hard way but still want to do more

 

[Brian the Tile]

your work looks fine from the pictures,i would say the blokes a chancer and hoping you will let him away with it,if you are certain that you was and did a good job then go round and see him a let him point out to you what he thinks is wrong,if he wont speak to you or answer the door to you,well imohe had no intention of paying you in the first place ,if you are confident all is good dont let him get away with it

 

[Mr T]

cuts could of been a little bigger around the doorway on the last pic but cant even see any other problems and im not a pro but i know a bit about tiling so i cant see what he would of picked up on did you do anymore work other than whats in the pics?

 

[Sanke]

Hi mr tiler Not sure which cuts should have been bigger ? I used plunge saw to remove door frame & architrave so that tile sits underneath (Pic 2 shows this) In pic 4 or 5 you see carpet protruding into room This was to be cut to length to suit door trim when customer has purchased it

 

[Ian]

I think Mr Tiler was referring to the small cut into the architrave on the wall.

 

[Mr T]

in pic five mate but thats just opinion on what would look better to me tbh theres nothing wrong with it there not slithers... looks like you have/had a lot to play with on opposite end of wall and would of preffered to take off more tile the other end to try and even out the wall a bit more

 

[Sanke]

Oh I see So you would have had a bigger piece there rather than a small (40mm ) piece ? I set it out to have the same either side of the wall going to behind cistern. If I didn't put small cut at architrave it would have been in the corner Do you think that would have looked better (so many things to think about when setting out I suppose it improves with time & experience )

 

[Mr T]

well from looking at the pic mate i dont think you would of had a small cut on either side of that wall unless im missing something and is the 40mm against the architrave visible? looks half that size must just be the angle... as long as those tiles are not dot n dabbed id say you have nothing to worry about unless you didnt prime then the tiles mite of fallen off while he was taking a dump maybe thats why he got rid haha

 

[mz30]

Grouting was done on last day at job (Thursday) so would still have some residue etc on tiles. The wall/ plaster shows how wall was when I removed the original tiles. All loose plaster was removed, the wall then sbr'd & levelled using tiling render. No real discussions with customer as he is now refusing to speak & wouldn't let me back into house to either rectify problems or finish work

Just an honest opinion so please dont take offence ,why did you leave a job with grout residue? you wait until everything is dry and then polish it and the biggest problem i can see (not with your tiling)is you left the job without payment and making sure the client was happy,the job looks fine but if you have left thing unpolished it can look terrible.

 

[Sanke]

well from looking at the pic mate i dont think you would of had a small cut on either side of that wall unless im missing something and is the 40mm against the architrave visible? looks half that size must just be the angle... as long as those tiles are not dot n dabbed id say you have nothing to worry about unless you didnt prime then the tiles mite of fallen off while he was taking a dump maybe thats why he got rid haha

No all the walls were primed with sbr & given a good spread of adhesive Something gave him the hump though !

 

[Andy Allen]

did he offer to pay you anything..?

 

[Sanke]

Hi Andy Offered to pay for two days work then retracted the offer before making payment Did all the plumbing work for sink / toilet etc which he hasn't paid for parts either

 

[jonnyc]

it would seem that one of his main issues is that he will have to redecorate the walls.
i cant see much problem with tiling although pictures do not show liping necessarily.
it looks as though your new finished tile height is lower than original therefore necessitaing redecorating.
could this be what he is unhappy about and the adhesive/bonding above finished tile height.
it will probably come down to what you have put in your quote or not.
if you have not specifically stated that he may need to redecorate walls if finished height lower than original as a result of not only making good walls before tiling or size of tiles chosen then he could interpret that you have not finished your works and he would be expecting you to make good.
it is actually not what i think he should be saying but it is an angle that he could put on you.
if you have not been very clear on what work you have quoted for and advised that by finishing at height you have done, there may be extra works required, i think you have left yourself a bit open.
this might cost you a little bit of money but may well save you a lot more in future.
if you can post your quote i think the answer will reveal itself.
dont give up on tiling.