Hi everyone, just found this forum - I have great hopes!

[faithhealer]

Hi Guys

It's me back again. I took the issue up again, but the Conservatory guys insist they are right and will not budge. What I need now is an expert opinion based on actual examination. I MAY need to use it in court. Naturally I will pay for the examination and report. I cannot guarantee work from it as you realise.

Is anyone prepared to do it please? I am at Fiskerton, near Lincoln.

please pm Dave and ask if he knows anyone in your area

 

[aph257]

sad to hear it's got to that. The conservatory guys are defo not tilers, just someone who's done a bit of tiling and in these times it's happening more and more. hope it's sorted soon.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Just looking at the photos you can see that its a poor job.

I wonder if you took them to the small claims court and even used the photos on their own as evidence that a magistrate would from the photo evidence presented rule in your favour.

 

[Dan]

Possibly but if it got thrown out at that stage it would make appealing harder. I think people have success with out-of-court jobbies providing they have enough evidence to present to them along with the threat of court.

 

[Ian]

Just a little update on this, I've been out to visit Mike (exporttrainer) and, with his permission, have got a few more photos to post. I have also provided a report for him but won't reveal any of the details until we know the outcome from the solicitors. Enjoy!

 

[nybor62]

not good at all plus i think they could have mixed the different colours of tiles better imo

 

[Ian]

not good at all plus i think they could have mixed the different colours of tiles better imo

That was one of the issues in the report, they even asked the tiler to do this but he didn't bother.

 

[Alberta Stone]

No disrespect to the home owner, but I thought at first well maybe the job can be saved with some judicious diamond grinding as I have done this for clients in the past on horrible lippage problems they were left with, but looking at the other issues I realized that was not realistic.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

hi welcome

 

[ndunsmuir]

hope you get it sorted, that's very poor indeed

 

[Time's Ran Out]

not good at all plus i think they could have mixed the different colours of tiles better imo

Depends who supplied the tiles and in what quantity - sometimes you have to work with the quality of materials supplied by a customer, and as this was not one of the thread starters issues I'am not sure how relevant the mix of boxed 'Wickes' marble is in this instance. (I stand corrected if they another material)
One of the wider edge joints in pic 16/17 (against the timber) would again not be that important in the set up of the whole job IMO and only becomes a point of attention because of the other well noted faults.

 

[Alberta Stone]

Very true John.
The little imperfections which would have been acceptable become a big deal when there are such glaring errors and defects such as indicated.
Almost all rooms to be tiled are designed without any consideration for tiles and so fitting tiles into said spaces can be challenging to find the best balance.
Often I go over a job with a client to find which feature is most important as if it is laid one way it looks correct here yet improper there and vice versa.

But these collection of issues look like a re-tiling job is the only correction.
Another example of if you are going to do a job in stone then do it proper the first time.

 

[peckers]

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No disrespect to the home owner, but I thought at first well maybe the job can be saved with some judicious diamond grinding as I have done this for clients in the past on horrible lippage problems they were left with, but looking at the other issues I realized that was not realistic.

This was my first thought too and the company could have footed the bill but after seeing the second lot off pictures i have changed my mind as its a bad job full stop.

 

[tommyzooom]

Aye that looked bad at the start, but it is shocking!

 

[jay]

think theres only one way to fix it
thanks for the update Brian

 

[Ian]

think theres only one way to fix it
thanks for the update Brian

Oh yes, only one place for this floor. Tile heaven!

 

[jay]

tile shading should be done on every tiling job prior to starting looks like its been laid strait out of the box

 

[Ian]

tile shading should be done on every tiling job prior to starting looks like its been laid strait out of the box

No thought at all has gone into the job, hasn't been set out properly, wasn't graded or shaded. Lips all over the place and the grouting is awful.

 

[Scott]

Well done for going Brian and by adding that pound coin you have doubled the value of the fitting.

Hope the report is enough and it get sorted

 

[Ian]

After a bit of a wait for several reasons, finally got in to re-lay this floor, another happy customer and it's thanks to TF that I got to do the job.


















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[nybor62]

welcome to the forum , could do with a longer straight edge to judge how bad the floor his , but deffo 4mm lipage is not in tolerance

over lap need to type quicker sorry