Important Changes to Tiling Standards

[hmtiling]

The ceiling is out by 20mm...... It will always show on 200x100 tiles

It will show but won't poke you in the eyes as it does now

 

[Chelly]

It will show but won't poke you in the eyes as it does now

What I mean is, still using the same size tile as I have, I understand that I would have had a 20mm graduation but if he had set out probably the final tile would have been a larger cut so not do noticeable?

 

[Tony_C]

There is possibly a chance they measured up on the shower wall only and deemed the 20mm or so cut acceptable but had no idea the ceiling was so out until it was too late when it got to another wall. not saying it's acceptable just an idea as to how it happened to them

As suggested you could get a coving up or possibly a big white Silicon line to at least cover that cut that is purely grout as it could take your eye away from that and make it look more like just a grout line

 

[Old Mod]

Regardless of the fact that the ceiling may be out of level, if you tried that set out on site, you’d be lucky not to be swinging from the scaffold, but I suppose more likely sent off site never to return or be paid.
Good practice is to have at least one third of a tile as a cut, some QS want larger, but a third is generally acceptable.
Last time I was on site anyway. 🙂

And as far as a full tile off the bath goes, if we did that, 90% of our work would be out of level.

 

[Old Mod]

Am I the only one who thinks the ceiling should be level? Why spend all that money and have a poor finish?

No you’re not Tom, do you refuse to tile a room then if the ceiling isn’t level? 😛 Haha

 

[Chelly]

Regardless of the fact that the ceiling may be out of level, if you tried that set out on site, you’d be lucky not to be swinging from the scaffold, but I suppose more likely sent off site never to return or be paid.
Good practice is to have at least one third of a tile as a cut, some QS want larger, but a third is generally acceptable.
Last time I was on site anyway. 🙂

And as far as a full tile off the bath goes, if we did that, 90% of our work would be out of level.

Haha Thanks @3_fall

 

[Unused Account 1]

They had to say that to cover themselves

 

[Bill]

No you’re not Tom, do you refuse to tile a room then if the ceiling isn’t level? 😛 Haha

No but 99% of the tilers on here keep banging on about how things are done .... blah blah blah .....so why not go ape about the ceiling like you would do if the walls were not plumb and flat.

A little bit hypocritical methinks, sometimes.

 

[Spare Tool]

At what point does the customer inform the plasterer it must be level not 20mm out over 3 metres oh and they've picked metros...
Plasterer turns up JUST to skim ceiling as booked, just as he's mixed a bucket of skim customer informs him it must be level, plasterer then rings tiler to drop everything and immediatley rush over to site FOC, pings a datum round the room and set ceiling up, by this time plasterers skims gone off and ruined his gorilla tub... Plasterer shouts and screams and walks off job..
Next available plasterer that can get there throws all the schedules out and tilers and plumbers are not now available, so plasterer says "I've done a bit of tiling and plumbing" he ends up tiling it and making a right mess of fixing and the set out, connects shower up and floods the house, and customer then ends back up on here complaining about the job..full circle..
You know the script in the real world Tom, it won't happen..
Ps. No offense @widler

 

[One Day]

I think it's a shame that someone uses a nationwide firm to do some work which wouldn't be cheap and ends up with a below par job.
We know better and have hindsight but I think as a customer you kind of expect wickes to be offering more than Joe blogs tiling services from the yellow pages.
Absolute rubbish from wickes and their excuses are as ill-thought out as the set out.
I'd love to have a chat with whoever is in charge...