Is this a bad tiling job or not?

[Boggs]

I retract my opinion based on those new photos!

Don’t want to be packing tiles up like that.

Did he not use self levelling compound over the heating cables?

 

[Dumbo]

No that is a bad job visually and technically .

 

[Waluigi]

I was trying to be lenient but that is really poor now......

 

[Nic_P74]

Hmm, posting from my phone and not refreshed so had not seen your post Chris.
Your walls are in and out a bit and there are drop backs so will be compromise on set out. But... that is poor and as for packing out on another tile! There’s no excuse for that. Even Screwfix do a rapid repair mortar that is easy and quick to use for building up localised area.
And a levelling compound over the whole area would have given you a better job and your “tiler” a much easier fix.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Any more ‘drips’ of information?
Would have been better to have had the skirting fixed after tiling.
UFH with a patchwork of tiles under the finished floor doesn’t bode well for a successful installation!

 

[ChrisC]

Hello, could you please explain how the patchwork of tiles has a negative impact to the underfloor heating installation(just so i understand completely) ? Do you mean regarding the heat distribution? The way I understand he did it is, level the floor with screed, then he placed insulation boards on top of the leveled floor, then on top of that the underfloor heating mat with the cables, on top of that screed to just about cover the cables, and on top of that tiles.
Could the double tile result to more pressure been applied on the cables and in effect higher probability of a cable getting damaged ?

Also, could someone suggest please what it would cost to redo this work?

 

[Dumbo]

If he levelled the floor properly he wouldn't need to pack it up with tiles . It's just a pigs ear and you havent got proper contact between the substrate ( in this case floor ) and the tiles and therefor you do get poor heat transfer.
As regards cost , it will cost whatever it cost you to get it done in the first place plus probably another 25 to50 percent to get a proper tiler plus a days money to get the old stuff up .

 

[WetSaw]

So he had 2 chances to get the floor level but still needs to pack out to get level?

 

[Mark green]

Why was taking the skirting off not an option ?? Surely better finish

 

[ChrisC]

I personally didn't know what the best option would be, I asked him to do the best job he could do and let me know if he thinks something should be done differently in order to achieve the best result. If he had advised to take the skirting off yes sure I would have gone for that.