Is this normal tiling standard?

[Martyn Leeds]

How about you call a local tiler to come and have a look, he can advise if he can do a better job & how much.
Get 1,2or3 tilers maybe.

Then take it from there.

I'd recommend you do it out of the builders working hours perhaps.

 

[charlie1]

here is a slightly better standard of a ducket thingy, i used the double square edge trim for this, looks a bit better with that trim imo

 

[beanz]

Yeah I like the square chrome trim, it looks good.. Have you got any super close-ups?

 

[charlie1]

will check through my pics and see. this was far from my best effort tbh, was actualy slightly embarresed to post but hey ho - nothing is ever perfect!... will see if i have any more

 

[beanz]

I must admit, i never really take close-ups.. It was more tongue in cheek really Charlie hehe!

 

[AngelaH]

We got a whole price for the extension including the extended bathroom. When we came to choose the tiles in the showroom I had saw this type of recess and asked the builder if he could do it, he said yes but it would be £150 extra as involved more time/labour as was tricky, we agreed as wanted the recess. The rest of the bathroom as I said in the beginning is fine, a couple of slightly proud tiles here and there but nothing shouting out at you so that to us is acceptable. The tiler is a really nice guy and already said when he finished it the first time, if we were not happy with anything to let him know and he would fix it. So as we were not happy with the recess and a couple of other small snagging bits the builder fetched him back, the small snagging bits are now fine but the recess to us is still annoying especially as it is right where the shower is and you look at it every you shower. I think the best thing is for me to find another tiler, explain on the phone the problem and if I can get a professional tiler with pride in his work to come out to get it done myself. No point in spoiling what is a stunning bathroom for a small part that we are not happy with if it can be fixed.
Thank you all for your help. Much appreciated.

 

[AngelaH]

Hi Amtek,
He was a professional, I am not after a discount, I just want a neat bathroom! Thank you for your comments, much appreciated support.

 

[beanz]

If he charged you £150 just for the recess, he should pay to get it perfect, not the tiler! IMHO that's daylight robbery!

 

[DHTiling]

If he charged you £150 just for the recess, he should pay to get it perfect, not the tiler! IMHO that's daylight robbery!

I agree , £149.99 would have been a better price :lol:

 

[system3]

Mitres are not flush, but I've seen a lot worse, but the chipping on the tiles is in my opinion not acceptable. Maybe it's time to get someone else in.

Why do people insist on getting builders in to install bathrooms? Plumbers and Tilers are specialist bathroom and wetroom installers, builders are jack of all trades and generally masters of none.

 

[Peter]

150 for a bridge in studwork :yikes:

 

[beanz]

150 for a bridge in studwork :yikes:

That's presuming it is studwork.. I guess he could have cut a hole in an inner leaf, although not sure i'd like to go down that road personally lol!

 

[pete f]

i would have moved the recess over a bit and made it full width of the tile to avoid the checkout

 

[AngelaH]

The builder did not do the tiling, he employed a professional tiler to do the bathroom

 

[taffy]

I'll be blunt (I'm Welsh) I would sell my tools if my fitting was ever this bad. The chips... the gap! even my old helper was better than that and he's a mechanic lol
2mm on tiles and 1mm round trims is what you get off me and at 1mm it has to be spot on, if it crept to 2mm on the other end it gets done again.

I would get him out to replace again and if still not done correctly then get someone out to replace it and send him the bill, it's only fair as you have given him 2 chances to rectify the problem.

I also agree with the post re. scoring, if it was pre-scored before getting to the wet saw then this would avoid the chips.