Is this tiling acceptable? Advice...

[MattRudge]

So after years of saving I finally managed to get enough for a deposit on a property in London!

It needs lots of work. The plumber who has totally re plumbed the house and done the central heating said he would continue on the bathroom by tiling it if we wanted. We'd been happy with the plumbing work, he showed us other tiling/bathrooms he'd done and so agreed.

Its an old Victorian property and the walls he was working on do have uneven bits - especially around the window in the bathroom where there seemed to be a bulge. However, I presumed a tiler could get around most of these issues (ducks for cover in case I'm totally wrong) :sofahide:

so he started today, and I've got home to find he's tiled over the bulge and its gone a bit scew-whiff. I've been in some old properties and never seen tiles this out of kilter. He says it will look fine once its grouted but clearly i want to rectify it as soon as possible if it can be. I suppose I'm asking, has he done as good a job as he could, or should I ask for him to rectify it somehow. If so, what could/should he have done? Maybe I should tell him to stop and get someone else in? I don't want to be a premadonna but if I'm making the bathroom from scratch I want it as good as possible and if its fixable I want it fixed.

He's coming back in 4 days to finish the rest of the room and add grouting so can sort it then.

Ive attached a few photos:

1) see where the tile leans out and he's filled in behind it

2) these two tiles are not level, and even when he adds the grout, it will stand out by nearly 8mm in one jump!

3) a picture of both these in situ


Thanks so much


:smilewinkgrin:

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome...I would not be happy with that or the gap between the bath and the tiles.....

 

[kilty55]

dear me the tiling is not good at all,he should stick to what hes good at plumbing

 

[peteablard]

Don't let him carry on! Tiles that size will not go over a bump without kicking out like it has, the wall needed sorting out first

 

[MattRudge]

Thanks - bath is yet to be sealed as its a cast iron and he's had to get behind it but its the sloping tiles that irritates me.

Any advice on what he should have done, can now do, would be appreciated - or whether I should just get someone else in?

Matt

 

[White Room]

As has already been said big tiles will not bend, wall needed sorting out before tiling.....get a tiler in.....

 

[peteablard]

Depending how bad the bumps are they could have been knocked out or re-board the wall

 

[cam_low]

Plenty of pros on here in and around the capital !!!

 

[pete f]

Stop him first thing before anymore fixing is done the walls need to be like glass with those tiles get a tiler in matt its all in the prep

 

[pete f]

is that tubbed gear hes using?

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Okay agree the lippage of the cut tile awful and generally the tiling from the limited photo's looks pretty terrible. Having spent to many years in London tiling i feel one of the main issues here could be the walls themselves. It's an old property and unless you are going to strip back the room to get a flat surface to work to then, with the size of tiles, you could be all over the place very quickly.

Get the tiles off so you do not waste anymore, get the walls flat and start again. More money i know but if you plan to stay there then do it right first time or it will cost you more long term. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it is the truth.

 

[MattRudge]

Sorry don't know what that means. Out of a tub adhesive? :helpsmilie:

Ok... Big question... If a tiler comes in will he have to rip all the tiles out. Or just the surrounding offenders?

 

[White Room]

Somethink like this

 

[peteablard]

Sorry don't know what that means. Out of a tub adhesive? :helpsmilie:

Ok... Big question... If a tiler comes in will he have to rip all the tiles out. Or just the surrounding offenders?

Difficult to say mate without seeing the job, if the rest of the wall isn't too bad you might get away with stripping a few off

 

[MattRudge]

No it's bags of flexible rapid setting tile adhesive