It's a mystery

[Ian]

could it be some plumber from plumbers forums did this? :lol:

Nah, there were marmox boards under the wall tiling, a plumber would have used ply :lol: 6mm of course :lol:

 

[Spud]

could it be some plumber from plumbers forums did this? :lol:

no Tony if you look carefully the tiles are shiney side up so whoever done this was more intelligent than a plumber

 

[Tony73]

you guys will allways have something good to add :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Ian]

Tiles all up now, it's a shocker. The worst installation I've ever seen.

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[Dan]

What a joke! Awful tiling.

Wonder if the customer went for this guy because he was £2 per meter cheaper than an actual tiler?

The UFH wouldn't have lasted long and it might be worth checking the continuity readings on it. Where there has been no adhesive encasing the cable, the cable would get hotter than the rest as it isn't dispersing the heat properly. Given the fact that so many parts DO have cable encased in them, you may find the cable has stretched where one part gets hotter than the other.

I'd do that before spending time trying not to damage it mate. You may find the readings are all out and the heating cables, although still get warm and appear to work, may actually be done in now and not worth tiling to again. You don't want that to come back to you in the future when it was the fault of the other guy.

 

[Ian]

It's all coming out Dan, back to screed then start again. SLC, insulation boards, new mat, SLC again, then tile it properly. Turned into a bit of a job seeing as I was only here to replace half a dozen loose tiles!


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[Dan]

Nice turn out.

Very wise move to replace the heating cable. Might be worth keeping any smaller mats and not throw them away, make some demonstration boards or areas in your local tile shop with it maybe or something like that? Will last a while I'm sure just make them aware that it'll fail at some point.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

well that is a total mess, BUT IT HAS NOT BROKEN ANY LAWS ! which is amazing there should be a LAW against this ?

 

[rainsco]

come to germany. we have laws against everything. at 2002 it cost more than 5000euro´s and a half year course to get the right for opening a own tiling service (meisterbrief). one year later you need nothing and get 2 years tax freedom. and in future i think i have to pay if i don´t educate apprentices because of my meisterbrief.

 

[mountainman]

I don't think a plumber would have done this, too much adhesive used, or was it grout?

 

[Ian]

I'm really not sure! It looked like adhesive mixed with sand, whoever did it must have used tons and tons of the stuff! It's happily sat in a skip now, where it belongs. I'll do some progress pics as I replace it.


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