it's what the trade use! honest guv

[faithhealer]

going to do a bathroom quote tomorrow where the customer has bought all the adhesive and grout from B&Q because he was told by the salesperson, it's what the trade buy! I know it's tubbed for a start lol

 

[White Room]

OH happy days:mad2:

 

[kilty55]

lol,well faithy when you tell him that he hasnt got enough tiles for the job then he can return the addy etc and swap for more tiles and you can supply the new stuff

 

[SandyFloor]

The problem is a lot of "the trade" will use it.

 

[faithhealer]

The problem is a lot of "the trade" will use it.

went to a job last night, plumber said, I've ring nailed the 6mm ply to the floor for you.......do you want me to pva the walls as well...Arrrrggghhh

 

[White Room]

:smilielol5:

 

[SandyFloor]

I stopped tiling floors for kitchen contractors years ago for that very reason. Was always nailed 6mm ply even over floorboards. I ripped up six bathroom travertine floors last week for same reason. They were laid less than two years ago and were breaking up themselves.

 

[faithhealer]

I stopped tiling floors for kitchen contractors years ago for that very reason. Was always nailed 6mm ply even over floorboards. I ripped up six bathroom travertine floors last week for same reason. They were laid less than two years ago and were breaking up themselves.

and the people who laid them originally say, well, I've never had a failure!!

 

[SandyFloor]

I think that's a lot of the problem. If it doesn't fail within a few months people seem to accept it. I've lost count how many failed tiled floors I've replaced within 3 or 4 years of them going down and not once has the customer even spoken to the tiler who did it so they never get to know.

 

[david campbell]

got a funny feeling you might be hit with mapei's buildfix mate
if not! it's obvious its coming up to pantomine season
it's what the trade use! honest guv...........OH NO IT'S NOT!.................:smilewinkgrin:

 

[mikethetile]

B&Q sales staff are trained to make these statements to swing sales

years ago a friend of mine bought an ailing door supply shop and threw out the stock, over the years he built a reputation for supplying and fitting top quality doors with a price to match

if anyone came in and baulked at he price he would explain why his doors are the price they are and if they were looking for a budget door he would refer them to B&Q as being the cheapest in the area

they repaid him directing traffic through their doors with a nasty smear campaign

they werent happy with people coming in and saying the door centre sent them as they dont stock budget doors and they wanted all his sales

I laughed in disbelief when he told me and asked if I would go in and look at the doors and say I had been talking to the door centre and had been told to come here as they were the best value I could get for my budget

the guy went into overdrive making all kinds of statements, the most damaging being that the door centre were in every week to buy the doors from them to stock the shop at a massively inflated price and that the public were being stitched up by a rogue trader

I and others had to make statements to trading standards who brought a case against B&Q

the damage to my mates excellant hard earned reputation was shot and cost him sales, but the worst part was it took some of the wind ffrom his sails and he run the business down and retired

he wouldnt even sell as a going concern as as far as he was concerned it reputation was tarnished

even the sight of the colour orange raises my blood pressure

 

[Dan]

even the sight of the colour orange raises my blood pressure

Please use the style "blue" from the drop down menu then mate, no Orange in that one.

 

[TrumpersUnited]

Starting to hate all the adverts on my fav radio station, talk squark...every advert states its where the trade go/buy....what a load of cobblers!

 

[White Room]

Trade and no discount

 

[faithhealer]

Just back in from that quote, lol. walls had no plaster on for a start, wafer thin B&Q tiles and Cerafix adhesive! Did a quick search and found this, it did make me laugh! TalkScrewfix - Builders' Talk - Re: tiles dropping off!!!!
What the trade buy? bloke opened the door and four tiles fell off lol