Mosaic question for tilers

[Rosco100]

Had a customer come back today and say that the tiler says that the mosaics we supplied weren't right ? These were 48x48 cubes on a 30x30 sheet,There was one cube on each sheet a millimetre closer than the rest ! Would you send your customer back with this or would you overcome this ?

 

[Old Mod]

You'd just open or close sheet accordingly.

 

[hmtiling]

Send them back!

 

[Rosco100]

You'd just open or close sheet accordingly.

Thanks that's exactly what I told the customer Think the tiler has a problem with mosaic as this is not the first time

 

[Flintstone]

Post a photo of the mosaics up

 

[hmtiling]

I hope they're on something substantial at 48mm thick! (sorry)

 

[Rosco100]

Send them back!

 

[Blunt Tool]

Had a customer come back today and say that the tiler says that the mosaics we supplied weren't right ? These were 48x48 cubes on a 30x30 sheet,There was one cube on each sheet a millimetre closer than the rest ! Would you send your customer back with this or would you overcome this ?

I never expect sheets of mosaic to ever be one hundred percent perfect, like Marc says just open up and sort accordingly

 

[hmtiling]

As above. He's either not capable or had a better offer. Sounds better than the last mosaics I used.

 

[MTiler]

Keep the mosaics, send the tiler back.
You rearrange accordingly, remove and put back correctly etc.
Ive often found larger mosaics arent often sheeted brilliantly.

 

[Paulmilknosugar]

Surely most tilers have come across this, I know we have its not a difficult fix unless there's a really rogue batch and you're under the cosh.

 

[Mikephillips85]

I was given these last week to lay tell him to get over it

 

[Old Mod]

I was given these last week to lay tell him to get over it

Pah! They're perfect!

These are fired earth, £36.00 a sheet!!
Paperfaced pearlescent 20 x 20mm










Some time later..,,,,..
Not perfect, but acceptable.

 

[Blunt Tool]

Pah! They're perfect!

These are fired earth, £36.00 a sheet!!
Paperfaced pearlescent 20 x 20mm

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Some time later..,,,,..
Not perfect, but acceptable.


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Had a nut job of an apprentice years back got fed up of soaking the paper and peeling off, bright spark decided it would be a good idea to spray his lighter fluid over paper and set alight! Good luck it was sand and cement screed walls and floor. Buckets of water everywhere and sacked at end of day!!!

 

[Flintstone]

@3_fall ive tiled a full bathroom in those!

 

[Flintstone]

Ok maybe not exactly the same but they were paper faced, two rooms in one house full mosaic, I have the receipt somewhere think it was around 10k per room for the tiles

 

[Old Mod]

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[GAZ5518]

Pah! They're perfect!

These are fired earth, £36.00 a sheet!!
Paperfaced pearlescent 20 x 20mm

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Some time later..,,,,..
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Patience of a saint required!!

 

[Rosco100]

Pah! They're perfect!

These are fired earth, £36.00 a sheet!!
Paperfaced pearlescent 20 x 20mm

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Not perfect, but acceptable.


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Those are horrendous ‼

 

[J Sid]

Pah! They're perfect!

These are fired earth, £36.00 a sheet!!
Paperfaced pearlescent 20 x 20mm

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always said you get what you pay for.















marc's hourly rate, worth every penny to sort that out

 

[Old Mod]

always said you get what you pay for.
marc's hourly rate, worth every penny to sort that out

Client was amazing, she was more than happy for me to carry on, just wanted what she wanted, nothing more.
However, I can say with ALL honesty, I nearly changed trades 3 times! Haha
But as we all know, they're JUST tiles!

 

[AD Ceramics]

I would take said tiles and carefully wrap up in some dust sheets then throw in the bin and go to pub.

 

[Old Mod]

I would take said tiles and carefully wrap up in some dust sheets then throw in the bin and go to pub.

At least I know I can ALWAYS count on your support Paul!

 

[Rosco100]

Here's the mosaics that I was talking about,NOT a lot wrong with them

 

[aytiling]

Pah! They're perfect!

These are fired earth, £36.00 a sheet!!
Paperfaced pearlescent 20 x 20mm

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You are actually supposed to leave them more or less like that. RUSTIC is the key word here.
I worked solely for FE for 18 years and did countless metres of those (the black pearlescent retailed at nearly £500, I did a 25mtr. bathroom in those)
All of the showrooms have them done like on the sheets, so that is what the customer is expecting to see, give them anything else and you can't do wrong for doing right.