My tiler is dabbing!

[Don]

I have a tiler at work at the moment, just saw that he is halfway through a job (ensuite) and has been dabbing the whole way on floors and walls. He came highly recommended and is being meticulous about his cuts and is taking his time.

But should I be concerned, I thought dabbing was a no no?

It is flexible addy that he is using (powder, not tubbed).

 

[Gazzer]

Bad move. I wouldnt allow that at all.

 

[Andy Allen]

it is a big no no i would stop him now and redo all he has done.

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

dot and dabbing tiles does not achieve full coverage and will create voids between the substrate and the tile theses are weak spots and will crack especially on floors. Tap the tiles to see if they sound hollow.

chris

 

[PGM Tiling Solutions]

As above mate, get him to start again and if he won't maybe look for a new tiler.

 

[The D]

how do you mean dabbing ?

 

[Don]

how do you mean dabbing ?

He is applying the addy in blobs, not combing...

 

[DHTiling]

He is applying the addy in blobs, not combing...

This does depend on the coverage achieved.. Back buttering is different to spot fixing..

 

[Ian]

Not good practice. Have you asked him why? Not that there is an excuse.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

As above dot and dab not good. I would like to hear his reasons:yikes:

 

[Dan]

A big issue with dot and dabbing floors is the fact the tile then takes the pressure of anything above and not the solid floor below. There's a very small chance you'd get away with it on the walls (still highly questionable though!) but certainly not the floors.

Stop the works before it goes further as it'll probably all need to be re-fitted correctly.

 

[hillhead]

Not good when the walls need plugged for rails, holders etc.
The tiles may crack for sure when the drill bit starts.
Not good practice after all the good advice available in most tile shops, training centres and on here etc.

 

[Stewart]

In all fairness, he may be back buttering every tile to achieve a level finish and still achieving 100% coverage on the tile once fixed. One of the best tilers I've ever met worked this way, though he was very slow, his work was impeccable with zero callbacks.

Do you have any pics of the work on progress with close ups of the joints so we can get a better idea.

 

[The D]

He is applying the addy in blobs, not combing...

then i would defiantly ask the tiler to remove the work he has done replace any tiles that are damaged and re fix using a recognized method.

 

[nybor62]

why are there tilers out there that practice this way of fixing tiles, there must be a problem with the wall or somet , in that case sort the walls out ,and not bodge the tiling