New bathroom - Acceptable tiling?

[georgechi]

Hi all,

I've got someone doing my bathroom and yesterday they finished tiling. I've been going through the result and I'm not impressed with the quality.

Can you have a look and tell me if I'm too picky?

My issues:
- Some of the tiles are chipped (average sized finger for scale)
- In the far areas (far corner and top edge) they're not cut off straight.
- You can see one that's glued with a lot of adhesive and that changed the line on the wall.
- In a corner they don't match the height.

I've seen a lot of comments around how the grout will fix things. Would that apply to me? Would these issues be less visible through grouting? We are looking at a light grout (silver/ light grey).

Thanks,
George

 

[Blunt Tool]

Maybe look better with a fisheye lens!

 

[Tilerdurden]

Maybe look better with a fisheye lens!

Or the lights out?

 

[Tilerdurden]

I would too struggle to be polite . That's pretty shocking . Looks like they've chewed that ceiling cut with their teeth . I would get them to rectify at their own cost

Possibly an expansion gap?

 

[Old Mod]

C'mon guys, poor fella has gone through enough, I think he's got the idea.

You're so mean! 😱

 

[Tilerdurden]

You're right Marc. Mob mentality.

 

[georgechi]

I wonder if they were the cheapest to quote???

No, we went with slightly above average from the 4 quotes we had (3/4)

 

[Italy]

I'm sorry,
But this work is very poor.
even the "tiler"
Tiler, is a great word in this context.

 

[Matt Bott]

i really hope they come and sort this for you sad to look at this kind of workmanship

 

[Blunt Tool]

No, we went with slightly above average from the 4 quotes we had (3/4)

Inform your tiler about your concerns, tell him that it is sub standard work and not acceptable given he is getting paid to do correctly. Give him a chance to rectify all the work you are not happy with at HIS expense i.e. Time and materials and see what he says, don't let him convince you everything will be ok once grouted and Silicon done.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Looks like it's Dot & Dab!
I wouldn't pay until your satisfied.