Not happy with tiling job - or am I being picky?

[Dumbo]

Just to let you know the skirting hasn't actually been fitted yet, I was just offering it up to see how it sat and will be doing the job myself.. probably with a planer but my point is I shouldn't have to resort to that..

Yes, the box specifically warned against brick bond for some reason and suggested 20% max overlap

You want to try just pushing the skirting down If you plane the ends you're then going to have to plane the adjacent boards .

 

[Boggs]

Use a short scaffold plank on top of the skirting and stand on it to push the skirting down as it’s fixed.

 

[Dave]

Immaterial of the bond , the lippage is not acceptable imho.
It will be difficult to rectify individual tiles as it could create lippage on the next row.

 

[sjb1288]

Immaterial of the bond , the lippage is not acceptable imho.
It will be difficult to rectify individual tiles as it could create lippage on the next row.

These are exactly my thoughts, at the moment I'm trying to gauge what would be acceptable compensation in that case. Half my money back? All of it?

 

[sjb1288]

Well I've checked all the spare tiles I've got and nothing wrong with any of them, all straight and true. They're Spanish tiles if that means anything to anyone?

The problem I've got about giving him the chance to spot-remedy things is that the job will likely still be sub-standard. The bottom line is he didn't prepare the sub-floor correctly and nothing short of ripping it all up will solve that.

I don't want to be in the position of having to pay full price for a polished turd, but at the same time I don't know if the job is bad enough to flat out refuse remedial work and demand my money back / threaten small claims?

Aside from the 10-15mm howlers he's said he'll try and fix, there's still regular 6mm deviations over a 2m edge elsewhere and more lipping than I can shake a stick at..

 

[Andy Allen]

you say the tiles are straight and there's nothing wrong with them...
how did you check this..??

 

[sjb1288]

you say the tiles are straight and there's nothing wrong with them...
how did you check this..??

Measured the depth with a steel rule along the edges, and ran a spirit level across the tops with them butted against each other. Certainly nothing that would make lipping unavoidable...

 

[Andy Allen]

Measured the depth with a steel rule along the edges, and ran a spirit level across the tops with them butted against each other. Certainly nothing that would make lipping unavoidable...

you need to put them face to face to check if there bowing, like this...

 

[sjb1288]

So there's a little bowing if you put them back to back like above, but this must be why the manufacturer specified no brick bond? There are cases where I have lipping along the full tile length though so this can't explain that.. Also, if the BS states max 1mm lipping for joints this small, surely the tiles should be designed to make this possible and that it's the installer's responsibility to check that it can be achieved?

 

[Dumbo]

These are exactly my thoughts, at the moment I'm trying to gauge what would be acceptable compensation in that case. Half my money back? All of it?

Compensation isn't going to make the lips go away or make you happy with th

So there's a little bowing if you put them back to back like above, but this must be why the manufacturer specified no brick bond? There are cases where I have lipping along the full tile length though so this can't explain that.. Also, if the BS states max 1mm lipping for joints this small, surely the tiles should be designed to make this possible and that it's the installer's responsibility to check that it can be achieved?

You would think that about tiles , but as tilers we as the people at the end of the line have to deal poor quality materials and try and make a good job out of it.
Just one thing to remember when negotiating with your tiler british standard are not law, they are not even buildings regs they are just recommended code of good practice