Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

[CON5933]

no way that's terrible no attempt at all to keep the water away

my sentiments exactly

 

[DHTiling]

Let's all petition to BAN!! plywood in the tiling trade 🙂

 

[ian158]

I wonder if the people who do work to this level ever stand back and look at their work and think, that doesn't quite look right. Or do they look at it and think that looks great.

It's just beyond me.

no they say..that'll do..they wont notice

 

[Tiler Blackpool]

had to lift these up last week. cracked tiles all over the floor. took me 20 mins to pull up 7m2 as they came up so easily.could of flicked them up with my pinky! Floor hadnt been primed prior to tiling and as you can see.......five spotted. EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!!!!!

 

[DHTiling]

View attachment 52369View attachment 52370had to lift these up last week. cracked tiles all over the floor. took me 20 mins to pull up 7m2 as they came up so easily.could of flicked them up with my pinky! Floor hadnt been primed prior to tiling and as you can see.......five spotted. EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!!!!!

How thick was the ply.. ? .. and looking at those pics , there appears to be very little fixings :lol:

 

[Martyn Leeds]

He was tight with his blobs! Least its an easy rip-out for you

 

[Tiler Blackpool]

How thick was the ply.. ? .. and looking at those pics , there appears to be very little fixings :lol:

Well...on the plus side the ply was 15mm and it was actually screwed down at every 300mm so the substrate was fine! I originally priced for taking the tiles and whatever the existing substrate was up and replacing with backerboard but didnt need to in the end.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

View attachment 52369View attachment 52370had to lift these up last week. cracked tiles all over the floor. took me 20 mins to pull up 7m2 as they came up so easily.could of flicked them up with my pinky! Floor hadnt been primed prior to tiling and as you can see.......five spotted. EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!!!!!

He must of thought he was plaster boarding

 

[DHTiling]

Well...on the plus side the ply was 15mm and it was actually screwed down at every 300mm so the substrate was fine! I originally priced for taking the tiles and whatever the existing substrate was up and replacing with backerboard but didnt need to in the end.

Gotta love those " 5 spotters..." quite a common breed of person you know 🙂

 

[mattle40]

The joiner was still there when I took these (I was pricing for the bathroom, this is the new £12k kitchen) I even tried to humour him when asking what happened in the doorway as the rest wasn't too bad.
He said "I had to fiddle the joints to make it work" I nearly spat my crisps out of my nose!