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

[Dan]

I want to blame the customer when they are employing 'tilers' that tile to that kind of standard. People need to check more.

I'm writing some pages on the blog to explain why to avoid cheap tilers and how to check work etc

How much do tilers charge? » Tile News Blog - http://www.tilersforums.com/tiles/need-a-tiler/how-much-do-tilers-charge/

Very rough start to one area but hopefully it'll get some points across.

 

[GoneGuy]

It does and needs the public to read it and understand the benefits of a proffesional tiler.

 

[Kevbos]

And there was this one. Guy started @ 9am & was still there @ 10.30pm that night to do 4m2. This is the result the customer got:

After removal of the tiles I noticed some areas were packed to at least 25mm with ready mixed addy. The plasterboard had been attempted to be stuck to the brick wall with a 50mm cavity with ready mixed too.

He stuck the tiles to painted existing tiles

I started @ 9am, removed both sets of tiles, re-sheeted, tiled, grouted & siliconed by 3pm. God knows what he was doing to be there that length of time. Customer even bought him a chippy @ 7pm as they felt bad for him.

Heres the end result with Milford Cream I think it was

How come they didn't use same tiles you took off .?

 

[GoneGuy]

Job I went to look at yesterday in bathroom on chipboard floor.
The bath overflowed and made some tiles loose.
Looks like tub adhesive and grout all in one ?

 

[Kevbos]

Looks like they were stuck with self levelling

 

[Qwerty]

I was contacted by a new customer to see if I could rectify this cowboy travesty attempt at tiling. Absolutely shocking! 😱

 

[Blunt Tool]

I was contacted by a new customer to see if I could rectify this cowboy travesty attempt at tiling. Absolutely shocking! 😱

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That is BAD!!

 

[Dumbo]

Shall I go to the shop and get some more adhesive ? No it will be OK.

 

[Blunt Tool]

Shall I go to the shop and get some more adhesive ? No it will be OK. View attachment 89556

Morse code.......dot........dot........dab...!

 

[Matt Bott]

I love a good dabber makes for an easy strip retile 😀