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

[On one]

Those tiles look as well stuck as some I removed yesterday @wrighty

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Was supposed to repair two rows until it became clear no tiles were actually stuck down

Maybe there is something in this back skimming the tile malarkey?

 

[Spare Tool]

Mum on the phone.... "Andrew the toilet seems to have come a bit loose" ...understatement of the year mum, where's the floor gone!!
Now not to speak ill of the sadly departed but my old dad tiled this, found 6mm ply nailed down and dot and dabbed bucket addy from the guy that was incharge of sites building £1m buildings...what do the say about site managers, to be fair it's lasted 20 years somehow but bloody hell Dad

 

[WetSaw]

That's Mums Christmas present sorted then!

 

[Qwerty]

Nice one Andy, got to look after our dear old mums

 

[Warthog]

Hi all, first post, I was scammed by a 5* rated CheckaTw*t cowboy with 14 years in the tiling industry about a year ago. My pockets are now £10k lighter, I’ve had to rip it all out and am in the process of retiling. The cherry on top of the cake, he saw the door architrave that I had cut and installed to replace his poor effort which prevent the door from closing and stated he’d done a better job at that than he remembered.....Pictures below.

 

[Boggs]

Wow what a mess!!

How did you end up paying 10k for that disaster?!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

And the purpose of this post is ......?

 

[Warthog]

Wow what a mess!!

How did you end up paying 10k for that disaster?!

I paid then up then went down the route of trying to recover, lesson learnt. I’ve since acquired some tiling tools of my own as I can’t afford to hire another pro. I’ve skimmed the walls, concrete filled and levelled the floor, I chucked a cheapo tile floor down to practice, the floor was done without proper tilers tools and a stone and masonry disc on my angle grinder only. I’ve now acquired suitable tiling tools and am getting ready for the bathroom refit. Pictures below, I’ve also added a picture of what was under his tiles, great big voids.

 

[Dumbo]

So as you checkatrade works on reviews . What was your review and what did you score him

 

[Spare Tool]

Wonder if he's listed on here...could ruin us all 🤣😂