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

[Dan]

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

This is a public thread. So please do NOT include personal information of who's done the job, where it's been done, etc. Only include information related to the workmanship. What's been done wrong, what should have been done, how the repair has gone on, etc.
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[Qwerty]

Does look like it doesn't it!!!

 

[AliGage]

Indeed it does!

 

[Diggy]

Close up it looked like a white powder addy which he used to create a fall , sort of :+)

 

[Marksmithtiling]

Its early, not had my coffee so forgive me if I've got it wrong, but




Is that top coat plaster uneer those mosaics?

For a minute it looked like expanding foam to me!!!

 

[High Peak Tiling]

I thought it was plaster

 

[John Benton]

Looks like chocolate butter icing, but I'd have to taste it first!!!

 

[mike1979]

Dot and dab brigade as I've put on the tiling arms forum if any potential customers see this going on stop the tilers immediately

 

[On one]

One of Manchesters more up market Hotels!

 

[On one]

 

[Chalker]

View attachment 59127 View attachment 59128 View attachment 59129

love the yellow tile between the sockets

 

[John Benton]

Trying to work out whether it was Josephs technicolor dreamcoat or Noels Multi-Coloured Swap Shop :lol: Either way, shocking

 

[mike1979]

That's my pet hate that is it drives my wild I used to work with a tiler that used to do sockets like that

 

[mike1979]

I went to sort out another bodge job today the plasterboard were that wet the bottom half fell off

 

[prceramics]

Love them lol

 

[peterwhayward]

View attachment 59126 One of Manchesters more up market Hotels!

Looks like a join on the trim about 6" up from the floor as well..........nice!.

 

[widler]

Looks like a join on the trim about 6" up from the floor as well..........nice!.

Do they do 3m trims ?
Ive only ever seen 2.4m, what happens in old properties , ive always joined them

 

[Qwerty]

Schluter are one company who do them but they are pricey. Joining is the only way as widler says. Down low is preferred in most cases as not so visible, but I cut mine so they are virtually impossible to see without bending right down and inspecting closely.

 

[peterwhayward]

I was assuming it was a wet area....but on second look probably not, but if it was I would keep any joins in trims above the likely wet area.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Check around the shower dial to see if it's been sealed.

 

[On one]

This one didn't take too long to tidy up....for obvious reasons.

 

[White Room]

Was'nt going to last then...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[On one]

Yet more from the archives. 2 weeks old and originally condemned on lippage issues. I tried to ease the first tile off and several came off at once.....juggling with tiles anyone!

 

[White Room]

View attachment 59173 View attachment 59174 Yet more from the archives. 2 weeks old and originally condemned on lippage issues. I tried to ease the first tile off and several came off at once.....juggling with tiles anyone!

What happened to the original tiler, did they not call him back ???

 

[On one]

Nah,took him weeks to get him out to do this much. Bodged it and legged it

 

[Dan]

Bump.

Just doing some bumping up of old decent threads. Don't mind me. Just ignore them if they're not current threads for you.

 

[demi34]

You got to lough

 

[si.cleary]

Here are a few from the pub close to me. Typical example of checking out the tiles when going to spend a penny!

 

[si.cleary]

Here's another!

 

[si.cleary]

Last one. Really spoilt my number 1 looking at these! Wanted to start ripping then down there and then!

 

[Dan]

Tile **** at its best.

I tend to find pub loos are getting worse. When it was 6x6 johnsons trade colours and whatnot it was usually not too bad but now they're trying to be a bit posh they screw it up too easy.

Not that I go in much but the weatherpoons near me is pretending its something it isn't and has chrome effect embossed borders that are shockingly cut around half a dozen poorly made boxing in and whatnot.