Showeroom take 3...

[Rich]

Some of you may remember me telling you about my girlfriends mothers shower room (tiled by brain damaged chimps). she had lived there for around 8 years when water started to come through the wall as the internal corners of the shower area had not been siliconed. She claimed on the insurance in they sent in the worst excuse for tradesmen I have ever come across. The got rid of the ruined plaster board and replaced with stirling board, when i flagged this up they told her that it was "special" stuff. They finished and it was awful, the tiles didnt match, the joints were drunk, they left a 2" gap between the shower tray and the bottom course of tiles and covered it with UPVC strips and then didnt silicone these to make them water tight. They also had drilled the holes for the shower in the wrong place and just left them and of course they grouted the internal corners. Shock horror water then came pouring through the walls again.

Back in touch with the insurance company and they send in the A-team, the guys that are going to put this all right :lol:

I took these pics after their first day, that wall is ply, rotten through, it has been up there since the house was built around 20 years ago and neither of these firms has replaced it, they have both just tiled over it with tub adhesive. When she flagged this up he talked her round by saying "its alright love, Im going to make it water proof with PVA". In hisdefensee, he left the window open over night to dry the ply out :lol:
I wonder how long its going to last this time?

 

[Gazzer]

Hmmmmm .....nice rrr:

 

[Stef]

Unbelievable Again. i see its an empty tub of greenstar thats sitting so i take it they will use greenstar again.
Its not even a d2 adhesive. If they are going down this route they could have at least used whitestar.
Saying that look whats been said with the PVA.:mad2:

 

[radim]

he should leave it to dry for two nights as it is cold now....:lol::lol:

 

[kilty55]

cant your mil get you to do the job,and use the insurance money towards your bill?

btw i love your brain damaged chimps phrase lol

 

[Mike]

cant your mil get you to do the job,and use the insurance money towards your bill?

btw i love your brain damaged chimps phrase lol

yeah about time you took over rich and let your m.i.l. have some peace without the grief of a leaking shower

 

[Daz]

Unfortunately, a lot of insurance companies and builders will only look at the bottom line. I've just replaced the main bathroom and downstairs loo for a client who's house is less than 6 months old. I've got to sort out their en-suite when they can afford it too.

Incorrect prep, wrong materials and poor skill means that failures happen sooner but the monkeys seem to remain in employment - it amazes me!

Daz

 

[Rich]

Im afraid I cant touch it. I put in a price but the insurance company obviously found somebody cheaper. Im not bothered to be honest, I have tried helping her out endless times and she thinks that she knows better. She just opens up the yellow pages and phones the first local tradesmen she comes across even though I have offered to recommend any trade she needs. Some people you just cant help so Im staying well out of it. To be honest it drives me mad because it is people like her that keep these idiots in business. He has been back 3 times as the sanitary ware is leaking and it is still leaking :mad2:

 

[Mike]

Im afraid I cant touch it. I put in a price but the insurance company obviously found somebody cheaper. Im not bothered to be honest, I have tried helping her out endless times and she thinks that she knows better. She just opens up the yellow pages and phones the first local tradesmen she comes across even though I have offered to recommend any trade she needs. Some people you just cant help so Im staying well out of it. To be honest it drives me mad because it is people like her that keep these idiots in business. He has been back 3 times as the sanitary ware is leaking and it is still leaking :mad2:

that's your inheritance going down the pan there rich, literally :lol:

 

[Rich]

that's your inheritance going down the pan there rich, literally :lol:

:lol: She can keep it mate.

 

[kilty55]

fair dos rich,been there got the t shirt