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Hi all, been really busy recently so not been on here posting for a while but have had the occasional look in and amazed at how big the forum has got! Anyway onto the subject, went to price a job last night, 112m2 of 600x600 polished porcelain. Went in the front door and to my horror the floor has already been sheeted entirely with 6mm plywood and ring shank nails! The way the ply has been laid for a start is ridiculous, no bonding (ie all four corners meet) and just the rough look of it how its been laid, tight gaps ,huge gaps, strips to infill areas. Anyway started to explain to customer how wrong this was on every level ie, thickness, not been primed on backs and edges, likelyhood of warping , nails as oppose to screws and then the option of removing and going down the cement board option. At this point he called through the builder who had prepped the floor and you guessed it, "ive been doing it that way for years and theres nothing wrong with it", "ive never heard of priming the backs and sides and whats the point". Its a shame because it would have been a good job but with the tiles costing £6000 would you want to risk it? I certainly wont but can guarantee someone will come in and do it. To be fair the owner did seem to listen to what i had to say but we shall wait and see!
