The worst install I've ever come across

[Dan]

If this fella is pricing against me and the finished work in his portfolio looks as good as mine yet my quote is hundreds more then it's not a surprise these cowboys can keep busy. Will look like the real tiler is trying to pull a fast one.

You need a print off of all these jobs that look good, but aren't. Show the customers when quoting why it can look okay and last a few months but will always backfire.

Wondering if this one was a plumber who did a bit of tiling too?

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Good call dan I might try that on next quote see if it secures the job if not ill blame u

 

[afright]

Surely it would have been quicker to trowel the wall rather than to Dot & Dab and as for for me tiling on to osb, god would not slept at night with worry mind you would not have started it.

 

[On one]

You need a print off of all these jobs that look good, but aren't. Show the customers when quoting why it can look okay and last a few months but will always backfire.

Wondering if this one was a plumber who did a bit of tiling too?

On the face of it this one looks a bit better than a plumber that does a bit of tiling........maybe a decent tiler who has turned up blind and all of the prep has been done by a well meaning builder who has done it this way for years and never had a problem yet!!!

 

[Peter]

Doesn't explain spotting the whole job with a bucket of showerproof and a gauging trowel. :lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

The job I am on atm looked OK as far as the floor tiling was concerned, but again the prep work let it down.

So much so that 150m2 had to be ripped up and re-laid, anhydrite screed treated as sand and cement.

Not good for the customer, but quite good for me. I am so glad I attended Ajax (Alan Jacksons) course in Durham.

So many tilers have no technical knowledge.

 

[DHTiling]

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So many tilers have no technical knowledge.

That Is so true.


And it was good to meet you that day Phil.

 

[ian158]

I recently had to change a shower screen, took out the last screw and the tiles fell off the wall..tiles had been dot and dabbed on sterling board!!!...more work for me...finished and very happy customer...now they have asked me to do there bathroom refit and kitchen refit..I love cowboys and their bad work..given me a fair bit of work this year....I wonder how many more jobs those guys have done that need putting right

 

[ian158]

I think all the threads like these, bad job threads, should have there own category on the forum menu.

Potential customers/diy'ers can easily click on any area or topic to research what they like. But if they were to see more of these examples it might help people choose more wisely who to spend there money on.

They need to be easier to find, instead of getting diluted in all the other more positive treads and topics??

i think it would be a good idea that the tile suppliers have a leaflet to give out to customers on the correct way in which tiles should be installed...it would give them more business..and pictures of bad jobs to show what can go wrong..it would also show some tilers up too!

 

[richie b]

:cowboy:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

That Is so true.


And it was good to meet you that day Phil.

And you Dave, good to have a phone chat with you now and then. It would be good to meet up again mate.

 

[DHTiling]

And you Dave, good to have a phone chat with you now and then. It would be good to meet up again mate.

Now that i would really like as we never really got much time to chat... You me and TJ should do it.

 

[Spud]

I have seen a few shockers lately on the forum

 

[andy8758]

I guess that we can speculate on the trade of the tiler who did this work - Bri aught to suggest customer gets a refund from the "professional" responsible. IMHO its all about price and speed (as suggested by others above) - cheap job done quickly using inferior methods and materials for maximum profit.