Tilers Forums Hall of Shame....

[Rob Z]

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Gary,

If that photo with the pencil doesn't demonstrate what "lippage" is for a prospective customer, then I don't know what will! YIKES!:yikes:

 

[White Room]

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There's every chance you could win this one Gary:yikes:

 

[Spud]

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There's every chance you could win this one Gary:yikes:

dont know mate its a foreign builder, the bathrooms are truly bad ,lovely devlopement but the finishing is poor just hope they can sort it ,the bathrooms need completely retiling and those ugly shower bases have to be removed and shower trays fitted, i will posts pics when they have finished the snagging in fairness to see if they can do a good standard

 

[Leatherface]

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Not a major bad one as easily rectified. Did a job last year, wedi wet tray. Noticed that the tray seemed to have a lot of movement, after being installed by plumber : found out he had stuck it down with Silicon.
Got plumber back to lift it, once lifted I noticed that he had also not put enough supporting joists or plywood to support tray.
Photo 1 shows newly laid ply over new joists on left and right hand side shows remnants of Silicon he used to stick down.
Photo 2 shows My bed of adhesive ( keraquick & latex ) prior to fixing tray

 

[Rob Z]

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Any photos of the Wedi tray after you reinstalled it? We don't see Wedi trays over here but I have used so much of the Wedi panels that I have a real interest in the shower floors. One of my retailers tried to bring them in and get some interest generated, but I think they never sold even the one they brought in as a demo model.

 

[Leatherface]

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OK mate
got a few in progress, will try and find finished, customer insisted on 5mm grout line.
You may not be able to see, but I polished all my diagonal cuts to give them a slight micro bevel to match the other 3 sides
Also spare cut piece on picture of board was only being used for set out purposes as original tray was too large and had to be cut down. Used it to make sure I got my corner to corner cuts at the correct angle when marking tray

 

[Rob Z]

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Nice work! I like the look of the larger tiles cut to fit for the shower floors. For the most part, it is never done here and I think I really like the look. I will try it when the opportunity presents itself.

Thanks for the photos of the wedi tray.

 

[Rob Z]

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I just remembered this one...the lady that sent me this photo was asking for advice on how to deal with her contractor. She lives in Canada, and because of the advice of her attorney was stuck with dealing with this loser for too long after it became obvious that he didn't know his *** from a hole in the ground.

I have learned that shower pans aren't a common installation technique in the UK, but I think you guys can see that this one is a real POS. :mad2:

 

[DHTiling]

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My god Rob..thats shocking...:yikes:

 

[LM Ceramics]

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:yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[Rob Z]

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And I got into a private PM exchange with this lady (of fourm) because she was asking me how anyone could claim that this pan liner "met industry standards", whatever those might be.

This nitwit continued to try to tell her how good his work was even after the legal fireworks started. I provided her with photos of pans we had installed that are used in a manufacturer's training DVD, and that finally gave her attorney enough leverage to get rid of this guy and get her out of the contract. :mad2:

 

[DHTiling]

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wots that in the wall Rob..?...looks like some sort of expanding foam filler..

 

[Rob Z]

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Dave

The white stuff is a fiberglass insulation that recently has come onto the market here in the US. I don't know for how long it has been sold in Canada. It is sold as an "itch-free" insulation.

The copper pipe roughed in a foot off the shower floor is for a "toe tester"...that is part of the plumbing code in Canada...all showers have to have a fitting at foot level so the user can check the water temp with their foot before getting in the shower. I didn't know that until I asked one of the Canadian guys over at JB's forum.

 

[Leatherface]

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Sorry that is so bad I actually could not stop laughing :lol:
Poor woman !

 

[DHTiling]

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Here's one for ya!!!!...

UFH was installed for me ready to tile.....:lol:.....can you see the fault..?