Tilers Forums Hall of Shame....

[Daz]

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Is that a probe running underneath the wires??? LOL

 

[Leatherface]

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would like to add my own experience of poor workmanship.
When I bought our current house about 5 and a bit years ago I had not started tiling, so after getting 3 quotes I opted for the middle one, a lovely guy advertising as a "SLATE SPECIALIST" :yikes: :ban:
Have a look and see what you think.
he tiled my kitchen and hall floors. Got really nasty when he did not get paid, we ended up getting Trading Standards involved to make him back off.
Last photo for comparison is my Dining room floor, these are the same kind of Multi colour slate ( beleive it or not ) god knows what sealer he used.
Needless to say his tiles will be ripped up and replaced this year, will post pics when done

 

[White Room]

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Bloody hell Nick thats rough, he's a specialist, don't bear thinking about:yikes:

 

[Leatherface]

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Bloody hell Nick thats rough, he's a specialist, don't bear thinking about:yikes:

He specialises in doing a crap job

 

[Rob Z]

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Nick, some of that is just plain FUGLY. Yikes!

 

[beanz]

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Last photo for comparison is my Dining room floor, these are the same kind of Multi colour slate ( beleive it or not ) god knows what sealer he used.

This was the first one i clicked on (before actually reading the post), and i was thinking "Damn! I can't see anything wrong with that.. What does that say about me!?!". :lol:

 

[Leatherface]

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Started a job today, upstairs toliet, about 10.5 sq m, fully tiled, all tiles to remove and replace. Guess what I found when I started pulling them off............
Tubbed addy onto tiles that I would consider not suitable because of size. Most of walls rendered, adhesive has not even stuck to most of the tiles ( apart from the dot and dabbed ones ) Plenty of Big Dot and dabbed tiles. Floor tiles stuck down direct onto floor boards with what I think is ordinary flexi or some kind of tubbed addy.
Bad lipping on floor tiles
Tiler was from Wakefield.....
Oli hope it wasn't you :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

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:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[Leatherface]

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Couldn't figure out if he had used adhesive or white Marshmallows to stick tiles on with :ban:

Will post pics of job in progress and finished

 

[Daz]

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Went to look at an en-suite tonight. Customer asked if I would take a look at his bathroom first as "he has had issues with his previous tiler".

This is what I found......(see pics)

The wall tiles are 450 x 300 with a marble border all stuck with Payless tubbed wall tile adhesive. I found lipping, varying grout line thickness, nearly every tile had a hollow area in the middle, the tile trim around the window was 6mm with a 10mm thick tile. Oh, and check out the brickbond pattern :yikes::yikes:. When I walked in I felt the floor move (and I'm not a big bloke!). The floor tiles had also been stuck with the same Payless rubbish. I pulled up a couple of tiles by hand (very little effort required) and found wet adhesive even though the tiles have been down for 2 weeks :lol:. Worst of all, I found electric underfloor heating which on closer inspection was 3 layers thick laid on top of each other :yikes::yikes:.

I did feel sorry for the customer when I told him that it all has to come out so that I can do it properly, but at least I got the job .

 

[DHTiling]

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Bloody hell daz.that is well ruffffffffff..

 

[Daz]

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LOL Dave. The pics don't show how bad it really is! I've never seen anything as ropey, ever!!

 

[DHTiling]

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I knew i should not have gone to focus for that sticky...:lol:

 

[Leatherface]

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:yikes: That is possibly the worst bit of tiling I have ever seen in my life !
The tiler ought to be sent to Halifax and we will have the Gibbet re-comissioned, needs his head chopping off !!!!

 

[doug boardley]

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would like to add my own experience of poor workmanship.
When I bought our current house about 5 and a bit years ago I had not started tiling, so after getting 3 quotes I opted for the middle one, a lovely guy advertising as a "SLATE SPECIALIST" :yikes: :ban:
Have a look and see what you think.
he tiled my kitchen and hall floors. Got really nasty when he did not get paid, we ended up getting Trading Standards involved to make him back off.
Last photo for comparison is my Dining room floor, these are the same kind of Multi colour slate ( beleive it or not ) god knows what sealer he used.
Needless to say his tiles will be ripped up and replaced this year, will post pics when done

I'll bet your little lad picks his feet up when he's walking on those slates, either that or he'll have little stubby toes from catching 'em on all that lipping! Bleeding awful job, nice slate (brazillian rustic by the look), ruined by a useless tiler!