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Rob Z

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Looks like you found one of my jobs Rob.


Hahaha Roger, those same guys used muriatic inside condo, ruined all the appliances, ductwork, elecrtical boxes, window frames, the frame for the hide-a-bed, and the AC unit. Who knows what they did to their lungs.

Why did they use muriatic? They thought that was the best way to strip the laminate floor adhesive off of the floor. :lol:
 
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CBTC

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Had a client that had 2 new shower rooms - fully tiled in last 6 months.
floors were squleching and breaking. Asked to redo work.
Thought I'd share what laid beneath...comments welcome.
 

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CBTC

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GRR - yes lots of water; but in the 2nd room, where the build up ( for no good reason) was 25 - 35 mm there was generally an inch of water. Stank. All over the floor area - the only thing that was a success up to point was the tanking, which kept the water ingressing into the timber base, walls etc. However damp rot was setting in already in places though - so dry rot soon to follow.
Rob - yes thats WEDI; the design co specified certain things, just didnt check the 'tilers' credentials, so all the work not to any standard. They didnt tape the Wedi seams however.
 
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CBTC

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Yup - another in a long line of utterly crap work i've seen in the last 5 years or so. Thats without trying to find that sorta work!
Sometimes I dont know how they get it so wrong - some of the elements wrong with this a DIY er would pick up on from the adhesive bag frchrissakes! And the company employing the tilers knew a bit about it all - but didnt check on them.
Owner v unhappy - as you might be having paid out several thousands.

Only the floors re-done. What do you guys think regarding the wall fitting lasting: 400x400 porcelain - fitted by blobs - no primers - some solid wall, some ply, some pboard? No joint / 1 mil. Lippage everywhere.
 
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DHTiling

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I was asked to go look at a floor that was tiled about 18 months...He said the grout keeps cracking in the joints...

Well i had a look and the tiles were all loose...so i said it needs re-tiling ..possibly wrong prep on floor...OK all priced and ready to go...

Turned up to the job and started to remove the tiles....:yikes:

They dot and dabbed onto 6mm ply...:mad2: and under the ply was 12mm ply layed straight onto the joists...the 12mm was original and should have never been tiled on ffs...
 

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So i advised that they do not tile the floor and they have gone for kardean in stead....but whilst there i had a look at his wall tiling....:oops:

And i know who this guy is who tiled it...:incazzato:and i had to tell the customer that the floor should never of been tiled and the walls were dot and dabbed as well...this i found out after a tile fell off as i was removing the floor tiles...
 

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