tiles on top of tiles...

[AliGage]

Fair play mate. Your asking for trouble tiling over tiles in my opinion. Especially as you're just starting out. Don't want your first problem this early on.

 

[prceramics]

legally if anything went wrong its down to you, as a tiler by tiling the wall you are accepting that the substrate is adequate even if the customer insisted and signed saying you advised and she made the decision not to do it properly it would not hold up in court so the buck stops with you , Do it properly, do it once !

 

[ian158]

i've had to rip down tiles that were on tiles and they were on well..very well !...I also rent a house that the landlords builder...rubbish at that, tiled straight over the existing tiles..and they are solid...it can be done..but depends on a lot of factors that you may not know.

 

[Mr T]

Yeh I mean im just not gonna tile on tile and if I mess up the prep il pay for it to be fixed and then il tile... Its a close mate so there wont be a problem only thing is.. The whole bathroom is tiled and she only wants above the bath tiling and shes wallpapering the rest... Can I nock off the area nedds tiling and Re-board or does the whole roon need to be done? Thanks guys

 

[ian158]

so is she wallpapering over the tiles !!!!!

 

[Mr T]

Yes shes already done some of it tbh... Whats wrong now? Haha

 

[charlie1]

MrT, you are going to learn a lot from this job, the more you tell me the more interesting it gets. The worst types of customers are the ones who seem to think they are in a position of telling you how to do your job. I cannot stress enough, i hope you learn a lesson here and that lesson is, never let anyone think you have limited experience, if you think you cant do the job then make an excuse not to do it, on the other hand, if you can do the job then price accordingly, take it on and sink or swim. The more you tell me about this, the more i think you should leave it, customer issues, substrate issues and you have not started tiling yet. Some jobs you just need to let go.

 

[Mr T]

I was thinking this tbh from the minute I walked out the door... I know this would be a good job but thats only if the framework of the stud wall is sound... But its been up at least 10 years so. I doubt it will go smoothly

 

[ian158]

if she's papering over tiles...you may as well fix the tiles with peanut butter !

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Good point charlie.

 

[prceramics]

MrT, you are going to learn a lot from this job, the more you tell me the more interesting it gets. The worst types of customers are the ones who seem to think they are in a position of telling you how to do your job. I cannot stress enough, i hope you learn a lesson here and that lesson is, never let anyone think you have limited experience, if you think you cant do the job then make an excuse not to do it, on the other hand, if you can do the job then price accordingly, take it on and sink or swim. The more you tell me about this, the more i think you should leave it, customer issues, substrate issues and you have not started tiling yet. Some jobs you just need to let go.

bang on mate , you price on how to do the job properly if they want it bodged let them hire a cowboy, you only get one shot at your reputation

 

[Mr T]

I know exactly what im gonna do... Leave well alone

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Does she have any budget at all ?? Or is she just wanting you to do what she says for a bit of beer money? Sounds like its a standard removal of existing tiles, make good/re-board, 1/2 tile & skim the remaining areas. The type of job that you will eventually relish... but not just yet. What about your pal you used to work with?? are you able to price it, manage it, and bring him in for the challenging bits?

 

[Mr T]

tbh mate not really she just wanted me to size up and let her know what she needed to get to tile over the existing tiling... tbh the guy I was workin with before didn't even bother to call me and tell me I couldn't work with him as his jobs were too small but instead decided to blank me all together... but I think il pass on this one and put it down to inexperience and my mates mom trying to be tim the tiler lol.

 

[kilty55]

sounds a complete budget job if shes papering over tiles and wanting to tile on tile personally i would leave it well alone and not give it another thought