Tiling in a Brand New House - what do you reckon?

[Thepipdoc]

My daughter and Hubby are moving into their newly built house on Friday and today we went for a "handover" meeting with the builders.
They have 1 en-suite, 1 bathroom and 1 toilet room.
All 3 rooms are fully tiled floor to ceiling.
Now I can get by with tiling, and I like to think I understand the processes involved in finishing a room to an acceptable standard and was therefore disappointed to find that in all three rooms the tiles have been "butted" up to the already fitted architrave - meaning the tile and the architrave a flush in the bathroom and in the other two rooms the might be an edge of a few mm. In my opinion this it just not acceptable.
The site manager seems to think I am being pedantic in wanting this corrected., but the way I see it finishing it in this fashion is on par with what a DIY-er would do.
If I were doing this job I would have fitted a larger door liner and butted the tiles up to the liner, then planted the architrave on top of the tiles.
The whole point of paying the builders a considerable sum to get this job done correctly was to ensure it was completed to a high standard, unfortunately this isn't the case.

 

[Thepipdoc]

Just realised I might have posted this in the wrong forum -sorry!
Edit: Many thanks for moving this post.

 

[Thepipdoc]

I should perhaps add that I'm not a tiler.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Pedantic - no you just want it done right!
They could put a thicker architrave on or add a moulding to what's there now.
Either way you won't see the cut edge of tile.

 

[widler]

Most new builds they are tiled up to the arc, msybe not the million pound houses but the cheaper side of the houses are defo tiled up to the arc.
If done right, i don't see a problem

 

[Andy Allen]

Thick tiles and thin arc are the problem now a days....it don't look right but it is what it is....should imagine most people accept it and look forward to moving into there new house.

 

[Kevbos]

Lol you bought a new build .do walls shake when doors close also .I refuse to work on new builds they are cheap and nasty

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

I agree with above as we always cut to architraves whatever job we do then to hide the cut edge of the tile it mastic sealed as grout will crack......

 

[Dan]

Got a picture?

Sounds like it isn't bad tiling. There's no rule of thumb generally I don't think as long as you don't see the tile edge.

Is your son is happy with it?

 

[SJPurdy]

If I were doing this job I would have fitted a larger door liner and butted the tiles up to the liner, then planted the architrave on top of the tiles.
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That is the way I would have done it. A bit of gap between tiles and liner then cover with architrave. it is the traditional and IMO correct way to do it. But builders will do the cheapest and order all liners for all rooms the same width. It can be corrected by adding an extension piece to the liner (the depth of the tiles) and then fit the architrave over this.

 

[Thepipdoc]

The builders are coming back to do the job properly - remove the door liner and replace with a larger liner, then plant a larger architrave on top of the tiles.

 

[Andy Allen]

Bet they love you !! .. lol

 

[Time's Ran Out]

... and by the way thanks everyone for all their comments, I 'liked' the one that agreed with me!

 

[Dan]

That'll be a pain in the arse when it comes to retiling in a few years.

 

[WetSaw]

Why? Call the chippy to take it off, tile, then call the chippy to put it back on..... unless you're one of those multitrader types who does it all himself....

 

[Dan]

Suppose so.