Tiling pleasure beach fun house

[wickers]

Hello,

RE: JOB AT THE FUN HOUSE

This is my first time on this forum. I am not a tiler, more of a general builder. I have been asked to tile a friends bathroom. He has plastered the walls himself. There is not one level wall (the walls have been boarded and skimmed). The bath runs along the back wall with a window above it. The bath just fits into the width of the room. The slope of the back wall is so bad that there is a difference of 2" from the top of the window reveal to the bottom of the reveal !! There is also a plumb difference of about 3" in the side walls from floor to ceiling.

He is adament that the new plaster stays in place. The best I could offer was to cover the walls with hardiebacker/aquapanel etc (level) and tile from there. He won't have it. He wants me to tile on the walls as is (he's paying so I can't disagree too much).

Any ideas about choice of tiles (large, mosaic etc)? Any tricks that could hide these deviations in level ? Or will I just have to cut lots of funny shaped tiles?

Thanks for any advice.

Wickers

 

[DHTiling]

Your friend is avin a laff , yet again customer wants an ugly dog making bonny..

 

[Ian]

That sound like a shocker, 75mm difference from floor to ceiling :yikes: Run for the hills my friend, if he won't let you prep it properly, don't do it.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Do you not have a 'tiler' friend who you could recommend to him?

 

[wickers]

Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure I'd put a friend in that situation. What about using mirror tiles placed at an angle of 12.5 degrees to give the illusion of being level ? :8:

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I only have 2 suggestions.
First - ask for your money before you start ( cause he ain't going to be a friend or pay after).
Second - unless you need the work, give it a miss.
Just for info how old is the property as he may want to retain the rustic character.

 

[wickers]

I'll get my friend to do it. He'll probably be good at matching the tiles to the plasterwork.

 

[SJPurdy]

So what is the problem? This is surely the normal standard of plastering in the UK. If each wall is flat (both ends of the wall and all points in-between lean into/out of the room by the same amount) then it can be tiled without a problem (other than matching joints at corners). It is when the left end of the wall leans into the room and the right side leans out then you have to bend the tiles.

 

[wickers]

So what is the problem? This is surely the normal standard of plastering in the UK. If each wall is flat (both ends of the wall and all points in-between lean into/out of the room by the same amount) then it can be tiled without a problem (other than matching joints at corners). It is when the left end of the wall leans into the room and the right side leans out then you have to bend the tiles.

Thanks for the reply. The trouble is that people see the tiling and not the wall behind it so I would get the blame for a bad job.

 

[bugs183]

Don't do it, sounds like a right bodge. It would be a nightmare for a tiler, let alone someone who doesn't do it for a living.
The window reveal will be a nightmare if the wall is on an angle, that's for starters, if the walls ar that much out of true you wouldn't keep the bond in the internal corners either, it will look awful.
Not worth the agro!

 

[CJ]

Trying to "Polish a turd" springs to mind.

 

[White Room]

So what is the problem? This is surely the normal standard of plastering in the UK. If each wall is flat (both ends of the wall and all points in-between lean into/out of the room by the same amount) then it can be tiled without a problem (other than matching joints at corners). It is when the left end of the wall leans into the room and the right side leans out then you have to bend the tiles.

No it is'nt, any plasterer leaving work like that should hanging up his trowels or himself....

 

[charlie1]

Tiling window wall plumb is essential for top finish as bugs has advised. A for the other wall being off plumb by 3 inch well that's no problem, tilers can tile sloped ceilings easy lol.