Today's prospective customer

[On one]

Went to look at a job 7.30am this morning, 3 bathrooms,walls and floors.
Anyway the customer produced a set of photocopied plans containing a plan of where each tile went?(600x600 floors and 600x300 walls) I was taking it all in and listening politely until he was finished.
Bathroom No1 ,I advised that tiling on to a 9mm ply overlay,full tile from the floor,full tile from a corner and tiling on tile(walls) was not advised and the reasons why.
Onto bathroom No2, same thing, I waited til he was finished and pointed out the problem areas....9mm ply overlay,tiling onto emulsion paint,tiling directly onto electric UFH,not tiling up to the ceiling in a shower area with no extractor,....whereupon he jumped in and said ''Ive been doing this for 25 years and never had a problem, I know what I am doing I am an ARCHITECT!!!!
So today has reconfirmed that architects don't know s**t and British Standards don't apply to architects unless something goes belly up.

 

[Andy Allen]

thought you were going to say he was an engineer.......there not much better...

 

[White Room]

"Never had a problem" it's that they never phoned her back......

 

[On one]

His 1.8mx1.8m exactly,room tile floor plan using 600mmx600mm tiles came unstuck when I pointed out...what about tiling up under the door...''ah em.... we'll put a door thresh on to cover the gap''????

 

[beanz]

I bet everything is 100% square too... Architects live in their own little bubbles. Has anyone ever heard of an architect being sued? I've heard of a lot of pretty serious design flaws, but never heard of it actually coming back on the architect!?!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

They usually forget about the 2/3mm joints when they work out 4 tiles at 600mm doesn't fit a 2400mm wall.
Just did an exact designer bathroom last year where I had the walls and floor bonded perfectly but he who knows better wouldn't accept a 50mm cut on one 900mm tile in a corner.
They do of course fit tiles every day of the week and if you were able to discuss it with the client you know who'd be right.

 

[On one]

On this one his plan on some bathrooms show the wall tiles starting with a full tile at the floor and stopping 50mm short of the ceiling, which will be filled with paint!
Likewise starting with a full tile in the corner and tiling to towards the backmould which leaves a 50mm gap which he will fill with?????

 

[MTiler]

Ive something similar starting next week, she worked in 'Interiors', its all worked out. I think she's going to try my patience lol

 

[Pebbs]

She will for sure Miss Tiler, I got one on another job (woman architect) the tiles have been sitting there for 4 months. So on Weds we were all set to start, or so we thought, then she walked in and changed her mind on the position of the sinks. So we waited all day for the new setting out. At four o clock, miss architect has deemed that two walls are to be ripped down, so she can have full format tiles, all the way along. She's a spoilt mare, and make no mistake.

Lynn

 

[chris.tiling]

Had two similar cases...one in travertine where I was given and exact plan that showed where every off cut could be used to fill in and there was only about tiles spare for breakages...wouldnt listen to anything other than his plan (engineer)

Second was last week with a small job for a neigbour who drew out a plan of the 8 tile splashback and 3 tile window cill showing exactly which edges to cut (leaving the middle tile in the window cut on three sides!)