update of my bathroom retiled after last mess

[sparkle333]

my last thread was closed due to some members arguing so ive started a new one with an update on my bathroom re tiled after the lady tiler made such a mess, and sadly the new isn't very good. I was recommended this tiler from a manager of a tile shop I know and I was expecting brilliant job done as he, told me how good he was and how happy I will be instead its a mess and only a bit better than the other womans tiling, but he kept asking me for payment every few days so stupid me paid him apart from £70 outstanding, its cost me 3 times more and im not happy at all, hes supposed to be coming back on weds to do tiny finishing touches but hes unaware how long the snag list is. ive got 2 broken floor tiles already after a wk, cos hes done exactly the same as other tiler where the sub floor stops at bath and door hes not but anything under edge of tiles and 2 have snapped. the tile upside down on my window, he had propped up for 3 days and when he removed prop , within 2 mins it fell in my bath scratching it in 6 places and too bad to get out myself , hes denied tile did that , my the painter has told me hes brother is a bath repair guy and will try and do it, he knelt by bath to look with padded knees and tile cracked hence 1 break , I feel gutted that its not right yet again. some of the probs are below

ive got 2 tiles in my shower facin directly at me with tiny chipped corners which r goin to bug me

hes not siloconed around the shower or sink

hes left the floor tiles edges not packed under hence tiles are breaking and I warned him other tiler had done that and hes done the same

tiles at ceiling all diff heights

hes not grouted behind my door

hes left a raw edge of tile on my cupboard exposed

window all packed with uneven grout at back as cut too short and none of the lines follow the wall

the edgings are all left sharp grr

hasn't put floor tile behind my loo

some of the grouting and Silicon hasn't covered the edges of tiles where is cut unevenly

ive got some lips on tiles , some on a new stud wall so no excuses for that wall

hes left tiles covered in smeared grout and hasn't cleaned them after 1 sponge down after he grouted and told me I had to do it

I feel sick to stomach over all this, I cant see how hes going to manage to sort all this out at all, no way I can pay 3rd time to have this redone if he refuses to do it. some would be nightmare to re do, some im going to have to put up with, I cant have the chipped tiles replaced as my showers in place now and its on a stud wall that will come apart as it did last time. im really really upset and annoyed, he wont do anything I ask, I pointed out some of the top tiles have steps where they are different heights and asked for him to re do, hes refused and said will Silicon over and I wont notice, im not too happy about this

 

[Mr Tiler]

I think that is set in stone now cam, cant go back on ya word mate haha

 

[cam_low]

Scottish...? Is that how you're Welsh?

 

[Mr Tiler]

are you not Scottish? haha

 

[sparkle333]

nice idea but think im old enough to be your mother cam unless u have a thing for older women lol ,anyone over 40 plz lol, its taken my mind off my tiling probs lol

 

[peteablard]

Have you asked the tile shop manager to come and have a look at it and explain why he's recommending a tiler who's churning out poor quality work like that?

 

[sparkle333]

no I haven't yet, I want to see if he turns up weds as promised to give him opportunity to sort it out and im going to say ive been told it should be left polished not for me to do , I just wanted to see if I had a genuine complaint cos I don't know anything about tiling and I don't know why the tile at the door has snapped with someone walking on it and I think hes going to blame the quality of tiles to be honest , hes never taken any responsibility yet to things ive said not happy with, that's why thought I would give an update to get feed back so It would help me talk to him on weds, failing that I will speak to the tile shop manager I don't really want to drag him into it , he was doing me a favour and I feel bad its not his fault

 

[peteablard]

no I haven't yet, I want to see if he turns up weds as promised to give him opportunity to sort it out and im going to say ive been told it should be left polished not for me to do , I just wanted to see if I had a genuine complaint cos I don't know anything about tiling and I don't know why the tile at the door has snapped with someone walking on it and I think hes going to blame the quality of tiles to be honest , hes never taken any responsibility yet to things ive said not happy with, that's why thought I would give an update to get feed back so It would help me talk to him on weds, failing that I will speak to the tile shop manager I don't really want to drag him into it , he was doing me a favour and I feel bad its not his fault

Really? Some favour it's turned out to be. I wouldn't be surprised if the manager has never seen any of his work he just gets a cut from every job he passes on!

 

[pete f]

Tell him that your going to report this work to the tile shop manager if the manager has any sense he wont recommend him again this way it will also hit him in is pocket some of that work is not good at all

 

[sparkle333]

the prob is the manager of the tile shop is my daughters boyfriend dad and I don't want her getting upset shes got enough prbs goin on , I think ur right he probably hasn't seen any of his work, he saw pics on my mob of the other tilers work and to be honest this isn't much better. ill see what happens weds if he turns up. hes laid some antico type floor in my loo and that's all coming unstuck too grr

 

[Dougs Third Go]

the prob is the manager of the tile shop is my daughters boyfriend dad and I don't want her getting upset shes got enough prbs goin on , I think ur right he probably hasn't seen any of his work, he saw pics on my mob of the other tilers work and to be honest this isn't much better. ill see what happens weds if he turns up. hes laid some antico type floor in my loo and that's all coming unstuck too grr

all the more reason to enlighten him then sparkle, tbh the job is crap and if that's his (the tilers) usual standard then he needs reporting under Trades Description Act..

 

[sparkle333]

wow I thought it wasn't great but didn't realise it was that bad omg , hes such a nice guy too that makes it harder to say something, although I think he could turn awkward if pushed, I defo want the window doing again cos it looks an eye sore thick grout at back cos tiles not cut deep enough to go to window and don't follow the brick affect of the walls and the edgings all sharp at the corners to touch, think im going to have to put up with chipped tiles in shower or that's going to be horrendous to get off and shower now fixed to that wall

 

[widler]

Jesus, where the bloody hell is Jeremy beadle.
Seriously, you could not make this up

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Jesus, where the bloody hell is Jeremy beadle.
Seriously, you could not make this up

I think he's dead now,,but even with his gammy hand he'd have done a better job!

 

[Rookery]

Its obviously a poor job by someone who doesnt know the job nor does he seem to care. I rather think that Sparkle will have to put up with it or pay someone else to do it right.

 

[charlie1]

Hi sparkle, you not had any luck with this and now your seriously out of pocket. Good news, these smallish issues with your bathroom can be rectified however the bad news is the general standard of the work is very poor and all the snagging in the world won't fix that but what you gonna do? Pay again... Nope! What you can do is learn a lesson from this!! Whenever you hire someone to do anything, be it tile your bathroom or fix your car... Do your homework on them, also, make them aware of the standards you expect then in the end if your not happy ... Don't pay pay for it.