Wall and Floor Tiling Advice for Kate the Mate

[Gazzer]

Can you confirm what type of adhesive they are using.???
Bagged or ready mixed.?

 

[Kate the mate]

It's bagged, but I think they've PVA'd the walls. At least I think that's what it must be. Something shiny has been painted on the plasterboard. I seem to recall this was a no-no.

 

[Kate the mate]

Powder grout is by Lima. Just found the bags in the garage.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Is the adhesive bagged as well?

 

[Kate the mate]

Yes, the adhesive is bagged I believe. They mixed it up in a bucket and it's kind of plaster pink colour.

 

[Kate the mate]

Sorry, just checked again, the adhesive is by Lima, it's called stone gum, and the grout is by Bal and it's wide joint grout.

 

[Kate the mate]

He was supposed to be tanking the shower area and then tiling it today. I'm not too confident about that because he never wanted to tank in the first place but I insisted. Now I read you have to leave the tanking area before tiling, am I right? The more I know, the more I don't want to know. :-(

 

[jay]

calm down Kate you are the boss you make the decissions not them if your not happy stop work until it can be sorted

 

[Alan.P]

It looks like no tanking has been done at all, what products have they got on site in the way of adhesive, grout and tanking, as has been said, don't let them do anything else, apart from strip off the bodge job that they have done already, once the tiles are off, send them packing, you will have to clean the tiles / wall yourself but hey ho, a learning curve, in your original thread, I thought you were going to go with a pro after all the to ing and fro ing and advice ????

 

[Kate the mate]

Alan, this guy is supposedly a 'pro'. I didn't get any response from my search for a tiler on this forum but the man I used was recommended by a neighbour, he classes himself as a wetroom and bathroom specialist. He has city and guilds and institute of plumbing. I saw my neighbours bathroom and it looked good, but then he tiled it, not the junior. I gave the specification to the tiler including take out shower, loo etc and tank the shower area.

I'm calm. I know I'm in the right. I'll get the result. Thanks for all your support.

 

[Alan.P]

I'm shocked and sorry that no-one from the forum was able to help you Kate, really shocked, it would have been a nice easy job, the mind boggles, anyway, that's not helping you, ask the guy what he has tanked, and with what, and ask for the packaging.

 

[jay]

agree Alan theres no sighn of waterproofing and with them tiles it got to be a must

 

[mikethetile]

I missed the original thread Alan as I was on holiday at that time and didnt pick it up when I returned, I know scottley was up to his ears getting his extension water tight, its a shame as I work further afield than bicester , I go into gloucestershire and wiltshire sometimes

its a shame when the find a tiler ...............doesnt

 

[mikethetile]

Kate

just had a thought

depending on how well today goes, can you refer him to this site for membership, its better we re educate him than he runs around oxfordshire lashing up peoples wetrooms

 

[Kate the mate]

Alan, so far he hasn't tanked anything. He was going to tank the shower area today and then tile. We're using 20x40 tiles in the shower area and on the floor, the ones you see on the pictures are just going round the rest of the bathroom walls, behind basin, loo and bath. He was bringing tanking stuff today so I'm not sure what he planned to use. He should be here soon.........