Wall and Floor Tiling Advice for Kate the Mate

[Alan.P]

Kate, get the adhesive off now whilst it is still damp / drying. The longer it's left the harder it will be.

 

[Kate the mate]

How do I get the adhesive off, Alan? It's pretty set on the tiles.

 

[Alan.P]

A paint scrapper would do the trick, you could soak the tiles in warm water to soften up the adhesive ( assuming it is tubbed adhesive ) but I wouldn't like to do that with travertine in case you get adhesive into the tile face, then we have another problem. A bit of elbow grease and patience will / should do the trick.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

hi Kate

just been reading your thread. Sorry to hear about your very bad experienced with a so called wetroom and bathroom specialist.

to get the adhesive off the tiles, do you have a spray gun of some description? an old anti bac spray bottle or something similar? something like that with warm water in it will help you to direct the water at the adhesive better, hopefully allowing you to work cleaner at getting the addy off.

i've soaked ceramic tiles in the past and tubbed adhesive just rolls off when you push it with your fingers when it's been soaked.

good luck

 

[Kate the mate]

Just spent an hour or so cleaning off the tiles using a scraper. Thanks for the latest advice, Girlracer, I'll try some warm water in a spray. Some are cleaning of relatively easily, some are stuck like the proverbial. Hopefully when husband comes home he can do the late shift!! I might try soaking one or two to see if it rolls off easily. I have got about 3 or four boxes of unused tiles so I've got spares. Back to it.......

 

[mikethetile]

At least you have saved your tiles Kate

I wouldnt worry anymore about him, just move on with your project

one day he might learn what a client expects from him, well done for standing your ground, its not easy telling a bloke his work is substandard. dont worry about him reading this thread no one has made a personal comment about him just pointed out his work is not up to scratch

if he wishes he can get a masterclass here on setting out, fixing and customer care. all he needs to do is make himself known on this thread and we will help him avoid getting into these difficulties in the future

 

[Bathfix Bob]

I'm sure he will read this thread after googling 'tilers forum'.

You could have made that job look amazing mate, but it seems you carried on with your mates messed up layout.
When you got back from that outing why did you not correct his work?

I'm at the stage myself where I need to take on a lad but its things like this that stop me hiring anyone, I don't want my good name being affected by anothers substandard work.

 

[Scott]

Kate im in bicester on Sunday. Its a lot further than i normally travel as i look after the kid as well. I wasnt going to take on anymore work between now and Xmas but if you want me to come over on Sunday then send me a PM and ill take a look and see if i can help you

 

[Alan.P]

There's a great offer.

 

[user123]

It's a great forum...

 

[DHTiling]

Kate im in bicester on Sunday. Its a lot further than i normally travel as i look after the kid as well. I wasnt going to take on anymore work between now and Xmas but if you want me to come over on Sunday then send me a PM and ill take a look and see if i can help you

A BIG thank you from me..

 

[Kate the mate]

I am really thrilled to hear this, Scottley. Thank you so much. I'll send you a private message.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Kate, I think you must understand by now, the passion the members of this forum feel about these "so called tilers". Take Scottley up on his offer. Good luck.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Here is the repair he did to fill the corner,

Shocking!,
You did the right thing by showing this slither king the door.

How many days work did they do before you stopped the job Kate? It will have cost him dearly especialy with an employee in tow.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Kate, I used to watch 'LOST' on the TV. I could not wait till the next episode. Your thread of 9 pages comes very close to 'LOST'. I'm sure you would win 'Thread of the Month' (if there were such a competition!). So many people start a really interesting thread and we never get the follow-ups. Well done for keeping us upto date on proceedings. You are probably enjoying a nice glass of wine now, so I'll leave you to it. Good luck with the rest of the project. Maybe you should keep those slithers of tiles and mount them on some perspex. You could maybe put the perspex over the toilet as a little reminder of what your bathroom could have ended up looking like! Cheers Sean