White wall tile variations

[John Benton]

Why is this? Are these poor quality tiles? The company i purchased them from said that Johnsons are very well made and have high quality control checks.

Trade descriptions act coming into force there

 

[acaciaguy]

I’ve fitted. Cheap white tiles before. Quite often, for landlords etc. I’ve not seen variation that bad. Matched batch codes and I shuffle the boxes. That seems very unlucky.

Having said that. They appear a different colour side to a shade

 

[AAW]

Thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge.

Do you know if it mentions in British Standards that tiles need to be picked from several different boxes? This is something the supplier said to me on the phone but wondered if anyone can confirm this is the case?

 

[Dumbo]

Thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge.

Do you know if it mentions in British Standards that tiles need to be picked from several different boxes? This is something the supplier said to me on the phone but wondered if anyone can confirm this is the case?

Don't know where you want to go with this as I said before it would still look like a chess board and would be unsatisfactory .

 

[Time's Ran Out]

It is usually on the boxes that they should be mixed!
However as stated by others, even mixing these would never be acceptable .

 

[acaciaguy]

Can I ask where the tiles came from. And also (I know it shouldn’t matter) how much a sq m?

 

[acaciaguy]

I should also say that when fixing I can see if a tile is off colour compared to the others being fixed to the extent shown in the pics

 

[AAW]

I paid £29.95 per sqm, I don't know how this compares. Our only reason for choosing these were because of size, they were the only white 100 x 100 mm tiles we could find.

The provider is offering to replace all tiles again but this will mean paying for the tiler to remove and all of them and re-tile and realistically we cannot afford to pay another £1,000 plus for this to be done.

 

[acaciaguy]

I would say what you paid for those is a lot to be honest. Others will give their opinion on that. I’m sorry. Was that including fitting or just tiles. Where are you based

 

[Dumbo]

I paid £29.95 per sqm, I don't know how this compares. Our only reason for choosing these were because of size, they were the only white 100 x 100 mm tiles we could find.

The provider is offering to replace all tiles again but this will mean paying for the tiler to remove and all of them and re-tile and realistically we cannot afford to pay another £1,000 plus for this to be done.

I take it that's without prejudice

 

[AAW]

We are based in London. We paid £560 for the tiles and £1,100 for the tiler to install.

 

[acaciaguy]

I will say this and that I’m not a tiler in London. That I do not know the prep work involved, the number of window reveals etc. However that does sound a lot. Do you have job spec? What the work was that you paid for. I can’t be overly critical. I like to comment on the overall facts.

 

[White Room]

Our lot use Johnson's all the time and have not seen a bad colour variation such as yours.

 

[AAW]

I will say this and that I’m not a tiler in London. That I do not know the prep work involved, the number of window reveals etc. However that does sound a lot. Do you have job spec? What the work was that you paid for. I can’t be overly critical. I like to comment on the overall facts.

The room is 1.5 x 2 m with one window. The room has been tiled floor to ceiling.

 

[Old Mod]

The room is 1.5 x 2 m with one window. The room has been tiled floor to ceiling.

You should not be expected to stand the cost of removing and refitting.
Ultimately the work is not acceptable, and the tiler and builder have a responsibility to leave a job in an acceptable condition, which this is not.
I suggested everyone chipping in so that things don’t get ugly.
But if you don’t mind ugly, then it’s not your issue to deal with, it’s theirs.
You can’t be expected to pay for works that are not up to scratch.