would you touch it?

[Spud]

I was asked to quote for a job by a customer who found me throught the TTA , they have had a flkoor tiled by a builder in a 450x450 rectified edge tile , the floor is a shocker with loads of lippage 6-10mm joints 48m2 on electric ufh and insulation board , the builder laid straight on the cables without laytexing.
The inspector from the TTA has done a very good report and included a section on what he felt would rectify the floor he has drawn a diagram outlining 58 tiles which he felt should be rectified and stated all the grouting should be raked out and redone.
I took a look on Saturday and dont think by even doing as he suggested it will ever look any good due to the massive joint sizes and I dont believe that the tiles can be changed without having to do multiple repairs to the ufh which I was always lead to believe could have one repair but multiple repairs were not advisable and invalidates any warranty.
would you attempt to do such a job? it is somebody else's night mare I dont want to make it mine tbh

 

[Ian]

If your experience and judgement tells you that the only way to sort it is a full rip out and start again, then that's what it needs Gary, anything other than that and you aren't going to be happy putting your name to it. There is nothing worse than trying to rectify someone else's **** up, your name will be forever linked to that floor even if only 50%, or less, of it is your work, not something I'd be comfortable with.

 

[DHTiling]

I would not no...

I also do not think the TTA should be giving remedies like that when it is not feasible to make a bonny dog look good.

I looked at a marble job before xmas and they mentioned various remedies , when infact the job was dog rough.. the TTA report should state what s wrong with the job etc and whether it is fixed to BS standards , not solutions to bonny it up..

 

[Spud]

Thanks Guys , I am going to e-mail the customer telling them that they must give there original tiler a copy of their report and give him the chance to put it right and I am not be prepared to take the risk of putting right someones work where there are so many other unknown factors with their work

 

[DHTiling]

I did the same Gary , full rip out and re-fit or i no go near it

 

[John Benton]

It would a non-starter for me Gary, customer tells his guests/visitors that it was a bad job to start with but they got you in to sort it out. You say you don't think that you could repair it to a satisfactory finish and that is what they will see, and a job with your name stuck to it. For me it would all have to come up and start again if I were to do it at all.

 

[AliGage]

Agreed. I would offer to quote to strip out and do it properly. 58 tiles is almost a third? That's just what's visable from above.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I was of the opinion during reading that the Inspector thought it could be repaired and his report identified 58 tiles to be rectified!

My answer would be - why should a customer have to live with shoddy workmanship and repair to a new installation. 48 sq mts to regrout and how many chipped edges will that mean.

Problem is he's said it could be put right.
Solution would be to redo whole job. IMHO

 

[Gazzer]

Probably faster and cheaper to redo anyway.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

a walk away job under those conditions for me too.

 

[The D]

I would put it to them that if they wish to have the other tiler back to see if he can put the job right that is up to them but if they want you to do the job it will be nothing less than a full rip out and retile.

 

[nybor62]

full rip out no other way imo builders i love ,em