Yet another post about bad work...

[Rich]

Iv given up looking in that room now but Il try to get some pics over the weekend so all you dumb tilers can see how a really pro works.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

I like the way he 'asked' for a bacon butty every morning....

"I'll have my bacon butty in a minute, after I've nailed up this 9mm MDF"

What a joker!!

 

[Rich]

I thought that you might like to see some pics of the shower room.

This room has been finished for a couple of months now and the wall on the other side is already starting to crack, the plastic trim thing that they have put along the bottom of the tiles is not water tight (my girlfriends mum had to Silicon her self). This wall is made of plywood anrottenon. The tiler ran out of the mosaics so himproviseded (I must remember that one next time I run out of tiles). Also note the hole where they drilled thwrongng place for the shower (she had to fill this with Silicon). The step out side the shower is chipboard and as you can see cracked and hollow. In the last pic you can see what the tiles and border that she asked for looked like!

Well there you have it, this is the kind of work that we are up against from other pros. Im not to worried.
:smilewinkgrin:

 

[user123]

:lol: Be afraid, Rich, be very afraid... :lol: I've seen this kind of work a lot, in hotels and pubs especially, since becoming with obsessed with looking at tiling and it makes me respect you good guys all the more.

 

[peteablard]

Great pics Rich, love the 'Stepped Effect' of the joints in pic 8. Very annoying that these muppets keep getting work:mad2:

 

[One Day]

Kill him.

(seriously)

 

[user123]

Kill him.

(seriously)

:lol: :lol:

 

[jay]

just goes to show anyone can tile :mad2:

 

[gshtiling]

That is bad and what makes me really mad is that I would consider myself to be a good tiler and I'm really quite at the moment but morons like that always seem to be busy? Makes me proper mad :mad2:

 

[user123]

That is bad and what makes me really mad is that I would consider myself to be a good tiler and I'm really quite at the moment but morons like that always seem to be busy? Makes me proper mad :mad2:

Just wondering, as I don't know you - how can people find you? How do you market yourself?

 

[gshtiling]

Don't really do any advertising apart from cards in local tile shop,builders merchants etc. Most of my work is word of mouth or other contacts but they all seem to be really quite at the moment,example: the kitchen fitter I normally do alot of work does some of his own tiling just to keep him self busy. I'm not moaning at not been busy,its more how do this people keep on getting jobs when there work is so bad if you get what I mean?

 

[craigdon]

Sounds like another self called 'builder' who dabbles in everything, masters none, and has never built anything other than asmall boundary wall. To my mind a builder is someone who could build a house from footings, but builder to some takes on a whole different meaning these days.

 

[Brian the Tile]

yes have to agree i have been very quiet lately but we have a few of them jack of all trades master of none round here and they always seem to be quite busy,never see there vans parked up in the drive like mine has been a lot lately makes the blood boil:rant::yikes::mad2: muppets

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Showers take no prisoners, especially the ones that get used four or five time a day, one tiny gap is all thats needed to start rotting the wall.

Its very rare I ever see a quality install.

 

[Rich]

Just to clear up guys, this wasnt done by the builder, he ruined the entire house but he called in a super pro tiler (just happens to be a relative) to tile the room.