your not going to believe this one.

[Andy Allen]

i was a bit short of work this week so i took on some subbing work with another tiler , 80m2 lime stone floor, frst time i met the guy was this morning when i turn up to help him.

he started the job on friday so floor was covered in ditra and about 10m2 allready laid, now this guy was giving the big i am the best, i can fit 30m2 stone a day,and hes rushing around slaping tiles down with not much care, while i'm just ploding along at my own pace and making sure it looks nice.

then notice a blue band going round the outside of the floor, has this floor got under floor heating, yes he said,the screed was pumped in over it, so its a gyvlon screed then, er whats that he said, a gyvlon screed i said you have to sand it and prime it , what with p.v.a he said :mad2: cut along story short its an 80m2 limestone floor, 65mm gyvlon screed thats been down a month, no sanding or pimer used and the under floor heating hasn't been comissioned.

i was supposed to be doing 3 days for him this week but i told him i wouldn't be back, hes now bricking it, worried the floors going to fail and he supplied it all to ,all the stone, addy the lot, i feel sorry for the client, theres another dilema should i grass him or keep out of it.

 

[Ian]

If it was your floor andy you'd want to know. I know what your saying about keeping your nose out but this will only end in disaster, we read about them all the time on here. Can it not be removed as far as it's gone so far and be corrected?

 

[White Room]

Thats a tough call, If you tell the client then it sounds like your chasing the work but if you don't and it fails, tears at dawn.

 

[spooner68]

whoo thats a tough one. You do right for walking off. The gyvlon. What addy? I think someone said that some of them are suitable to go straight on top to fix the ditra. The non-com though......hmmmm. Not sure what I would do about grassing him up to be honest, you might end up with a knuckle sarnie. Get your money and run young fella

 

[Stewart]

If I've been involved with it I would have to say something, but I would try and get the guy to fess up first to the client.

 

[nybor62]

no matter how you approach it he will have egg on his face , do him a favour and advise him to start again ,

 

[Andy Allen]

If it was your floor andy you'd want to know. I know what your saying about keeping your nose out but this will only end in disaster, we read about them all the time on here. Can it not be removed as far as it's gone so far and be corrected?

half the floors was done before i notice something didn't add up, thing is you would think a guy that takes this size job on would know what hes doing.

 

[Dan]

Damn that's a tricky one. I'd fess up but as said above by Stew (and I didn't think of it before I read it so don't want credit) I guess you have to give the guy a chance to correct it, and / or tell the customer himself. I would imagine the type of guy would come up with some bull story as to why its fine to the customer though, more than he'd be willing to fess up himself.

Mate, you don't want to risk not getting paid. Perhaps do it after the job. This guy is NOT going to repair the floor at his cost. And you telling the customer now will stop the job, stop him getting paid (even if he was a sound guy and would pay you anyway for letting you down - which I don't think he is by the sounds of it) which stops you getting paid.

Tell him it's wrong - you've done your bit - if he says tile it, tile it. Get paid, you both go your own ways. And then you forget and he gets issues or you tell the customer and ge well involved in it all. Which you don't want.

After thinking again. I'm sticking with my last opinion there. Tell him not the customer. And do the job if he says do it. I'd not even leave a card anywhere around. You don't want to go to that job again. Get paid mate. Get bloody paid.

 

[Stewart]

Sounds like a typical know-it-all that's never asked a question in his life......

 

[Ian]

half the floors was done before i notice something didn't add up, thing is you would think a guy that takes this size job on would know what hes doing.

Really sticky situation! It would be nice if he owned up himself but its not likely. Your call I suppose, I'd have to say something, it sounds like a 10 grand floor to me.

 

[Andy Allen]

Damn that's a tricky one. I'd fess up but as said above by Stew (and I didn't think of it before I read it so don't want credit) I guess you have to give the guy a chance to correct it, and / or tell the customer himself. I would imagine the type of guy would come up with some bull story as to why its fine to the customer though, more than he'd be willing to fess up himself.

Mate, you don't want to risk not getting paid. Perhaps do it after the job. This guy is NOT going to repair the floor at his cost. And you telling the customer now will stop the job, stop him getting paid (even if he was a sound guy and would pay you anyway for letting you down - which I don't think he is by the sounds of it) which stops you getting paid.

Tell him it's wrong - you've done your bit - if he says tile it, tile it. Get paid, you both go your own ways. And then you forget and he gets issues or you tell the customer and ge well involved in it all. Which you don't want.

After thinking again. I'm sticking with my last opinion there. Tell him not the customer. And do the job if he says do it. I'd not even leave a card anywhere around. You don't want to go to that job again. Get paid mate. Get bloody paid.

he only ows me for today, which i'm picking up tomorrow, told him i wouldn't do any more on the job, dont like the fact my sign written vans outside.

 

[marbleman]

advice is say out of it , its his problem and you really cant get involved , it causes to many problems for you think about it

 

[Andy Allen]

what bugs me is its idiots like this that under cut me on the quotes because they dont price to do the job properly.

think i my need the witness protection program. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[user123]

Boy oh Boy... I don't know enough about the subject, but I can imagine the quandry you're in... I think if I was you I would tell the customer that you have decided not to continue working there as the work is not to the required standard in your opinion. If they ask you to explain or why, tell them you would prefer if they asked the ma responsible and stick to that. That way they have a warning but the fellow in question has a chance to correct either the work or the price he charges or whatever... it's between them then, where it should be. But if you don't say anything you are kind of supporting that kind of shoddy work by non-action?

 

[hillhead]

He could get lucky,lol.
gravity and weight on his side.:lol: