Grind down tiles to get rid of lip page? - Tile Advice

[Dan]

HAHAHAHA that's a stunner!

 

[Amir Patwa]

I just phoned New Image and asked them if they could repolish this product as I've yet to come across a company that can surface grind and refinish Man made quartz with resin content back to factory finish.

They said it's highly unlikely they would be able to solve the issue with this floor. Even if they could it would probably be more economical to pull it up and start again.

Plus it's only really viable if the product is 20mm thick to start with, which it probably isn't as most of these tiles are 10mm to 12mm thick.

HAHAHAHA that's a stunner!

half knowledge is DANGEROUS, I thought this forum was for helping out and not slagging!

 

[Deleted member 41954]

I'd ask him if he knows how to whistle. I wouldn't get involved if I were you,if you do then quite possibly anything else that goes wrong will be your fault whether it's got anything to do with your work or not.

I know very little about tiling yet, which is why I'm here, but that is very good general advice which applies to most areas of the building trade and beyond. If you get involved they'll want you to be responsible. Just my opinion.

 

[Amir Patwa]

I know very little about tiling yet, which is why I'm here, but that is very good general advice which applies to most areas of the building trade and beyond. If you get involved they'll want you to be responsible. Just my opinion.

When a GP FAILS A CONSULTANT WILL RECTIFY, !

 

[Dan]

half knowledge is DANGEROUS, I thought this forum was for helping out and not slagging!

You walked into that one yourself lol dont blame me for getting the giggles.

 

[widler]

Russell, you are on the job, photos or its not true

 

[Rob Fisher]

I lost a large job on price, the client who I've been doing other work for has asked if I can rectify the tiling that's been done as it's quite poor in places and the people who have done it have had 3 goes at putting it right. It's all been done wrong, wrong adhesive, no decoup matting, no expansion gaps and lots of lipping. All he wants is the lipping sorted, they're a Quartz tile, I personally don't want to get involved the way it's been laid as I feel with the underfloor heating they'll eventually pop and crack. But what I have said is I'll ask the question if there's a company that would be able to grind them down and repo lush them as the tiles aren't cheap, he's paid £37k on floor tiles to be laid poorly

 

[Russell brown]

I'll get some photos tomorrow, the guys having a nightmare. I had to cut holes in the living room ceiling today when the £8k chandelier fell on has head when the fixings failed because there's a leak from the soil pipe. I'll be working here for about 3 months solid with the work he's given me so far

 

[AliGage]

Can't be s bad thing for you. Every cloud and all that.
Just hope you don't start getting that "groundhog day" feeling!

 

[Archie69]

Sounds like they had the lads who cover Paris Peckham, and New York do that job!!

 

[Lee T]

Keep well away from it mate!!! Could lead to endless amounts of phone calls otherwise

 

[Amir Patwa]

A good tiler will listen to those in the trade who do work and not selling wares! And discourage those in the know how to spread knowledge!
My two pence worth of advice

 

[Amir Patwa]

Marble Shine are of the same opinion!

They do not grind and repolish! They remove localised lippage using hand polisher!

 

[Amir Patwa]

LOL Amir just phoned me posing as a buyer of diamond pads for Klindex machines.

You are an odd chap Amir. Don't get upset when the people you recommend even say they wouldn't recommend this is attempted.

Ask for Isabella and Manuel the owner who told you that they do not carry out work for 3 rd party. You gave them the impression that you had 300 m2 for quartz tile to grind and polish! Wish you happiness

 

[Concrete guy]

You can't grind and re polish 10mm thick quartz tiles. I don't care who you are, and on that point New Image agree.

They didn't tell me they don't do work for a third party, they recommended that due to the nature of the product, the customer would be better off pulling it up and starting again, as even if they could grind and polish it it was unlikely they would be able to replicate the manufacturer finish. I agree with them, so does Marble Shine and so do any other professional floor re finishers that we deal with.

The OP stated there was £37,000 worth of quartz flooring to rectify. At £100 sq/m it's not unreasonable to arrive at 300+ sq/m.