Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

[dave l and l]

went to look at floor for customer to day and he asked me to look at tile that fell 0f wall, full bathroom on top of bonding, floor was also dot and dabbed on 6 or 4 mm ply ring shanked.
he said half way through job builder had to go to hospital as one of the tiles hit him in head , 600 x 300 porcelain , its been up for three years. no idea how its not all fell apart

 

[Tile Shop]

And just when you though it couldn't get any worse............ Wollup!

 

[White Room]

Somebody has destroyed his teeth munching at the tile edge...

 

[dave l and l]

i know the builder that done this job. i also lifted one of his floor recently . all dot a dabbed on 6 mm , he has no teeth left

 

[Qwerty]

Redoing a wet room at the moment which had failed. Looked pretty good from the outside but all became clear when I started the rip out!!!

 

[kevsalt]

mr blobby strikes again

 

[White Room]

Whats the black ***** stuff Geoff ?

 

[Qwerty]

Whats the black ***** stuff Geoff ?

Old Impey Tilesafe tanking membrane Mark, which some people refer to as Devils flypaper! An absolute mare to remove as bitumen based and wrecks everything

 

[Tile Shop]

Is it really this difficult to clean grout off? Yeah the tiles are textured, but......... Really???

 

[Tile Shop]

Builder + Wetroom floor + Quartz + UFH = POP!

 

[Dan]

Oh god. What a bloody shame! builder paying out?

 

[Tile Shop]

Crackle tiles....... oopsies. Someone forgot the sealer

 

[Tile Shop]

Oh god. What a bloody shame! builder paying out?

Haven't heard for a while. She was taking him to court last time I heard cuz she'd spent her last few pennies on getting this done.

Just going through my collection of pictures. Some may have already been posted before, but some are also worth a second laugh

 

[Tile Shop]

Problem..... Moisture ingress and shading on BCT tiles. Multiple causes including not the greatest quality, tubbed adhesive (on a 500x250 tile) and dot'n'dab (can see from the patches)

 

[Tile Shop]

Crackle Dados are not to be used as Skirtings. Especially when up against a truly floating floor. This floor is going to be used as a trampoline in the Rio Olympics.

Oh, and there's a pube!

 

[Simons70]

Public offices bathrooms,6 Floors x male,female,disable,Brompton Road...

 

[Spare Tool]

I was gonna stick this in kitchen fitters forum but I like this forum
Started a kitchen splashy today and came across this, I guess the end panels were, erm lets say an after thought...it'll do
Oh and there was a 4inch infill panel next to end cupboard to play with so no excuses Mr joiner!!

Great scribing too

 

[bigdave1903]

I was gonna stick this in kitchen fitters forum but I like this forum
Started a kitchen splashy today and came across this, I guess the end panels were, erm lets say an after thought...it'll do
Oh and there was a 4inch infill panel next to end cupboard to play with so no excuses Mr joiner!!
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Great scribing too
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Do your best and caulk the rest

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You have to feel for the client here!

 

[Spare Tool]

You have to feel for the client here!

Absolutely, surely joinery is a finishing trade on par with tiling, this is a brand new kitchen ok probably Howdens or the like but I couldn't for shame leave that n sleep well

Do your best and caulk the rest

I ain't getting involved in no caulking, I'll deal with my bit, joiner n decorator can fight over that bit

 

[John Benton]

And they wondered why the shower tray was flexing and water leaking downstairs.......

Please leave your horse tied up outside !!!

 

[WetSaw]

"Like" is the wrong choice but that's quite a job they've done there!

 

[John Benton]

"Like" is the wrong choice but that's quite a job they've done there!

The shower tray was sat only on that many blobs of mortar. £9k was charged for this bathroom, floor is d&d'd as well, There's a broken tile 'L' shape around soil stack boxing in on floor and the guy who did it said, "if I replace it, it will only break again as it's a weak point"

 

[WetSaw]

I wonder if the installers quote stated " for display purposes only". Clearly not suitable to be used!

 

[John Benton]

I wonder if the installers quote stated " for display purposes only". Clearly not suitable to be used!

Well it hasn't been used for 3 months so technically it was a display

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I'm in hospital having a baby and the tiling round the lifts is real bad a decent rock climber could scale it its so lippy and the joints are very badly spaced

 

[WetSaw]

Good luck with the baby, hope it's not too painful for you.

 

[Rickm34]

Public offices bathrooms,6 Floors x male,female,disable,Brompton Road... View attachment 83170 View attachment 83171 View attachment 83172

That is shocking. What did they use a shovel

Public offices bathrooms,6 Floors x male,female,disable,Brompton Road... View attachment 83170 View attachment 83171 View attachment 83172

 

[Tile Shop]

His tiles fell off the wall while fixing. Apparently, the adhesive was faulty!

 

[WetSaw]

Clearly faulty adhesive as it hasn't stuck to the walls or the tiles