Shocking Workmanship!

[KL Tiling]

Morning All. Thought I'd post some pictures of a job some friends of mine asked me to look at. They had their bathroom refurb done in March this year at quite some expense. The grout in the floor was continually cracking and the company concerned sent a young guy round who basically regrouted the floor. The company no longer return calls! I wonder why?



The vanity units were 'fixed' using no nails! This set the alarm bells ringing.



The floor was dot/dabbed directly onto the chipboard floor and the adhesive was just crumbling away. I actually pulled most of the floor up with my hands!



The boxing in around the pipework was crude to say the least. Timber frame very badly put together and stuck to everything with no nails. Even the tiles were stuck directly to the timber frame using no nails :mad2:



When I took the boxing in apart, the wall tiles it was attached to fell off the wall! I wonder why



I think this one might be my favourite. This tile was stuck (and I use the term stuck loosely!) using three small blobs of silicone :yikes:



This one isn't too clear I'm afraid, but the edges are really rough. If you're not going to mitre conrners surely it would be better to use a nice tile trim?


I don't claim to be perfect or the best tiler around and I have made mistakes over the years but I do try to do everything by the book. If you do a good job to start with then its less likely things will go wrong. This however looks to be nothing short of the work of a complete cowboy! He charged thousands for this bathroom and now won't even answer his phone! People like this should be stopped.

Karl

 

[Gazzer]

:yikes: Sometimes you just cant believe what goes on !

 

[Bubblecraft]

I get furious when I see jobs like that. It annoys me that customers are paying good money & ending up with poor workmanship. That is absolutely shocking!

 

[Perry]

its hard when you are sitting at home doing nowt because these people are cheaper or talk a good job :ban:

 

[nybor62]

this makes my blood boil, fools

 

[Scottell17]

It's kills me to see stuff like this how do some people sleep at night? The company should be named and shamed so no one has to suffer this ever again :-$

 

[stusgsx]

That is shocking!

 

[your_ceiling]

them must ask their money back for that job, consumer law!

 

[AliGage]

Trading standards been contacted yet?

 

[demi34]

They got to blame themself mate bx customer should employer tiler and not builder does little of everything

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

SHOCKING ! and there will be good guys ,not working at the moment :mad2:

 

[KL Tiling]

They are in the process of compiling information to give to trading standards. The company is called REMOVED. The labour costs alone were £2500!!! I've given the floor the full hardibacker treatment etc but then noticed a lot of the walls are just hollow when you tap them, but they really don't want to start taking the walls down aswell. I have a feeling they might not have much choice soon.

 

[robbieraven]

Disgusting workmanship. I just never get the lack of a conscience, how could you walk away from that. I worry about the slightest things that no normal person would even spot!

 

[afright]

If the walls sound hollow that,s an accident just waiting to happen,they certainly used a mish mash to stick the tiles it makes you wonder how many more jobs they have bodged.

 

[johnryan]

The labour costs alone were £2500!!! :yikes:

 

[afright]

The labour costs alone were £2500!!! :yikes:

I was in Maidstone today picking up some ditra from CTD.

 

[KL Tiling]

The labour costs alone were £2500!!! :yikes:

Exactly! Makes it worse doesn't it?

 

[Bubblecraft]

We're they wearing balaclavas?

 

[John Benton]

The labour costs alone were £2500!!! :yikes:

And about the same for NoNails looking at that - they would probably had more joy using Nails.

How do these people get away with it.

I've just heard via a customer of mine who recommended me to their friends to do a bathroom. I couldn't fit it in when they wanted, while away on holiday, so i didn't get the job. They got someone in who could start straightaway and guess what. The floor is lifting and cracking already after 3 months (tiles directly onto chipboard) and the walls leave a lot to be desired apparently.

If they'd have have waited 6 weeks I could have done it, now it's more than likely going to have to be ripped out. Can they get hold of the tiler now. Can they hell!!!!

 

[Houston]

or were they 15 denier American tan tights

 

[Andy Allen]

think they over paid by £2499.99p would of put half on the end as well but cant find a half button on me keyboard....

 

[Dougs Third Go]

its hard when you are sitting at home doing nowt because these people are cheaper or talk a good job :ban:

they talk the talk, but can't walk the walk, Pete:mad2:

 

[John Benton]

think they over paid by £2499.99p would of put half on the end as well but cant find a half button on me keyboard....

½p

 

[macten]

That's worse than most of the cowboys I quote against - at least they're cheap and do a crap job so more fool the customers.
But to charge proper rates and turn out junk like that is a mickey take to proper tilers and customers alike.

 

[AliGage]

I'm lost for words after seeing the pictures.

But, very difficult to be sympathetic. I copied this line of text from a post on the first page: REMOVED and pasted it into google. Found them on the first page. There website says absolutely nothing about tiling. They're heating engineers.

 

[John Benton]

I'm lost for words after seeing the pictures.

But, very difficult to be sympathetic. I copied this line of text from a post on the first page: "Enca Heating and Plumbing from Pontyclun in South Wales" and pasted it into google. Found them on the first page. There website says absolutely nothing about tiling. They're heating engineers.

Have a look at this Ali

REMOVED

Doesn't it just frighten the life out of you they actually advertise that they tile walls and floors!!!

And the fact that they are on Ratedpeople.com

I bet Phil Spencer is hanging his head in shame :lol:

 

[AliGage]

I didn't check the RP link just went straight to there website. REMOVED

 

[Bubblecraft]

Customers think that all these websites are ligit like rated people, my hammer etc It's a what a con. It's scary that people like this are getting away with it. I'd love to see the instal pictures of the bathrooms they have posted up!

 

[White Room]

Guys will you please stop bringing the company name up due to naming and shaming and can end up with loads of grief.......I can understand how you feel but it may cause all kinds of problems.

Thank you regarding this matter.

 

[afright]

At the moment there is going to be a cull on badger's ,cant we swap that and have a cull on bad so called tiler's that use anything but the proper adhesive,lol:lol: