worst tiling ever. Tilers who do this sort of work should hang their heads in SHAME!

[365drills]

When I am out and about I cant help but look and admire the work of tilers. But every now and then I see something so awful it just makes my blood boil.

How about this:




No excuses for this


(Too lazy to drill a hole in a tile so hacked out the back and put a cover plate over in cheap white plastic)



Grubby mosaics all wonky with grout left behind... Mmmm

[bigandy]

i hope it was n't the customers diy attempt and that you did n't slag em off

[frostfree]

Seeing more and more of this type work over the last year. Very rare to see a top quality tiling job in a domestic setting. Dont know whether its credit crunch meaning people are going for the cheapest quote, diyers having a go themselves or poorly trained pro tilers.

[Oli]

Customers seem to have abandoned the 'you get what you pay for' attitude and are jumping at ridiculously cheap qoutes then are suprised when they get substandard work and have to pay us to go in and do it properly.

[Bolter]

Whenever I give a quote for a private job, I always explain that you can probably find someone to do it cheaper, but you won't get any guarantee for work done, and it may all fall off if its not done properly. I always explain that a lot of people can tile, but only a few can do it properly. And this thread proves it.

There is tiling everywhere you look. Its rare that I see some work and think "oh man thats good" normally I can pick faults all over any room.

Was in a posh hotel in Edinburgh the other weekend, and in the ensuite it looks like the walls were wallpapered, and then the tiler tiled on top of it. Not entirely sure how it hasnt failed. Was in it, one eye washing myself, and the other watching out for a cave in

[village tiling]

tell me bout it, im repairin a floor at the minute they got a jobber in to do it coz he was cheaper . you should see it, its gotta be the worst tiling ive ever seen. but its ended up costin the customer more for me too come in and fix it. if i get a chance ill take some pics so we can all have a laugh at it

[365drills]

All the pics I take are from commercial. The first one is a hotel room near a famous racecourse.

I wont take pics of private jobs / home Just commercial.

[Akhter]

Thats my work your slaggin off, only jokeing someone got paid for that,

[silver]

How can I put pics on ?...I could add to the "house of horrors" with some I have seen

[Dave]

How can I put pics on ?...I could add to the "house of horrors" with some I have seen

You can up-load to an album in your profile ....then link from there...or use the attachment feature in the reply to post section..

[silver]

Sorry guys feelin a bit dumb here !! tried the attachment yesterday but I couldnt get it to work.

[Dave]

Maybe the pic needed re-sizing..

have you tried up-loading to an album in your profile page..?

[silver]

Sorry chaps I know I must seem thick here !!! doh.........
once I have done it once I will be ok....honest !
I aint uploaded to any album Dave

[Dave]

Go into your profile TilersForums.co.uk | Tile Forums | Tiling Forum - View Profile: silver

and in there at the right hand side you will see ..create album..

You then once created will be able to browse your pc and upload pics...

[whitebeam]

The trouble with photo's of a bad job is that no one knows the circumstances of how the job was done, who by and how much they were paid. Admittedly there are genuine cases of really bad work and I and many others have witnessed but the easiest thing is to criticize someones work without knowing the history behind it. I've seen guys of 30 years experiance getting slanged off for one silly mistake, Have'nt we all made one.

Just my say on the subject

And yes the work is dire

[Dave]

And after that if you get really stuck then just email the pics over and we will put them up for you....

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[silver]

You are absolutley spot on Whitebeam...as we cant see whats behind etc

What did it for me though was being told it was a fireman who did the work ! between shifts on the cheap!
Who didnt fancy doing the floor that I was asked to do cuz he had no cutter for porcelain, had never done uth and wasnt sure what materials to use.....says it all really in this case

[james]

dublin airport is a bad commercial one.
dublin in general doesn't seem to have movement joints in big commercial jobs and it shows.

[silver]

Tried to upload pic, but web page expired before it managed it,

[silver]

When I uplaod after browsin my pc....page goes blank an nowt happens !

[oldgit]

The trouble with photo's of a bad job is that no one knows the circumstances of how the job was done, who by and how much they were paid. Admittedly there are genuine cases of really bad work and I and many others have witnessed but the easiest thing is to criticize someones work without knowing the history behind it. I've seen guys of 30 years experiance getting slanged off for one silly mistake, Have'nt we all made one.

Just my say on the subject

And yes the work is dire

spot on,you tell punters this or that will look cack unless this or that are done and they will say just do it.
i loose work by refusing some stuff like seen in the pics but where do you draw line,we have to earn and do what the punter asks,even though you know its wrong and looks cack.

[365drills]

Maybe we need a house of horrors section on the forum!

[Fekin]

Defo not the best tiling I've ever seen, but unfortunately not the worst, seen far far worse tiling than that before

[Bolter]

Spot on Whitebeam, but sometimes I see work and think I would have to try really really hard to get it that bad.

I am by no means the best tiler out there, and Im sure Ive done some things that I should have changed when I first started out, but nothing as bad as those pictures.

[LM Ceramics]

that was probably a diy attempt although i have come across substandard work from tilers anyone worked on site plot bashing will know wat i mean. everyone has there faults and no one can say there perfect no matter how experienced you are i to this day still try and fault my work there is always something or ill look back at pictures and think err i could do better it keeps my passion for the job its the ones that think there perfect usually are the worst.

but i have been busy throughout the year (near enough) got numerous contacts plus recommends from local tile shop and even though im a young 20 yr old lad i must be doing summat rite