I'm addicted, it has been confirmed...

[GirlRacerRed]

... I can now confirm that I am addicted to all things tiling..

I was out at a wedding reception at a hotel near Sandbach in Cheshire on Saturday night, and I went into the ladies loos during the evening, and stood looking at the poor workmanship. Edges were not flush with each other when the tiles went around corners, grout lines were not level in several places, tiles not flush with each other....

I think I'm getting sad in my old age....

[Leatherface]

Ha ha
I do it all the time,
unfortunately not in the ladies loo's though !

[python]

reminds me of my first day at nett. went back the b and b and looked at all the poor tiles before me, had'nt even laid a tile yet.

[whitebeam]

When I had been doing plastering for about three years worked at a job in Bishops Avenue Hamstead, London and it was unbelievable, It was perfect and suddenly realised how good it should be. Looking at other peoples work gives you a view of what quality your looking for.

[sranners]

I do it to, the worst thing is i rent my house and the tiling is rubish, i have to explain to friends when they come round that its not my work, the the pics come out the wife gets mad!!!!!!!!

[CJ]

Do it all the time.

So yes.......you are officially sad

[CJ CERAMICS]

do it myself stand there looking at the state of the tiling......thinking jeez thats a terrible job.....then i take some photos.....get my money and go home......lol

[pete f]

all lines look good to me in the locals toilet

[CJ CERAMICS]

which ones your local pete?

[Gazebo]

My wife thinks im sad as i do that with plumbing and tiling, theres only so many times she can listen to 'look at that pipework its not even clipped, or 'did they bend that copper with a hammer? 'jeez my crazy paving is neater than that floor tiling.'

oh my just by typing it i realise how boring it must sound,, especially after the 15th time.


oh well just got the bug i guess ,and i like to see nice installations. Few and far between now though i'm afraid.

[user123]

Join the club, GRR..... to be sad is the new cool..

[brian c]

wouldnt say you were sad,you just have a good eye

[chris.tiling]

wouldnt say you were sad,you just have a good eye

nah...you're sad Liz! just like me!!

[lawrenso]

Ha ha
I do it all the time,
unfortunately not in the ladies loo's though !

Thats fortunate for the women and your police record

unfortunately I don't have to go far to see bad workmanship - only my bathroom (look at my other HELP thread)

Lawrenso

[365drills]

I do this ALL the time and then take photos with my phone camera.

I get weird looks in hotels, bars and gentlemens urinals as I photograph the poor workmanship,


Dodgy wall tiles in a cafe



Worst tiling ever. Picture shows an old fashioned style radiator in a hotel bathroom.

[mikethetile]

do it all the time

theres some brilliant tiling in public buildings in london and the underground

i understand this was done by italian tilers

the tiles beng set on on sand cement and apparantly spaced with spaghetti

[Gazebo]

I do this ALL the time and then take photos with my phone camera.

I get weird looks in hotels, bars and gentlemens urinals as I photograph the poor workmanship,


Dodgy wall tiles in a cafe



Worst tiling ever. Picture shows an old fashioned style radiator in a hotel bathroom.

Just needs a lil bit of grout dont ya think.?

[faithhealer]

... I can now confirm that I am addicted to all things tiling..

I was out at a wedding reception at a hotel near Sandbach in Cheshire on Saturday night, and I went into the ladies loos during the evening, and stood looking at the poor workmanship. Edges were not flush with each other when the tiles went around corners, grout lines were not level in several places, tiles not flush with each other....

I think I'm getting sad in my old age....

Good on you, fellow saddo

[doug boardley]

you poor poor girl!

[GirlRacerRed]

you poor poor girl!

tonight, i've been at my mums, taking photo's of her kitchen tiles that are coming away from the walls, and there's several holes where sections have already come down. all fixed with BAL products about 25 years ago (parents still have the buckets the adhesive came in!) and by looking at the plasterboard, I think it may have been PVA'd....

Mum and Dad refuse to have the whole lot taken off though I have pics too, will post asap...

Sad but putting learned knowledge to good use!

[whitebeam]

Well thats your 25 years worth then

[mikethetile]

it was considerd good practice at that time to seal everything with pva

so 25 yrs aint bad going

[andy-p]

Ha ha
I do it all the time,
unfortunately not in the ladies loo's though !

thats not what ive heard leather !!