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    I ripped up all the tiles in my bathroon today to find out the shoddy builders grip filled all the floor tiles and the splash back!!!!

    I can't beleive it, it was something like off of rouge traders.

    Last year all my oak flooring popped up because the didn't leave any spacers!!

    I found out last week they went up the wall. Suprise suprise!!

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    How did you allow that to happen? Did you check previous work and speak with customers that they had worked for? Did you take the cheapest price? There is no way that would happen to me because I would watch them like a hawk.
    Why did you have builders tiling if you are a tiler?
    I dont get it.........

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    Default Re: Shoddy builders!!

    thats not the first and wont be the last

    im surprised they didnt crack underfoot

    were they down on wood
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    Gripfill, thats different
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    Default Re: Shoddy builders!!

    Quote Originally Posted by diamondtiling View Post
    How did you allow that to happen? Did you check previous work and speak with customers that they had worked for? Did you take the cheapest price? There is no way that would happen to me because I would watch them like a hawk.
    Why did you have builders tiling if you are a tiler?
    I dont get it.........

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    Quote Originally Posted by whitebeam View Post
    Gripfill, thats different
    i sawquite bit of it when doing housing association repairs around your neck of the woods whitebeam

    im sure it was done by the firm i worked for but no one would ever admit it to me
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    Default Re: Shoddy builders!!

    Quote Originally Posted by diamondtiling View Post
    How did you allow that to happen? Did you check previous work and speak with customers that they had worked for? Did you take the cheapest price? There is no way that would happen to me because I would watch them like a hawk.
    Why did you have builders tiling if you are a tiler?
    I dont get it.........
    I am a new tiler, thats why I'm doing it myself now.

    I had a lot of work done from them and had trouble all the way through. This was the last job, They finished it when I was at work.

    The grout was always cracking. Yeah they were cheap, but not in the long run.

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    Must be the same ones that was doing the dot and dab method
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    Default Re: Shoddy builders!!

    gripfill ,thats gotta be harder than doing it with addy

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    stevee

    how are you mate?? we all heard about your little trip to the hospital? hows things

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    not bad thanks mucker ,off to kings college tommorow for more needles hopfully

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    dot and dab

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    Default Re: Shoddy builders!!

    why would someone dot & dab gripfill considering the price of a tub of addy for the splashback

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    I think they was just rushing to get off the job, use anything they had in the van.

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    Default Re: Shoddy builders!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kent-tiler View Post
    I ripped up all the tiles in my bathroon today to find out the shoddy builders grip filled all the floor tiles and the splash back!!!!

    I can't beleive it, it was something like off of rouge traders.

    Last year all my oak flooring popped up because the didn't leave any spacers!!

    I found out last week they went up the wall. Suprise suprise!!

    Welcome to the world of a Tiler..... you will see worst yet as time and jobs progress.

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