Pictures: another one for the rogues gallery???

[CJ CERAMICS]

got a phone call on sunday from a elderley gentleman asking if i could finish tiling his downstairs toilet as he had not seen his tiler since before easter??. went to look at it on tues afternoon. IMG051.jpg

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this guy has charged £700.00 to tile 16sqm ceramic tiles and 3 sqm floor
which needed overboarding....3mm ply from b & q nailed down. And the customer had to pay for the materials. the list of problems is so long that i have not got time to list all of them but the general points are:
the whole of the room is covered in grout as you may see on some pictures no attempt has been made to clean them. grout joints ranging from 5mm to 0mm. Not one tile is level with the next. and the list goes on.
spent yesterday cleazning off the grout to find that he had used the adhesive as grout (the grout was still in garage) polished tiles to make them look as good as poss. reboarded the floor and went to the garage to get the tiles.....not there seems he decided to take them with him.
had 4sqm of floor tiles at home from a previous job so went home and got them,showed them to them and explained that they could have them foc as they were just in my garage.
customer was happy to have them fitted.

going back today to paint there ceiling which he said he would do as john the gent who phoned has parkinsons and nadine his wife is registered as blind and has arthritis.........AND YES HE HAS ALREADY HAD THE MONEY.
oh and he also removed the radiator and sink which were in the garage.
so a friend of mine who is a plumber said he will call on sat and refit them for them F.O.C. I am going back in a week or so as soon as i have 2 free days to remove the (grout) and replace it.
sorry for the length of this post.
chris

[GirlRacerRed]

that so called tiler is giving this industry a very bad reputation

very nice of you Chris to go and put it all right. It is disgusting the amount of honest and trusting people (and elderly people) who seem to be getting ripped off at the moment.

[jimbob]

How can people do that to elderly people, especially when they have disabilities??

[albyshellshear]

Good on you Chris people like this so called tiler who exploit the elderly or infirm should be jailed find his trading name and name and shame the cowboy

[jay]

nice one chris

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

oh god!!

[suave]

shocking!shocking! shocking!

[mikethetile]

well done chris

[doug boardley]

I don't think your customer has seen a tiler at all!! (until you turned up anyway Chris)

[mikebidd]

Really good off you to do what ur doing for the couple mate. Seems abit wrong to me the bloke who did this gets to walk away scott free. Did the couple mention where they found the bloke?.

[united]

That is Shocking

Good on you for helping sort it out mate

[NewbieMike]

To be honest,

I've not even done a tiling course as of yet and i honestly think i could show that guy up LOL

Scumbag!!!

[Musivarius]

That's so good that you're sorting it out for the gent good on you for taking the time out.

[buddha1964]

That is bloody disgraceful, the trouble is he has more than likley moved on to another victim...

But at least there is decent people in this world too, well done to you and the plumber for sorting it

[garretridge]

another good deed done by someone from the forum well done chris!

[Tecnik2000]

Blatantly never tiled in his life..Probably never did anything else either with tools. I commend your actions, wish I could help some how .....

[Sir Ramic]

Well done Chris...i really wish we could humiliate this cowboy and shame the life out of him.

[CJ CERAMICS]

hi guys thanks for the replies my part of the job is done now managed to tidy up the dodgy work as best as poss. would like to have been able to rip it out and redo it but having not had any work in for 3 weeks myself this sadly was not an option but i must say that it looks alot better now...also thier daughter turned up just as i was finishing up and insisted that i take £50.00 as a thank you. sadley they would not give me the name or number of the (tiler) as they were afraid of comebacks..which i suppose is fair as i dont want to create more problems for them.
chris
chris

[hillhead]

Good on you Chris,
one good turn deserves another so i hope your phone gets busy

[Dave]

Chris,, you are a true Gent.... How this other guy could do that to them is beyond me..

[365drills]

Nice hole...

[jamie B]

what goes around comes around so they say..good for you mate, doesn't hurt to help people out when you can as for the other guy, he'll have no luck if there's any justice

[david campbell]

horrific

the guy should be this is tantamount to stealing from the elderly and disabled

well done mate for providing the tiles and helping someoneone in need out

[lcjohno]

good on you pal, that story is shocking!

[Phil Hobson]

Nice one Chris, imo you sum up the good people on this forum, decent/ honest/ professional. Unfortunately these rogues seem to thrive

[whitebeam]

It's good to hear what your doing Chris and the plumber

[Nkayjay]

Nice one Chris, at least you will have restored some of their faith in the trade. Shocking story.
Nathan

[diamondtiling]

I must have missed this thread, what a piece of scum that guy is, ripping people off like that.

Well done to you Chris, as has been said earlier, "whats goes around, comes around"
Your good deed will repay you many times over mate.
Your a credit to the industry.

[Scott]

I must have missed this thread, what a piece of scum that guy is, ripping people off like that.

Well done to you Chris, as has been said earlier, "whats goes around, comes around"
Your good deed will repay you many times over mate.
Your a credit to the industry.

I missed it too, well done mate
It feels good to help out when you can

[Ken Bruty]

Missed it as well, top man CJ, 1 up for the pro's