Help!: very unlevel ply floor

[rcjtiling]

i have a job to do tomorrow on a bathroom floor , its had 12mm ply screwed down and primed , sorted but it not that level and up and down in parts , the builder who im doing the job for wants it proper level but it means packing it out up to 2inch as it hits the centre point of the room , i did say to the builder it wants sorting proplerly but he is having none of it , is packing it out that much to much ? as i normaly do all the prep myself and never have this problem , tiles are 600 by 300 porcelin , cheers

[kilty55]

no adhesive will go to 2 inches rc ,as you advise it needs sorting

personally i wouldnt do it unless its prepped it will only come back on one person...you

[Brian the Tile]

if thats the case your builder is having a laugh, if i was you i woul tell him you are not prepared to do the job
under them circumstances you know it cant be right to even attemt it if he wont make it right i would walk im afraid

[Bri]

How big is the area to be tiled? 50mm is a massive amount to gain, not something that can be fixed with addy, needs to be prepped properly.

[garythetiler]

you need to put your foot down and tell the builder that you will not tile the job unless the wood floor is within tolerance why should you spend the time and money sorting his problem out

[whitebeam]

As Bri how many m2 is there.

[jindru]

it appears the builder is wanting the tiler to fix some disatrous joinery work. no one should leave a floor 50mm out of level.if not fixed i agree with kilty walk away.

[Daz]

I'm not sure that I put that much fall in a wetroom. Good luck with that .
I'd tell him to get the floor sorted first or charge him for you to do it properly.

Good luck,

Daz

[rcjtiling]

im going to have to tell him to sort it out but i recon or just waik

[rcjtiling]

6 metre , its an old terrace house the floor dips in the middle then raises up again but other areas of the floor bulging up slightly so i got take the level from the high point and run it straight across the hole floor to get it level .

[rcjtiling]

6m the builder says he has problems keeping hold of a regular tiler , sounds like stress

[Daz]

6m the builder says he has problems keeping hold of a regular tiler , sounds like stress

I'm not surprised that he has problems keeping a regular tiler if his prep work is always that bad! There's no way I'd want to work for him

[whitebeam]

Thats alot of deviation for a 6m floor.

[rcjtiling]

lol thats what i was thinking

[rcjtiling]

6 m bri

[charlie1]

Remove ply then find out what is causing such a deviance! Its the only way you will be able to do the job and not loose sleep over it! If builder not prepaired to pay you to do this then walk, your not a charity!

[TTT]

Builders think you can tile to anything you know the phrase ah a good tiler will get over that! Sounds like joists needs sorting which means old floor up.

[rcjtiling]

I recon your right TTT they can get some one else to do it if they can , they othered me more work afterwards and if its all like that then thats stress , im moving on , cheers