Taking workman to court

**disgruntled** · 03-01-2012

Hi

We have had some problems with the quality of work undertaken for us by a tiler and want to know what is the best process to take him to court to recover the costs of getting the job done properly, unfortunately he has already been paid. Is there a professional association we can use to get an independant report for use in court - we have a new tiler lined up to do the work again but clearly any report he writes could be seen as biased.

Thanks.

**jay** · 03-01-2012

any pics of the work in question

**Stewart** · 03-01-2012

First off, you need to give the original tiler a chance to correct any problems you may have.....

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**Sir Ramic** · 03-01-2012

Yes you could try the TTA For tiles, tilers, tiling and the tiles industry: The Tile Association
But be prepared for a high cost.

**disgruntled** · 03-01-2012

I have pics but dont want to post here. The workmen have been in to "sort it out" and have failed.

I'll look at the TTA, thanks

**Sir Ramic** · 03-01-2012

Without knowing what the issues are, we cant really assist. You could try an indepenant tiler but whether it would add any weight to your argument would remain to be seen in law.

**andy allen** · 03-01-2012

why did you pay them, if you were not happy with the tiling?

**pjc** · 03-01-2012

went to court as a expert witness last year without seeing the original job but because it was unsafe it wasent a problem he won hands down not sure he got his money back