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  1. James C

    ADVICE PLEASE! - First time tiling - Installing split face tiles in my bedroom

    Cut them around the skirting profile with a dremel. Worth the effort!
  2. James C

    ADVICE PLEASE! - First time tiling - Installing split face tiles in my bedroom

    @Ben-gee @Harrybowling Thank you for your quick responses The job i'm trying to match up with is from 2 years ago where the advice on here was to ensure the tiler overboarded due to the weight of these tiles per sq/m (nearly 40kg when adhesives factored in) @Harrybowling Thank you for the idea...
  3. James C

    ADVICE PLEASE! - First time tiling - Installing split face tiles in my bedroom

    Hi all, I'm struggling to get a tiler in my area since lockdown so I have taken the bold decision to go alone as I need to get the project finished in the next month! I think I am prepared to start but I have some areas I'm not so clear on... I will be starting by mechanically fixing 4mm...
    • James C
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    • advice canada marmox backerboard natural stone please skirting split face tile tiles tiling time
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  4. James C

    South East Bedroom wall tiled area - Southampton / Hampshire (SO30)

    Hello After having lots of help and advice on our last tiling project, we are getting to the tiling stage on our bedroom project. We are looking for a tiler who can install split face tiles on areas of our bedroom wall to match the previous project (photos attached below). The areas will need...
  5. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    Clearly not everyone works this way, but it sure does save on a lot of hassle and clients are never surprised. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, we will be insisting on written quotes in future
  6. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    Nope, we bought them in the week and they were on site on Saturday morning
  7. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    For work we quote far higher day rates on our trades, but we QUOTE! Our clients can decline our quotes and go elsewhere. Had this tiler quoted as he intended to invoice, I would have not accepted and we would have found another!
  8. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    We have had a lengthy email conversation since he invoiced where we discuss the quote being £420 and he did not communicate anything to the contrary, so i have that to prove the situation I guess
  9. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    I have no problem with everyone’s opinions on this, but I’m sure if you needed to add a hefty chunk onto the verbal quote before work commenced, you would make sure you communicated this? If he had confirmed the quote as he was going to invoice we would not have had the work done by him!
  10. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    As I said, we told him what we wanted (over boarding), he then verbally quoted. The absence of a written quote is the issue here as we were clear what we wanted. He tried talking us out of the boards as a “waste of money” but we insisted, and spent the money buying boards and fixings
  11. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    No we originally told him we wanted the boards on the wall too. He then quoted for the job to be completed, and then spent the week trying to convince us we did not need the boards
  12. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    This may be the only route I have left to take, I don’t want to be that guy but clearly he is doing cash work on the weekends that never makes it to HMRC, and I had no problem paying the original quote regardless of whether it was on the books or not
  13. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    Yeah, because I insisted the weight of the tiles needed overboarding, painted plasterboard can’t take 38kg per sq metre + adhesive. There’s a whole thread on that as well!
  14. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    It’s just unpleasant to have to be this way. I do a job where we quote for complicated trades on technical projects, and we quote for everything in an email and get agreement before we book anything in. We always state on the quote that additional labour will be x per hour and materials are an...
  15. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    Everything was in place to be done in one day, it certainly wasn’t our choice for him to come back on the Sunday, would have been far easier to get it all done on the Saturday! The only material was adhesive for 5sq metres of boards and tiles
  16. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    He is threatening “litigation” if I don’t pay him. I’m more than happy to pay the quoted amount. If he doesn’t have a legal standpoint to “send it to litigation” then I will stand firm and continue extending my offer to pay him what he quoted. He also stated in his last email that the quote...
  17. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    Without having it in front of me, it was close to £800! It was 4 hours on a Saturday and 4 hours on a Sunday... My point was more of a quote is verbal and agreed verbally, surely you can’t just add on another £300 and invoice?
  18. James C

    BAL Advice needed - tiler almost doubled verbal quote on invoice, never quoted in writing

    hi all, I’ve had some stellar advice from these forums in getting some split face stone tiles installed on my walls safely and correctly, and based on the advice I insisted they were installed on marmox boards rather than the existing plasterboard. I supplied the boards, the washers, the...
    • James C
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    • adhesive advice bal bal adhesive building adhesives find a tiler grout needed quote tiler tilers directory
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    • Forum: Adhesive and Grout
  19. James C

    Split Face Stone tiles - best sealer to use? and when to seal?

    Thank you for the idea! We are painting white, would you recommend painting the room first before caulking the gap?
  20. James C

    Split Face Stone tiles - best sealer to use? and when to seal?

    Hi again everyone, final question on this project I think... the tiler left an expansion gap either side of the tiled area, is it okay to caulk the gap before painting the adjacent wall or do I need to leave the gap?
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