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[mattconway1984]

To me it looks like !what happens all too often , a plumber has also been involved in the new bathroom , as capped pipes in picture , it's very easy for criticism, but we don't know budgets etc etc !! Is a builder involved , it's not right that walls are wrong , but who was responsible for preparation??

Doesn't detract from the fact that whoever tiled it didn't do a good job. If the plumber left capped pipes to tile around then that's fine and in ideal world, just what you want..... The tiler should have checked the room for plumb before doing anything, in this case as the walls are waaaay off plumb he should have let the client know before just going ahead and starting the job...... I mean, that's what is meant by professionalism.

 

[Kevbos]

Doesn't detract from the fact that whoever tiled it didn't do a good job. If the plumber left capped pipes to tile around then that's fine and in ideal world, just what you want..... The tiler should have checked the room for plumb before doing anything, in this case as the walls are waaaay off plumb he should have let the client know before just going ahead and starting the job...... I mean, that's what is meant by professionalism.

A professional plumber would have also brought this up as usually its there job as s whole

 

[Kevbos]

A professional plumber would have also brought this up as usually its there job as s whole

And what I mean is , do we know if there is a builder , or plumber etc who's job it is ? Do we know the circumstances of the tiler doing the job , because if it is someone else's job , the tiler may have been told to just tile it , ideal world situations are great if they work , but if you book in 2 or 3 days to do a job !turn up , walls are not great ,then told to do best you can ! Which does happen , a situation arises , you go home have 3 days off , or raise problem with the builder or plumber etc , if they are not willing to rectify walls , what do you do ?? Go to customer who essentially not your customer and raise issue !! Lose all future work with builder plumber or do as you are told ?? Unfortunately there are to many poor trades out there

 

[Kevbos]

A professional plumber would have also brought this up as usually its there job as s whole

Essentially it's a bad job !! But we don't know all circumstances , and I was just lucky to mostly work alongside great plumbers and builders , who also knew I would not tile over poor preparation!!