Bad workmanship i was asked to look at!! - Tile Advice

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

call last night from brother-inlaw ,some friends of his were in tears!!we whent to have a look the lady had got the tiler of yell.com no refs,her hubby electrictian had layed thermal boards +UFH the tiler had used unibond white flexi addy comed it out straight over the heating elements and slaped the tiles down lippage!!all over the place he just followed the addy and had not leveled anything the UFH had cost £1000 :yikes: the tiles were £600 what a mess!!!:yikes:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

any pics Dave?

 

[mikethetile]

:yikes::yikes::yikes:

I really feel for people who get caught like this

we are long overdue for a change where so called tradesman have to prove their competance before being allowed to work

 

[doug boardley]

as GRR and Mike, :mad2::mad2:

 

[jay]

we need pics:mad2:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

no guys i never thought to take pics!!:mad2:i was just fed -up that this muppet could spend a day destroing someones dream + materials ,the lady teephoned him while we were there,he said no one could have done a better job and they dont make bendy tiles????????:yikes:he just cant see the point, that if three novices +one pro-tiler can see its a mess, ill keep you posted as to what happens the owner was haveing a meeting this -morn with him :incazzato:

 

[mikethetile]

:lol::lol::lol:

I will have to remember that one

your going to have lippage love as the floors uneven and they dont make bendy tiles

 

[united]

Shocking, why do people take on jobs that they clearly don't understand? I would always get some help or pass the job on if I was at all unsure or If I know I wasn't experienced enough

 

[mikethetile]

problem is mark

these characters have no work and will take a punt at anything that pays

A quick trip to B&Q and they are ready to go

ironicly if they set up as male escorts they could do the same thing as they are doing to their customers and get paid for it

 

[richie b]

just lazy clearly couldnt b bothered to make the effot to do the job right, or didnt know how to, one of the two, they didnt pay him did they

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

no mate!!

 

[richie b]

good, if anything he should pay them for materials tiles etc he has waisted

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

good, if anything he should pay them for materials tiles etc he has waisted

i know because he never used SLC over the UFH the chances of pulling the tiles up without damage to the UFH are O ,so there options are to live with it or sue the tiler for the damage!!!

 

[richie b]

well best of luck getting it sorted, hope it all works out for them

 

[diamondtiling]

I took a floor up some years back Dave, it sounds similar to your mates, ceramic over UFH, no SLC, I managed to get them all up with no damage to the wires, I tested it before laying SLC and tiled over the top. All was fine, the tiles had been down for a couple of days. Its worth a try at this stage to lift them, the UFH can be repaired if needed.
If you meet the 'tiler' give him a slap across the chops with a wet fish from me, dozy incompetent idiot.

rrr: