Builders from hell. - Tile Advice

[Dave]

Thought I would start a thread on builders who prep jobs etc and then expect them to be tiled..

Tell us your experiences on what you have been expected to tile over the yrs..


P.s .. Don't mention names ..

 

[Qwerty]

A common theme I nearly always come across is when builders skim or put a rough scratch coat on lovely fresh flat new plasterboard then expect me to fix stone to it

Or when builders claim to have screeded when in flat there are fewer peaks and valleys in the Lake District!

 

[Dave]

Or when they say , The floor if flat and ready to tile ...

 

[Old Mod]

.....or when the walls are perfect!......

 

[peteablard]

.....or when the walls are perfect!......

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That's identical to the job I'm on at the moment!

 

[Dave]

.....or when the walls are perfect!......

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That's a cracker lol lol...

 

[SUPERTILER]

What about dodgy companies???? Not people!! I think there could be a nice discussion in that point...

 

[AD Ceramics]

My face was a picture.....I've done loads like that floor, screeders these days aren't worth a shabba ranks.

 

[Old Mod]

Perhaps we should award this to the best fix! Haha

 

[AliGage]

Ooo I get loads of these. I'll be back onto a project Im working on next week so will get a picture. But one of the rooms I put my 6' level against the wall in the shower area. The level touches flat against approximately 8" of wall at the bottom. It then kicks away to 2" away from the wall at the top.
I've got 12mm 600x300 marble to fix to that!

 

[Simon benn Leeds]

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2 and half hour drive for this!...

 

[AD Ceramics]

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2 and half hour drive for this!...

OMG!!!!!!

 

[White Room]

You ain't got a hope in hell...

 

[Simon benn Leeds]

No perfect but it's not gonna be plastering with rapid set flex.... Oh and the boxin was and after thought errrggghhh