It was his first day today. I found him on mybuilder. He wasn't the cheapest quote and I chose him because he says he's a professional tiler. It's a bathroom which we're fully tiling with white travertine tiles 30 x 45 x 12. The things I'm worried about / unhappy about are:
1. the first thing he did was put Mapei Primer G all over the tile backer board. I didn't think tile backer board needed primer.
2. he has used Dunlop Set Fast Plus Flexible Tile Adhesive which is grey and doesn't say it's for use with large format natural stone.
3. he has used a 2mm gap for the grout and I thought it was supposed to be at least 3mm for large format natural stone.
4. I can see voids in the adhesive behind the tiles.
5. He has laid out the tiles so that there are narrow strips down one side of the wall (whole / half tile at the other end) and hasn't continued the layout around the corners.
6. His cuts are all rough, uneven and messy. He said something about not having filled the tank for his saw half way through the day. Not sure if that's connected.
7. He has broken loads of tiles. The whole job on area would use 95 tiles. I ordered 10% extra - 105. He has asked for us to buy another 14. Counting up it seems to me he only needs 6.
8. He cut one tile around the shower tray wrong and has fixed it by putting a slither of tile in there!
What should I do? He is coming back tomorrow. I think he's doing a bad job. Am I right? How can these things be fixed? Should I even let him carry on?
I'll try to post some photos.
1. the first thing he did was put Mapei Primer G all over the tile backer board. I didn't think tile backer board needed primer.
2. he has used Dunlop Set Fast Plus Flexible Tile Adhesive which is grey and doesn't say it's for use with large format natural stone.
3. he has used a 2mm gap for the grout and I thought it was supposed to be at least 3mm for large format natural stone.
4. I can see voids in the adhesive behind the tiles.
5. He has laid out the tiles so that there are narrow strips down one side of the wall (whole / half tile at the other end) and hasn't continued the layout around the corners.
6. His cuts are all rough, uneven and messy. He said something about not having filled the tank for his saw half way through the day. Not sure if that's connected.
7. He has broken loads of tiles. The whole job on area would use 95 tiles. I ordered 10% extra - 105. He has asked for us to buy another 14. Counting up it seems to me he only needs 6.
8. He cut one tile around the shower tray wrong and has fixed it by putting a slither of tile in there!
What should I do? He is coming back tomorrow. I think he's doing a bad job. Am I right? How can these things be fixed? Should I even let him carry on?
I'll try to post some photos.