Help, I think my tiler is doing a bad job. What should I do? - TilersForums.com

[WordBear]

What a nightmare. Thanks everyone. Now to try to find someone to finish and fix things...

 

[GoneGuy]

What a nightmare. Thanks everyone. Now to try to find someone to finish and fix things...

Have a look on here, there’s a thread find a tiler

 

[Dougs Third Go]

crap job, the service holes are amateur at the very best, as regards sealing travertine, I'll cut him some slack....I don't seal travertine,,till it's grouted

 

[bsc ceramics]

very bad. white addy only on trav 2 coats of seal 1 before I grout and one after. and stop keep giving him money....

 

[Blunt Tool]

crap job, the service holes are amateur at the very best, as regards sealing travertine, I'll cut him some slack....I don't seal travertine,,till it's grouted

Same as I might want to work, fill, repair or buff up some stone before I apply sealer

 

[WordBear]

Unfortunately the tiler wasn't planning to seal it before or after grouting! Not necessary apparently and he has fitted lots of travertine tiles before...

 

[Simon Dale]

Travertine hole cutting is just about the easiest to do as its soft. My daughter even cuts holes for wall hung WCs where you never see them. Bit lazy of him.

 

[Dumbo]

Travertine hole cutting is just about the easiest to do as its soft. My daughter even cuts holes for wall hung WCs where you never see them. Bit lazy of him.

I reckon with modern drilling technology it's just a easy to drill as to grind

 

[Simon Dale]

To be honest I usually seal travertine after install as its so easy to keep clean. I usually wait 10 days app so its bone dry

 

[Tilergal]

Unfortunately the tiler wasn't planning to seal it before or after grouting! Not necessary apparently and he has fitted lots of travertine tiles before...

Words fail me (clean ones anyway)

 

[Mackas20]

Get him out

 

[One Day]

He's under-skilled and under-priced so he's put himself under-pressure!
That's too cheap for a stone install, even for travertine.

 

[andy-p]

He's under-skilled and under-priced so he's put himself under-pressure!
That's too cheap for a stone install, even for travertine.

Thats how he got the job....

 

[Jamesthetiler]

I would have shown him the door the minute he said he was going back to Romania

 

[Dav3yboi]

Urgh Travertine.. Never been a big fan especially of the cheaper lower grade type.. Always look at the back of the tile to see how much filler it has and this will give you an idea of the Grade (people buy this stuff without checking and go off the price, it's a natural product and the quality of the stone will change making it more brittle etc)
However, that doesn't forgive the fact that this is a bad job.. I do remember starting out I did a Travertine job and underpriced myself and got into a spot of bother.. I called in a mate who had been tiling for 20+ years and he got me out of it.. I explained to the customer what I was doing and they appreciated my honesty and the job ended up costing me ££ to pay my mate...
I treated this as a lesson learned and the money i lost was the cost of the lesson..
People will take these jobs on a whim and then realise they're in too deep sometimes and try to blag their way out of it
Hope you get it sorted..