Just had my kitchen tiled with mosaics - Tile Advice

[On one]

Too many things going wrong,for it to be repaired.
I like the idea of being able to remove the tiles and reuse them,but by the time you try and carefully remove the tiles from the walls,soaked the adhesive off,etc,etc......they will be rendered virtually useless by being separated from the mesh backing.

 

[Tirccir]

@Adey1980 Adey* sorry autocorrect.

@timeless john - there's about 30 300mm x 300mm tiles used here. Thankfully I have 12 left over. I'll save some if I can but I would understand why @Localtiler wouldn't want to use reclaimed. I also haven't paid the guy yet as it was only done on Friday.

@Waluigi I hadn't thought that far but it's a fair comment. No idea. I guess on the bright side is if he hasn't prepared the walls very well, the tiles will be easier to remove? I also like your suggestion of no trim down the reveals, though the trim along the top I'd be interested to see how that would look. Neither were suggested to me.

@jcrtiling what do you mean by abutments?

Overall, thanks for all the feedback people. Unfortunately, I have spoken to him since and he doesn't think he's done a bad job.

Any suggestions on how I should tackle removing them all? What should I do if I end up removing plaster? Is this something I should do to aid the next tiler or would it be better if they did it? Always happy to pitch in and can't imagine it's something anyone would want to do.

 

[Dumbo]

Abutment . Where one surface connects with another also internal angles should be siliconed . As I said earlier I wouldn't use trims and by that I wouldn't use them anywhere on this job .

 

[Boggs]

He’s made a lovely job of that hasn’t he.

 

[Jacko]

I believe you should always give the person a chance to correct their mistake *cough* mistakes.
Plus he's already done work for you at a good enough standard to have you call him back.

And not paying him is a bit tight. You could have mentioned his 'bad job' craftmanship while he was working or before he left your property.

 

[Tirccir]

Don't suppose you fancy a trip up north do you jcr?

 

[Dumbo]

I get a nose bleed past Northampton.

 

[Tirccir]

@Jacko unfortunately I was working so I wasn't there to see the end result. Additionally, he was the one to say not to pay him. If he doesn't see it a bad job, and not willing to redo the work, how is he meant to rectify the mistakes to a good standard which other professionals here seem to acknowledge as acceptable?

I don't think he has much experience with mosaics, hence the mistakes. He then took on the job knowing he had little practice and tried to get it all done in one day. I also told him I didn't mind it taking longer at extra cost if it needed it. So it would be a mistake to get him to redo the work.

 

[Jacko]

Ah right.
Fair enough, if he don't want your money, use it to buy enough beer and drink till the tiling looks the dogs ********.