Opinions/advice please - Tile Advice

[Macmad]

Hi everyone

Looking for some professional opinions. We are disappointed with our wet room tiling. We would appreciate opinions - is this standard of finish ok? Are we unrealistic to expect better? We were particularly keen to ensure a high standard of finish and our opinion is there are problems with tiles not sharply cut i.e. chipped edges and differing gaps. Plus we don't understand why the grout on the diagonals looks whiteish rather than the darker grey we had anticipated!

 

[Bill]

The cuts are shoddy and should be chip free - there are a number of ways to achieve this from a professional tilers view.

The grout colour difference is usually caused by; wrong mixing, too much water when cleaning off, tile adhesive bleed through or poor quality grout.

I would halt proceedings before the walls are started.

 

[Flintstone]

Bad cuts, And bad grouting. Too much water during Washing off usually. Not to speculate but I wonder what his fixing methods are like ?

 

[Macmad]

Thank you both for your prompt advices. Very reassuring to get some independent opinions. Much appreciated!

 

[Old Mod]

You’d be within your rights to reject it.
Grout appears to be suffering efflorescence, it occurs when too much moisture is present. As it dries so slowly, mineral salts are drawn up through the grout and deposits are left behind.
Or possibly very poorly prepared.
The cut edges are well below standard.
All of these edges are cut, no factory edges at all.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

As all of the above!

 

[Macmad]

Thank you 3_fall. I can see a massive difference in the quality - your pic is what we were expecting our job to look like. Thank you all for your advices. Our tiler has been very respectful and is pulling up the wet room area as we speak and then has decided not to continue the job as he is unable to get a better cut - he wonder if the tiles themselves may not be ideal? These tiles are the Regal Ash Matt from Topps tiles - does anyone agree with this opinion regarding this range of tiles?

 

[Old Mod]

To be brutally honest, when it comes to porcelain, no matter how hard the material, even if it chips with the best blade, you can make it look presentable.
Obviously some are much more difficult than others.
If they’re actually defective, the normal signs are that it won’t cut in a straight line, it’ll veer off line, wet cut or dry cut.
If it’s just ragged edges, there’s ways of tidying it up.

 

[Macmad]

Thank you everyone for your responses. This really helped us today. We're now sorted with a new tiler, a bit of a delay to the end date of our project (!) but worth it to get the desired finish. Much appreciated.

 

[GoneGuy]

Glad to hear you’ve sorted it out