Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

[Dan]

Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

This is a public thread. So please do NOT include personal information of who's done the job, where it's been done, etc. Only include information related to the workmanship. What's been done wrong, what should have been done, how the repair has gone on, etc.
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[GoneGuy]

Just tiled a kitchen splash back in a 1 year old house built by a popular company.
Well I was looking at the tiled floor and spotted that previous tiler has left spacers in the floor and tried grouting over them??
Must have been on price work

 

[Tile Shop]

Just tiled a kitchen splash back in a 1 year old house built by a popular company.
Well I was looking at the tiled floor and spotted that previous tiler has left spacers in the floor and tried grouting over them??
Must have been on price work

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de spacer say "peek'a'boo"

 

[GoneGuy]

de spacer say "peek'a'boo"

First I thought it was a bit of rubbish then as I looked there was 4-5 of them and that was just in the kitchen area, not including some chipped tiles and my pet hate cutting around door frames ( couldn't sneak any more photos )

 

[Time's Ran Out]

When I saw the brick slips I thought WTF! Then yesterday they painted them so perhaps that's the look they were after.
So I looked at 2 of the 3 bathrooms they've had done and again WTF!
Now this is 2 streets away from the Thames in a £2-3 million semi detached property under refurbishment.
What is our industry coming to!

 

[WetSaw]

Maybe when they've painted over the tiling it won't look so bad as well....

 

[Blunt Tool]

That's bad! I'll never understand the way customers pay thousands for tiles then get the cheapest installer to do it! It's like buying a brand new car and getting Jack from down the road who repaired your mower few years back to maintain it.

 

[WetSaw]

When I first looked at this I thought it was OK...until I noticed the right hand wall.
Nobody on site own a level?

 

[Italy]

stop stop

 

[demi34]

You get for what you pay. The job probably it is done by the builder cheap and .

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You get for what you pay. The job probably it is done by the builder cheap and .

Down here nothing is cheap that's why the client brought his own trusted tradesmen in from Nottingham. Trusted in what? Because it isn't in the building trade that's for sure.
A further point of interest is the back kitchen it's been in over a week and a guy came down from Nottingham to fix a few extra units so it could be templated for Corian!! I'll show the 'kitchen' as it stands today. No roof, no floor, no f...ing clue!

 

[Dumbo]

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Down here nothing is cheap that's why the client brought his own trusted tradesmen in from Nottingham. Trusted in what? Because it isn't in the building trade that's for sure.
A further point of interest is the back kitchen it's been in over a week and a guy came down from Nottingham to fix a few extra units so it could be templated for Corian!! I'll show the 'kitchen' as it stands today. No roof, no floor, no f...ing clue!

Is that a seamless glass roof they got .

 

[WetSaw]

Interesting technique...

Apparently it was "the worst floor they've ever seen"... Umm, why not sort the floor first?

 

[Tile Shop]

Expertly fitted wood effect tiles.

 

[Qwerty]

 

[Andy Allen]

Got bigger lips than mick jagger..

 

[Italy]

puff,
a little sandpaper and
the problem is solved

 

[Qwerty]

Sandpaper!....... @Andystiletiling

 

[Italy]

Sandpaper!....... @Andystiletiling

the specialist

 

[WetSaw]

It has that authentic floorboard look about it.

 

[Mackas20]

Hi everyone ! I just paid nearly £1800 for a bathroom retiled floor to ceiling and I've been ripped off ! Just issued a court application cause the person..has refused to return. Although actually that's a good thing cause she's bodged our home up ! Any views ? I'd especially be greatful from any professional tilers for their opinions ? Thank you Oh we paid for tiling to the ceiling and got left with 15mm gaps which have some brown silicone in them...

 

[WetSaw]

Doesn't look the best. Poor setting out has resulted in that gap to the ceiling.

 

[Mackas20]

Yes that's what we have been told. These photos are only a few of many !

 

[GoneGuy]

Bad setting out, terrible cuts on the trim, no silicone on internal corner by the shower?

 

[Blunt Tool]

Is she a professional tiler? Was she recommended or was she the cheapest?

 

[Bond]

Not the best, **** poor to be honest.

 

[Rookery]

Looks very poor but without knowing the scope of the works, we don't know how much of the budget was left for tiling.

 

[Bond]

Looks very poor but without knowing the scope of the works, we don't know how much of the budget was left for tiling.

Sure , time and money constraints,can be a *****.

 

[Qwerty]

And what were the tiles? Some tiles are so sizey which doesn't help. On the whole it looks far from acceptable

 

[demi34]

Very poor and not to good standard. rubbish rubbish kaka

 

[Mackas20]

Is she a professional tiler? Was she recommended or was she the cheapest?

She has her own business and quoted on her own website she states she is an expert tiler ! Unfortunately reccomended to us via her partner.. not helpful. I've paid nearly £1800 , retained £500 but aiming to get the price of getting a retiled done from court. It looks awful in some places.