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Hitch
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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: Dodgy tiling |
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I declined to tile the inlaws bathroom for them, i had far to much on, plus im not keen on it anyway.
They have had a friend of theirs do it intead. Hes a builder 
Making a real nice job of it so far!!! 
IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e302/Hitachimad/06-12-07_1603.jpg[/IMG]
Looks like hes started to tile around the cistern, then realised he couldnt finish it like that beceause the lid wouldnt come off 
Theres a few other bits i couldnt capture on camera, such as in the window reveals, intead of removing the bullnose upvc trim around the window, then tiling, and refitting the trim, hes cut the tiles upto it, and filled the gap on the radius of the trim with silicone!
And of course, the unevenness of the gaps and tile surfaces that you can imagine!
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panlid
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i love the term builder.
a builder is generally a tradesman.
alot are brickys and they should really know their limits.
they tend to come up with sh*t like this |
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Hitch
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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DOhhh
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Hitch
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ultimatehandyman
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Oh Dear, looks like he was drunk at the time as well
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Hitch
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Funny you should say that Chez
I know the bloke reasonably well, and your probably right
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Only-Me
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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A lot of so called builders think its easy 
Or there just tight arse's, and won't pay a tiler |
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Telmay
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| Should be shot for that effort, seen DIY jobs that are much better. |
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Slayer
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Being shot is to good, should be tortured first in a badly executed way, just like his tiling |
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Hoovie
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| Telmay wrote: |
| Should be shot for that effort, seen DIY jobs that are much better. |
I watched one of those Sarah Beany Property ladders - two guys in mansfield I thnink it was - one of them had not clue, each time told his mate that he wuld get a pro in, then do it himself, f*ck it up and get the pro in to undo then REDO the work.
Anyway - he does the Bathroom tiling - mosaics - and not sure of you could do a worse job if you were blind! seruoiusly terrible. Other guy sees it and gets his dad in - A professional tiler for 20 years or something to redo it.
the finished result would make Hitches BILs effort look supreme
What an abortion - so it is isn't just DIY jobs that are sh*t!! (Admittedly the Hitch BIL one is totally off the wall  (or will be soon )
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Hitch
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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Mother and father in-law, nowt to do with BIL
The 'Tiler' i s afriend of FIL's
I do have some other dodgy tiling pics, i posted them on TT a long time ago. Might resurect them for this forum They make the above look good
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Only-Me
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Well.........this is a job that was done by a so called pro tiler...........for an insurance job.
£70 a metre Brazillian slate, onto 25mm chipboard..........with Bal fast flex. (Which is a shite to remove)
Look at the scratches
It was done by a firm of property maintenance bods
I got called to look at it and would'nt touch it until the lot had been ripped up, and the chipboard replaced with 25mm ply. They had boarded the floor when the kitchen was replaced. (Flood damage)
So they then had to cut right up against the units to reboard.
Then pay me to re-tile it.............I did get paid as well........but they did make me wait 3 months  |
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Hitch
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Shocking, did you cut around the units aswell?
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| Hitch wrote: |
| Shocking, did you cut around the units aswell? |
FOOK OFF |
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Hitch
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Im told its finished now.....
Nicely done
And where the tiles meet the roundover skirting board, they sit down to the top of it, then the radius is just filled up with grout 
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