Grout lines misaligned between rooms
7 years ago
We are tiling the kitchen bathroom and hallway with the same tiles and i have come back to find that the tiler has not aligned the grout lines in the kitchen with the grout lines in the hall. Does this constitute negligence on his part? We did not explicitly instruct him to align the grout lines but I would have thought it wous have been obvious?
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Comments (13)I wouldn't bother as I would imagine a lot of it will be covered up by the loo etc. However i do sympathise, we (I say we, I hid upstairs and the OH did the deed) had a very awkward conversation and a very mardy and petulant tiler once, when we had our downstairs cloak room done. In a room which was under 1 m wide he had laid the floor tiles which were 40 x 40cms in a way that was easier for him because he had less cuts to make (on porcelain tiles), but it meant that there was an off centre grout line down the centre of the room (and loo) when he should have laid a full time down the middle and cut tiles to fit each side. He also didn't have a central grout line or full tile at the door threshold either. We made him do it again, under much protest and mumbling on his part. But we needed it done quickly for a planned house warming party we were having, so we just carried on with him. I bitterly regret allowing him to carry on and despite my constant desire to get them redone every time I go in there, we've not yet managed to find a combination of the money, the time or the right person to re-do it. Incidentally, the whole downstairs cloakroom project taught me a valuable lesson, which I've always remembered and seems to hold true every time. There's usually a good reason why a trades person is available at short notice for a project, for a relatively comparatively cheap price..........it's usually because they're not very good....See MoreLaying wood look porcelain tiles
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PRO7 years ago- 7 years agoThe first thing is can these tiles come up and be re relaid? Will taking them up damage them and if so who pays?
The second thing is why weren’t the floors leveled? The lower floor could have been screeded or overboarded for very little money to even out a small difference.
The third thing is sometimes when you don’t pay much for a tradesman you don’t get much forethought - they probably started at the other side of the room and the issue was only noticed when they got to the hall end. The lesson here is always state the obvious and leave strict instructions.
If you decide not to take these tiles up and start again I would take up a few tiles and add a wide wood threshold to the doorway (have one made that is the depth of your wall or wider) so that the floor levels can be evened out over a few inches, the slope down is gradual and the two areas of pattern are pushed apart so that their unevenness is less obvious.
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