Tile Spacing....

whitehot · 5 Mar 2007

I have had my bathroom tiled today and I am a little concerned at the gap between the tiles.Some of the tiles are touching each other (no gap) and the rest have a 1mm gap.The tiles are 4" x 4" and I am worried I will not get the affect I am looking for once they are grouted as there will be very little grout in there.What would you do if it were you? Would you ask him to remove and replace?? Is this possible without damaging the tiles??

Any advice would be most welcome

gcol · 5 Mar 2007

4"x4" tiles should generally have a 2mm grout gap. If the gap is not consistant, stop him before he grouts.

Thermo · 5 Mar 2007

youre paying, so politley point out youre not happy. he may have had an off day or one or two may have slipped.....or he may just be not very good! Either way as gcol says!

whitehot · 5 Mar 2007

Will he be able to remove the tiles without breaking though?

gcol · 5 Mar 2007

The chances of removing your size of tiles in one piece are far greater than if they were larger. It helps if they are newly laid too. If you're not happy, get him to shift em asap.

whitehot · 5 Mar 2007

Thanks gcol, he is coming back tomorrow and I'm going to tell him to take them all off and re-fit them with the correct spacing.

gcol · 5 Mar 2007

Oh to be a fly on the wall in your house tomorrow! Just ask yourself the question, are you sure that he's doing a bad job? Are you sure that the gaps are inconsistent? If you're totally sure then you should be having words, if not, get a second opinion before he turns up. If you're going to ask him to redo the tiles, be very careful how you word it because his natural reaction would be to walk off the job - however, if you've no confidence in his abilities then this might not be a bad thing if he does. Good luck and please come back and let us know how you get on. Hey, why haven't you posted a few photos?
What you need to know though, is that it's not a 5 min job to take off the tiles and clean them up to re-use them - like I say, be careful how you speak to him cause I think he may walk.

whitehot · 5 Mar 2007

Ok here are a few pics

The third pic is a top view and as you can see the two tile are touching leaving around 1mm for grout.[/img]

gcol · 5 Mar 2007

Oh no no no. That's TOTALLY unacceptable. Make him take the lot off and clean up the tiles, then sack him. You NEED another tiler because if he's done that, there's no way he's going to do a proper job under any circumstances. My toddler could do better than that!

jdp-tiling · 6 Mar 2007

my good god

i would have told him to walk after laying 2 tiles.
that is the worst job i hae seen in a long time

as gcol said........SACK HIM.

Thermo · 6 Mar 2007

DO NOT PAY HIM!

andy2306 · 7 Mar 2007

Sack him and do it yourself, get the tile spacers and a tile cutter and you could do it yourself, or i'll come and do it for the same he quoted!!! if your around huddersfield

As long as he cleans the tiles first!!!

andy2306 · 7 Mar 2007

just seen your from cheshire, oh well

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