Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 27, 2011 3:57 pm Hi Guys; Just after an opinion. We're building with Clarendon. We've asked for our bathroom to be tiled floor to ceiling. Clarendon have installed the vanities & then tiled around them - is this normal? Would love your advice. Should I ask them to re-do? Or are these the type of things they can do to save money? Is this compliant? regards RjG Re: Building a new house - bathroom tiling question 2Nov 27, 2011 4:29 pm Thats normal, I have never known of a builder to tile behind a vanity so that,s all they would have priced for The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Building a new house - bathroom tiling question 3Nov 27, 2011 5:12 pm rjg, I have one of each....the ensuite vanity has tiles behind it and the main bathroom vanity doesn't, it only has the splashback tiled!! Reason...well your guess is as good as mine as neither the builder or tiler could answer my question and were amazed I would ask!! Yeah I know.....doesn't help much does it? Sorry, but I still don't know the answer either. Re: Building a new house - bathroom tiling question 5Nov 27, 2011 6:23 pm what surprises me is they dont even offer the option... my kitchen quote/plan says tile first, yet builder is still tiling around. i'd have been happy to pay extra, but the kitchen is in so too late now. Re: Building a new house - bathroom tiling question 6Nov 27, 2011 9:18 pm Mine tiled around, I'm not sure I'd see the value in tiles I can't see! my new build thread- Ben Trager https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89826 my switch build thread (2011) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36569 Re: Building a new house - bathroom tiling question 7Nov 27, 2011 9:39 pm The value is down the track if you make a change to the kitchen and reduce the size of something then there are no tile. Same as behind a vanity, if there are no tiles and you reduce the size for some reason you'll have sections with no tiles Re: Building a new house - bathroom tiling question 9Nov 29, 2011 3:14 pm Called my CSC and they pretty much said that this is what all builders do.. I pretty muhc said that I guess that's how they save money - she kinda agreed. They do it through-out the build. Hi everyone, Have just put a shower in the laundry and after only using it 2-3 times have noticed staining on the grout. The tiles were glued onto a concrete wall after… 0 3762 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 3978 Hi, I'm clearing the tiles from our horrid 50 year old bathroom and preparing to lay new ones. Bugger of a job getting the old… 0 6073 |