Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Oct 04, 2011 11:22 am Hi there Numerous tiles in our bathroom have to be replaced & I noticed on last visit, most that have been removed have the plaster smashed in. I'm interested to know if this is quite normal & whether we should expect the plaster to replaced & waterproofed again. The level of care & workmanship in our house build to date, has been less than average. Needless to say, I am worried as the what corners they may cut, just to get the job done. This is all new to us, so any help is appreciated. What should happen when tiles need to be replaced??? Thanks Re: Replacement of tiles - what to expect? 2Oct 04, 2011 3:01 pm You're talking about wall tiles then? If so, any plaster damage after the tile has been removed should be patched before fixing a new tile. They should probably be putting some paint-on waterproofing over the patch too, though it's probably not 100% necessary (waterproofing generally is only done up to hob height or 150mm on the walls). Re: Replacement of tiles - what to expect? 3Oct 06, 2011 12:33 pm Thanks! They are mostly wall tiles & the patch job they have attempted so far is terrible. I'm just concerned about water leakage, as I don't imagine they will be filling the gaps around the new plaster. Arrrggghh, what a mess Re: Replacement of tiles - what to expect? 4Oct 06, 2011 1:17 pm GreenSnake .... The level of care & workmanship in our house build to date, has been less than average.... Welcome to modern day builders, in a word "SLACK" Way back in the 70's when I was actively in the trade and subbing out to a large ceiling firm called 'Wool Bay Lime', we were often told by the boss that a particular house was a display home. That was all that needed to be said for us to give 110% We did extremely good work anyway, but when it was display we went the extra mile to make sure it was top notch. e took pride in our work and wanted our boss to be proud. Now, it's a whole diff ball game. For the most part tradies work is very sub standard. I visited a large display village in Adelaide recently, and just as I entered the hallway of the first house I could see glaring bad work all over the place, which only got worse as I continued through the house. It was appalling. I must have said something to my wife that the salesman there heard, and he asked what the problem was. Well, I told him that it was some of the worst work I had seen. With a puzzled look on his face I took him for a tour through the house and pointed out numerous bad work that should not be acceptable. He seem puzzled that I was picking these things out and then said 'That's NORMAL in all our houses' , I said "If that's the quality of work you perform on your display homes (which should be the BEST example of their work), then I would hate to see what the customer actually gets once they have signed up with you". He then turned around and said "What do your expect?" My answer "Well if I am forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars I expect QUALITY not CRAP" and left it at that. Zero pride anymore, the old traidies around now are a dying breed, once they are gone the new breed is left and that's why I won't build new again. I would rather buy an old home from the 1900's and renovate, be better than the crap being built new. Re: Replacement of tiles - what to expect? 5Oct 06, 2011 7:22 pm eyspy... you are SO RIGHT! It's what we've been saying all along. I went today to see their attempt at fixing the plaster work... appalling!!! We have decided to get our own tiler in to complete the job and totally rip out the bathrooms & start again! Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7231 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 45838 Last year I had a gas leak at my house. 3 days later, I have about 1 sqm of my exposed aggregate paving broken up. I am not sure how to go about getting it repaired… 0 10415 |