Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 18Dec 09, 2010 7:35 am Clear sealers Aqua Mix or any other will protect against stains but only if you treat asap as it only water proofs grout as penertrating sealers loose there tension with in 12 months. You can seal it but do not beleive what it says on the bottle we have seen hundreds of floors that had been clear sealed and the customers always say why did I even bother. Craig Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 19Dec 09, 2010 8:12 am Jan Sorry for your problems. It just goes to prove you have to put every thing you want in writing. Assume nothing as if it can go wrong it will. I maded drawings of how I wanted the tiles to go, gave a copy to the colour selection girl and the builder. You need to show that you gave instructions to them, so put it down to expirience and remember " you cant buy expirience but you end up paying for it". Maybe the builder may compensate you with a few freebies, I hope so. Cheers KW........ “It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less” George Bernard Shaw. Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 20Dec 09, 2010 8:37 am How disappointing Sounds like you had a bad consultant but of course, as always, the onus is on us I'm sure your flooring still looks beautiful even if it's not quite the look you were after. Building an Eden Brae Saville 27 http://karry327.blogspot.com/ Building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=44247 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19239 That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17871 As is per usual for many of the past failed RWH regulations, it is probably traceable to a bureaucrat who's ego overrode the need to seek the appropriate expert… 1 1005 |