I’m having my bathroom done, as well as some other things, all by the same person. There are a number of things that I’m not really happy with. One of those is my wall tiles. They are white and laid in a 90 degree double herringbone pattern. Where the sink and toilet is the tiles don’t go up to the ceiling, they go half way up the wall. To my understanding, when doing this the top row of horizontal tiles shouldn’t need to be cut? Unless they are not laid correctly. The strip is level, but the tiles start being cut more and more the further right they go until the last one is a very small strip of a tile. The person doing this says he used spacers and that’s that really. I don’t really know what to do and would like some advice really of if I’m right or not.
*edit photo link: https://ibb.co/nrtvbtX
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Hi Emma ,
It would help if you can post the picture of the work . However , on the written description you have posted it does sound like the tiler has allowed the herring bone to creep out of level. In his defence it is very difficult work to undertake . As there will be small differences in the sizes of the wall tiles which must be accounted for in the joint width. Essentially this means that the joints will need to vary slightly for the work to remain true . The Tiler needs to approach this differently as over reliance on the spacers instead of checking the work with a spirit level frequently will result in this out come.
It sounds like the tiles haven’t been set out equally. More time spent setting up the pattern in the required space is essential for even size cuts.
Regard D.Whitefield.
Answered25 February 2020
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Anonymous user
When i do any sort of job all my cut tiles are to the bottom of the wall never should you finish with a cut tile if your measurement or planning was fine there is no need for extra cuts
Answered2 March 2020
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Anonymous user
Hi Emma
I must agree with the last comment.. cuts should never be at eye level if it can be helped and u should always use a level Even when using spacers our not. I’d probably ask the guy to correct it if possible
Answered2 March 2020
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Anonymous user
If the tiler, measure the distance between the floor and ceiling to get a roughly measure on cuts this should not happens , probably get uneven cuts but not visible until put laser/level to see different.
No house is dead level old or new buildings but you need to play along with them to get customer satisfaction.
That`s mean to be open to the customer with no fear (don`t hide the mistakes they will come back to you later ) and show them all the defects inside that perimeter where you working to cover your back
