You misunderstand, but that might be my fault. I contacted surveyors who act as expert witnesses, and they said they only do structural surveys. So I contacted a tiler and two builders, and they did surveys for me, or reports if you prefer. Two were detailed, with several pages, describing the work, and the faults e.g. no primer, inappropriate adhesive, poor application of adhesive, exposed sharp cut tile edges etc.
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You misunderstand, but that might be my fault. I contacted surveyors who act as expert witnesses, and they said they only do structural surveys. So I contacted a tiler and two builders, and they did surveys for me, or reports if you prefer. Two were detailed, with several pages, describing the work, and the faults e.g. no primer, inappropriate adhesive, poor application of adhesive, exposed sharp cut tile edges etc.
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Your witnesses are unqualified. They'd be laughed out of court. How did they establish the lack of primer? Which lab did they send samples to? Was it a bad batch of adhesive? Were your walls suitable to receive the adhesive? Just drop it - you are wasting every-bodies time.
Thank you for your kind comments, however you are mistaken. I spoke with Trading Standards and they advised me to get a report from someone in the trade. I got three for safety. Trading Standards said it would stand up in court.
The cowboys stated in writing that they used Bal Primer. That is blue. I applied some to an area of bare plaster, according to the instructions. It is very obvious where the wall was primed, as it had a satin texture, and a blue tinge. Even without the blue dye, it is easy to tell when an acrylic sealer has been applied. They lied about the work, as they wanted to cut corners.
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Thank you for your kind and generous comments, and the help that you have given me. And do have a nice holiday.
If you don't mind, I will take the advice of Trading Standards.
Here is an example of tiling by these people:
You can see the tiling projects out into space, over the edge of the coving, and the top tile has a large step between it and the tile below. I don't know what the dark grey adhesive is. I have kept some tiles as evidence. They show that the adhesive had about 20% area contact with the wall. Some tiles were dot and dabbed.
You can see the tiling projects out into space, over the edge of the coving, and the top tile has a large step between it and the tile below. I don't know what the dark grey adhesive is. I have kept some tiles as evidence. They show that the adhesive had about 20% area contact with the wall. Some tiles were dot and dabbed.
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Yeah it's rubbish but you are wasting your time. Have you had trading standards out? How many more unpaid people are you going to get involved? Why didn't you raise concerns at the time? It's no good whining about it later. No genuine outfit would ask for payment upfront anyway. It's your fault for not project managing properly.
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