Fixing a bodged tile job

[apples12]

Hi all

We had our first home renovated from top to bottom in summer 2015, its starting to show the cracks where the builder bodged things or stuff has just gone plain wrong

around the bath where it meets the corner of the room, we have large 30cm x 60cm white tiles, the tiles which meet the rubber strip near the bath are lifting off the wall - visibly I can press them and they will spring back at me.

I know for a fact that all the builder did was skim the walls, seal with PVA and put the tiles over the top (being fair to him, the tiles are on pretty straight and level) (I read that this is a big no-no)

how can I fix this corner?
Is it a case of carefully remove the tiles nearest the bath, fit one of these aquapanel boards around the bathtub and tile over the top?

I will upload a picture later today

 

[L95]

Hate to say it but if they are coming off then it probably means the skim is wet which means taking the lot off and starting over. Should of been tanked then tiled using powder based adheaive with a full coat. If he dabbed them then all the tiles will fail at some point in their lives.

 

[darkan9el]

I'd be careful about removing tiles below other tiles of that size. I would assume the tiles above are in a similar state and if you remove one and the tile above falls you'll likely end up needing a new bath too.

I had a similar issue with a shower, a few loose tiles and when I started to remove them I found the plaster had disintegrated and they all practically fell off, it was nothing more than each tile holding the other once I'd removed one it was like a domino effect.

I would suggest getting some padding like old blankets and dust sheets and plenty of them too.

This can also happen if you buy a cheap bath i.e. 6mm thick and its not fastened well enough to the wall, all that flexing is going to pop the tiles off eventually. Even when cheap baths are fastened well they just aren't strong enough to support the average guy. I'm 6ft 3in and actually went through a bath with my heel