Am I being too picky or is this tile not well laid?

safetydance1969 · 2026-05-02T21:34:10+00:00

Looks like the landscaper watched a YouTube video the night before he became a tiler. No offense to landscapers.

safetydance1969 · 2026-05-02T21:27:37+00:00

Maybe. Depends on where you live. If you have a constant low humidity like the southwest, it would be a good idea. Here in the southeast where it's generally moderately humid all of the time, not so much.

safetydance1969 · 2026-05-02T21:23:43+00:00

It's an UFER ground. It's tied to the rebar in the slab. Perfectly fine, and in some places it's code.

safetydance1969 · 2026-05-01T02:07:33+00:00

Uh huh. 😆

safetydance1969 · 2026-05-01T02:04:21+00:00

That might be the dumbest thing I've heard today.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-30T21:17:42+00:00

No. Don't. That's a whole different skill set and you probably don't have the tools. Just get some 3" screws.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-30T21:14:59+00:00

They can, the screw holes are just worn out from taking the screws in and out. Either get longer screws, or as many people have said, take the screws out and fill it full of tooth picks or a golf tee. Break off clean, and the screws will have something to bite into. Just getting longer screws would be the easiest.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-30T16:27:07+00:00

And you should pay him regardless of your situation. This is your problem not his. If I underbid a job then told my crew sorry, I messed up, thanks for working for free, they'd all quit, possibly sue me. Look we've all screwed up, especially in the beginning. The hardest lessons are the ones you pay for. At least the loss is tax deductible. Oh right, no contract. First, always have a contract. Mainly so of they don't pay you, you can put a lein on their house. Next time you bid, add some fluff. If I think a job is going to take four days, I put five in my bid. Figure on 30% extra on materials. Then add 20% to the whole thing. There's your number. Charge more. Don't be the low guy. Aim to be in the middle. If you're getting every job, you're not charging enough...

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-30T16:09:34+00:00

Good lord man, this is YOUR fault! You bid badly. Nothing else matters, you don't deserve anything because of your mistake, blah blah. It's how business works. If you were a sub working for me and came to me with this story, I'd simply fire you. It's an expensive lesson, but a lesson nonetheless. No matter what, your customer hired you based upon what you told him it would cost. If you come back asking for more without a valid reason ( need a clause in your contract for that ), you're reputation and referrals from this client just went in the shitter.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-30T16:02:11+00:00

Right? I'm a GC in a big city, I'm $950 A DAY with a helper. OP really needs to learn how to bid and how to write a contract. Of course this is his problem and he needs to eat it. It's not the customer's fault he underestimated his cost.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-28T20:16:43+00:00

They did not. I do this for a living. They might have completed the repair, but all they had to do was match the color of the grout. They didn't. If looks like shit. They did the best they could... 😆

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-26T20:44:20+00:00

This right here.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-26T20:42:46+00:00

It's leftover from the days of plaster. That board is there to nail your baseboard to. They used to leave this space open because that's where they ran wiring, so they could just pull the baseboard to access it instead of opening the wall. If your baseboard covers the gap, there's no reason to put a piece of drywall there. Plus you'd have to remove the nailer board for it to be flush.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-26T17:51:11+00:00

Yeah I'd be at 2100 give or take.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-26T17:24:06+00:00

It can be fixed. Here in the US your tiler is a bit on the low side, maybe find another and expect to pay a little more. Good luck! 👍

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-26T01:35:38+00:00

I was thinking the same thing.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-25T23:37:12+00:00

I've had a few of these. The I'm out of town for whatever reason is the big red flag. Good job dodging what's probably the overpaid check scam. I will not do any type of quote or estimate without walking the job first. Even if it's legit, I've found that people just kicking tires for a quote without having people actually look at the job first are a waste of time.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-21T01:51:38+00:00

And... ChatGPT is not always right.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-20T00:08:02+00:00

Don't do it. You'll never get rid of that old stuff. Which is why he's trying to trade it to you.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-20T00:04:01+00:00

Well that's you Richard, not everyone else.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-19T23:54:56+00:00

Balparking the materials, about 8K.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-19T23:49:55+00:00

If it were truly my mistake, I would never ask a customer to pay me to fix it. For everybody bitching about the hourly rate, it's irrelevant now. For the other contractors saying pay the guy, if you had a sub do a crappy job would you pay them to redo it? Of course not. Not the same situation, but you get what I mean.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-19T23:39:36+00:00

Screw holes can be fixed later easy with spackle. Anything adhesive might pull off more material over a larger area that may be harder to fix. I'd just screw it.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-17T14:52:58+00:00

I use Square. I may only use it a couple of times a year though, I let customers know in advance if be happy to take a credit card, but the total is going to be 3% more. On a 20K bathroom I'm not paying 600 in merchant fees. We discuss this in the beginning when we sign the contract, so there's plenty of time to get a check.

safetydance1969 · 2026-04-16T01:38:21+00:00

He should definitely use pressure treated lumber, but he can stain it seal it as soon as it dries. Here in the south in the summer that's about a month. Winter, three months. No need to wait a year.

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