He took all the the fixtures and fittings they were still to fit away with him - everything, nothing has been left that wasn't already stuck down.
This is what it looks like this morning:
Bathroom ceiling caved in
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He took all the the fixtures and fittings they were still to fit away with him - everything, nothing has been left that wasn't already stuck down.
This is what it looks like this morning:
Doesn't look too bad mate. Worst case scenario you refit the shower wall where being 100% watertight is essential, and then get someone to make good the rest of it?
I know that corner isn't tight and it'll need a big dollop of sealant but that isn't the end of the world, in the grand scheme of things.
I know that corner isn't tight and it'll need a big dollop of sealant but that isn't the end of the world, in the grand scheme of things.
Soldato
Just take out the panels that form the corners around the shower area and redo those with the correct trim. The rest you should be able to use standard right angled trims that can be stuck down to the top surface. Providing you can get some wide enough right angled trim for the external corners around the window recess. Try to get all the trim from the same place except the stuff for around the shower area and then it won't look too bad if you can match what is needed to what's already been used elsewhere.
You can get some decent shower shower screens quite inexpensively on ebay, brand new, mine cost about £100 but is not quite as wide as what I think you'd need.
You can get some decent shower shower screens quite inexpensively on ebay, brand new, mine cost about £100 but is not quite as wide as what I think you'd need.
The shower screen they were going to put up was 980mm wide as that was stated on the box when it was sat in my kitchen.
Yep it's really bad and I actually feel queasy about having crap workmanship like that even if it is going to be hidden by trim!
Don't go too OTT on stuff you'll never see.Yep it's really bad and I actually feel queasy about having crap workmanship like that even if it is going to be hidden by trim!
Soldato
I've got one of these but check the actual measurement across wall to wall to be sure.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184462187051?hash=item2af2cd9a2b:g:6CkAAOSwtsNfbb5z&LH_ItemCondition=3
Is there a gap for the shower screen to extend all the way to the wall next to the boxed in section that is at the plug hole end?
You can fit the above either left or right hand opening, I think yours would be better opening on the left since that's the end the towel radiator is and it will be less noticeable that the boxed in section juts out otherwise across the opening.
No the shower screen comes from the tap end and extends 980mm out along the tray. It is a walk in shower so you walk in behind the screen. There is no door to open and close like a shower cubicle.
They should have gone into an external corner mould as well just like the internal ones in the shower. Complete bodge.
Soldato
If the shower screen is only going to go along that end of the tray then what is going to block the side nearest the wall. It looks like they should have extended that boxed in section next to the tray, right the way up to the ceiling.
EDIT:
Maybe something like this would work, attached to the end nearest the shower valve controls, they do different heights so check clearance with ceiling...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174072991143?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=20201210111314&meid=0e53ad5cc141429e95a40835f3cbf531&pid=101195&rk=5&rkt=12&sd=192691769984&itm=174072991143&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2047675&algv=SimplAMLv9PairwiseWithPLXWeb&brand=AICA&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum:1740729911430e53ad5cc141429e95a40835f3cbf531|enc:AQAGAAACAGlYlD0YRby%2B5adg6LrHxVMDjMnfSrX23Rh6Qi8pW7G06k4%2Bnp0mrYHIuAkDXdtQBfJ%2B41%2F8g5RsGk6F1CMOdFbNCaA0tHavL7G0pWhX%2FuqifSAS%2FWFTr%2F7ABy6b%2BaEz0Y2Dckxwm6jNzJfGmWleE9AO52RYLzU7GW0rDVhznqntv%2BJ%2Fjcykf5Cy9zKTqgT94fw7EZG6KPbzhUT8vAWAQWZ9g%2FIhHycR3B6SZ5hcknNbV8wCfhb%2FA%2FmuIzUfauJXyqV4XHzQhVdSeZxSZVQh%2FWSzlTjJ8gFzGgK7stBIHt9I1XqiKEJ4bkxMqt8uSAqZUtB%2FfHeyXiJneFm3sS6%2B2lVHyICDLjYV%2BS%2BB3jGKP5cRKsYvrk49s1P0K6X%2BW46KNEDyB20AEKcMfEate1oOUp4izkBacZ4LxHWf%2Bgucfel68Ruig%2FzIkmmyZyN3liJ4BoWjjfswQeGg3t6O5CNBqna0WkoywdbfDqOTOZ5501xfBBiDrwyBzNs0ppWvk4IDDA8Ygw9707YOQJIMtBUBep6J6M0cbbxJbEeIC1b3496tQF8f8u2t1%2BwygNdWhCEZOza356jlXvf52HX1mI91mxdY60KygN3JrmiM%2Fb3If3WSwCm%2F5q3JPFdbHqhfN5xximHwkNxtkbhcGjUQj%2BQS7lBA%2BmnsZISvT20EprryhC%2Fh|ampid
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I'm struggling to see how adding end trims to the shower cubicle would help reduce leaks versus a big bead of pure grey silicone. If anything the trim would create more areas for water to flow (between trim and panel).
This is why it's essential to waterproof underneath the finish layer.
This is why it's essential to waterproof underneath the finish layer.
You fill the trim with silicone before squashing the panel in. You have a silicone wrapped around the front back and side of the edge of the panel. It’s significantly more secure than a bead of silicone which will fail and peel away from the substrate in time.
You can fit the Quadrant trim afterwards. Check the 6th picture I think. Highly possible the fitters were going to do this.
18mm Chrome Quadrant Trim | EasyPanels.co.uk
Might be the best way to go for the OP if they don't want to remove any panels.
If the shower screen is only going to go along that end of the tray then what is going to block the side nearest the wall. It looks like they should have extended that boxed in section next to the tray, right the way up to the ceiling.
EDIT:
Maybe something like this would work, attached to the end nearest the shower valve controls, they do different heights so check clearance with ceiling...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174072991143?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=20201210111314&meid=0e53ad5cc141429e95a40835f3cbf531&pid=101195&rk=5&rkt=12&sd=192691769984&itm=174072991143&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2047675&algv=SimplAMLv9PairwiseWithPLXWeb&brand=AICA&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum:1740729911430e53ad5cc141429e95a40835f3cbf531|enc:AQAGAAACAGlYlD0YRby%2B5adg6LrHxVMDjMnfSrX23Rh6Qi8pW7G06k4%2Bnp0mrYHIuAkDXdtQBfJ%2B41%2F8g5RsGk6F1CMOdFbNCaA0tHavL7G0pWhX%2FuqifSAS%2FWFTr%2F7ABy6b%2BaEz0Y2Dckxwm6jNzJfGmWleE9AO52RYLzU7GW0rDVhznqntv%2BJ%2Fjcykf5Cy9zKTqgT94fw7EZG6KPbzhUT8vAWAQWZ9g%2FIhHycR3B6SZ5hcknNbV8wCfhb%2FA%2FmuIzUfauJXyqV4XHzQhVdSeZxSZVQh%2FWSzlTjJ8gFzGgK7stBIHt9I1XqiKEJ4bkxMqt8uSAqZUtB%2FfHeyXiJneFm3sS6%2B2lVHyICDLjYV%2BS%2BB3jGKP5cRKsYvrk49s1P0K6X%2BW46KNEDyB20AEKcMfEate1oOUp4izkBacZ4LxHWf%2Bgucfel68Ruig%2FzIkmmyZyN3liJ4BoWjjfswQeGg3t6O5CNBqna0WkoywdbfDqOTOZ5501xfBBiDrwyBzNs0ppWvk4IDDA8Ygw9707YOQJIMtBUBep6J6M0cbbxJbEeIC1b3496tQF8f8u2t1%2BwygNdWhCEZOza356jlXvf52HX1mI91mxdY60KygN3JrmiM%2Fb3If3WSwCm%2F5q3JPFdbHqhfN5xximHwkNxtkbhcGjUQj%2BQS7lBA%2BmnsZISvT20EprryhC%2Fh|ampid
Yeah that's basically like the screen they were going to fit.
You can, doesn't mean you should... especially in a wet area.
I won't be able to retro fit that seeing as they hacked/chewed away at the edges.
EDIT: Yeah the 6th picture may work.
I agreed to pay them a further £2497 of the £3997 balance to complete the job and fix the snags which I had picked up on. (I stuck it through on a credit card for Section 75 protection if that will be any difference). I told them I would pay the final £1500 on completion when I was satisfied.
The fitter came back and finished the job, put a bigger threshold on the floor the cover the damage in the tile, sorted the towel rad out so it lined up correctly, but didn't replace the panel with dodgy cut in the shower area, or the panel down the door with the screw holes poking out from behind the trim. He just filled them up with sealant.
To be honest the bathroom looks fine but I did pull up the boss as to why profiles weren't used under the panels in the corners and why they stuck panels on top of mouldy walls in the passage area and why the panel with the dodgy screw holes wasn't removed when he told me it would be when I paid him the second £2497 to complete the job. Also made it clear again that I'm not happy about them laying the new floor on top of the old uneven tiles.
I haven't paid the final balance and I'm not going to. I'll keep that money to go towards any repairs in the future.
Got key back but euro cylinder has been changed anyway.
Another poor Google review about them has been posted over the weekend, the usual failing to come out to fix problems they have left behind etc etc. So I can only assume if something become faulty with my bathroom within the next 12 months I would have difficulty getting them out to repair regardless if I had fully paid or not.
Wow... brace yourself for the stick you're going to get
.It says a thousand things that they weren't willing to correct and finish the job without requiring more of a payment upfront, instead of completing the job, getting the all clear from you and then getting the full balance.
I guess at the end of the day as long as you're happy with the finish for what you've paid then that's all that matters. (Could probably argue that £4k for the substandard work is probably about a going price).
I'd probably try and source some sort of profile that you could put in the corner to hide some of the badly cut tiles, and then make sure it's all well sealed so that any potential leaks are well into the future.