Shower tiled but tile guy made ceiling paint peel :-(
Our shower (and the problematic pan) are finally fully tiled but now we have a NEW problem:
When the tile guy caulked at the ceiling, he put up tape to protect the ceiling and when he took the tape down, it pulled down some paint with it. Now our paint is peeling and I am NOT HAPPY about it. He says we should sand and paint over it, but actually I think we'd need to scrape first and then sand because there are "flaps" of paint hanging down (which, if I were to pull, would rip whole sheets of paint off the ceiling). Here are pics of the shower and the peelies:
This is a brand new sheet-rocked ceiling which we primed and painted twice, so there should have been no adherence issues.
I'm hoping someone can help me with the following:
1) Do we fix the paint issue or do we make him fix it? (He does more than tile as his business is "remodeling")
2) If we fix it, how do we do so?
3) If we fix it, do we take $$ off the balance we owe him?
We don't hire people often enough for me to know what's kosher and what's not. Please help! Thanks so much.
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MongoCT
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16 years agoNot really on topice, but PLEASE SEND ME YOUR TILER!!! He seems to have done a beautiful job!
I just came from the house we're renovating and had to fire off an angry letter to our GC about yet another bathroom tile job that has to be ripped out and redone!
Before I saw your perfectly even tile job, I was starting to think I'm the crazy one for expecting even grout lines between all the tiles; about half of my expensive crackle subway tiles are touching and I can not even get a finger nail between them . Others I can easily put my wedding band into. (There is no grout applied yet, although it is hard to tell in places b/c the glue is there)
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