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Stop the work now. See if he realizes that he is not doing what you want him to do.

3/16" grout is simply not acceptable when you wanted 1/16. Your tile should be consistent enough in size for that tight grout line. we are planning a zen-wabi-sabi bathroom and I know that details are extremely important for the clean simple look.

Just livid. We called him and he said he knew what I was talking about. Said that he ran into some "problems" with that wall. I don't think I can even sleep now. It's Bambu beige from Porcelanosa. Not even close to what we saw in their showroom. I should've just let my husband do it. Might have taken 10x as long, but it would've been done right.

Bullnose gone wrong. Shouldn't the bullnose be mitered at the corners?

Sorry to say this but that is a horrible tile job!

we have friends who have a zen porcelanosa bathroom. The grout is very very tight. Because the tiles are so clean and simple, you need to have everything line up really well.

This job needs to redone :(

I can't even trust that having him redo it would solve the problem. I mean, if he thought that I would let this slide, I can't imagine getting any type of acceptable work from him.

Does anyone have advice on what I should do from a financial perspective? As I've said, I have paid 1/3 so far. Plumbing behind the wall is done.. electrician has done everything except run a new line to my junction box. I believe my total is about 5200 for all the labor. What should I pay him up to this point to be fair? He hasn't put the floor tile down yet. Which is a good thing because I just found out that he didn't put thinset/mortar under the hardiboard. None of the fixtures have been installed yet.

I'm still fuming. Sorry, I have to vent.

hi im a tile contractor i specialise in cuztom showers and kitchens and i can tell you that that guy dosen't look like he knows what he's doing you should stop the work and get a professional to fix it. my advise is to get someone else to finish it correctly once the job is done deduct the amount that the other tile contractor will charge and pay him the rest.

Thanks Louie. Gonna meet with him in a few minutes. Hoping this doesn't ruin my weekend any further than it already has. Seems like your answer is the consensus.

I'm looking at this work, and although I would not have agreed to the 1/16" joint from the beginning, this guy should've spoke up when he saw what he was running into. Alot of the joint difference and out of alignment that I see is due to sizing and the tile being slightly out of square. In particular, the very last picture, the tile in the center-- although it is slightly canted, look at the top of the tile, and then the right side. You'll see they don't graduate at the same rate. The top of the tile appears to be WAY out of square.

In order to use a 1/16" grout joint, the tile has to be damn near perfect, which is why it should only be attempted with standard size rectified porcelain (not all porcelain is rectified), or polished/ honed natural stone. I could be wrong, but from what I'm seeing in these pictures, you gave him an impossible task.

As for the bullnose, no, they don't need to be mitered, although they can be.

There is, however, no excuse for that much misalignment in the corner.

Looks like the advice you got here and at John Bridge Forums pretty much is the same. Always sad when things like this happen, but I recall you saying at JB that he was willing to pull the stuff down. Nice tho he might be, the advice stands: Get a pro to do the job. This guy bit off more than he could chew.

Laz~

Sad.