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wow. the grout work is horrendous, the mosaic glass tiles, didn't have a clue how to lay those even w/field tile, and the cut he made for the faucet or shower head plate, too big. you shouldn't be able to see any hole, and obviously no grout, where the metal touches the tile. That one for sure I would want redone. no visible circle line should be seen.

obviously these are close up pics, so I can't see overall how it looks.

as for the wall tile, the reason there is lippage on the tiles is usually because the wall was not perfectly plumb or level. a good tile setter knows how to deal w/this. I'm curious to know how much coverage of thinset was used on these tiles (95% is recommended) and hoping he used thinset mortar and not mastic.

overhead lighting will always highlight these flaws because the cast shadows. the cutting of that one tile was bad and unnecessary. another tile w/straight edge should have been used.

I suspect your gc doesn't want to redo this because of the cost, obviously and possibly having to redo the waterproofing. btw, what does the waterproofing or substrate look like underneath all of this?

Thanks for your comments. I'm not sure about the waterproofing ... but good question for me to ask.

"Small stuff"?? That isn't small stuff. It looks like crap. Your GC is clearly worried about losing money on the job because he hired an incompetent to do the tile. (Unless you requested offset tiles, that isn't a cause for replacement by itself - but the rest of the job is awful enough to be unsatisfactory.) Insist that it be ripped out and redone.

Thank you for your comments. Obviously it's not what I want to hear. I was concerned we'd have to start over too.

Wow that looks really bad and that's a shame.

cc b,,,the cut in the tile for your shower hardware should look like this

Thanks Beth H - we did see a red waterproofing product placed over the durarock as it was being installed

BTW BethH - love your orchid wall!

cc-b.. why thank you!

Sorry but IMO the red stuff just doesn’t cut it in my book for waterproofing. As for the tile work the accent tile is a different thickness than the the rest and needs a good tile setter to install it.Could be that the tiles are in a stacked pattern which is fine but a tile saw needs to be kept in good condition so that cuts are always clean. I would be concerned about all of this work. You don’t mention what floor but I am assuming the shower floor, which means the ripped out the bad and replaced hmmm not good I would insist on a complete redo

I think you should insist on a redo, but I understand your hesitation. When you are remodeling we tend to just want to get done. You are not being too picky. They should do it right. You are paying the contractor good money to do the job correctly.