What’s the waterproofing system

under the tile? How did you find your tile contractor, and how did you verify his qualifications? What did you pay him to do the job?

Also poor materials- it is very hard to get 4" square tiles to lay in a tapered pan like that, 2" square tiles would have been better. And of a course everything noted above. Who helped you select materials? Do you have in process photos?

This is essentially a duplicate of your other post. Different shower, same problems.

This was completed by the builder’s contractors.

I saw the water proofing and it was very good. The tiling is just terrible, terrible. I had been posting the other tiling work too. I was looking for justification for being frustrated — just making sure it’s not my perfectionist standards...

How do you know that the waterproofing was “very good” instead of Very Terrible? Like the tile. Post pictures of that.

These are the only photos I have of it. The tub gives you an idea of the material that is also used in the stand up shower.

100% redo. With someone actually qualified to perform the job.

Maybe lets let them explain the waterproofing before we jump to conclusions. It looks like CA or West Coast job so I will wager a hot mop pan is being used by looking at the blocking.

There are issues but again these pictures are taken at specific moment and maybe they used a roll on waterproofing, installed more screws, etc. after the pictures were taken?

A simple sheet of plastic or felt paper is waterproofing not every job can afford or needs a complicated system.

They did plaster and retexture walls nicely as most do after and you always see patches. The height of the board is an issue but lets see the additional pictures.

In SOCAL this type of job is very common. You have people paying $800k for 1800sqft homes and nobody can afford to higher a real licensed contractor. The illegal work force dominates and sets the job pricing as try and explain the you use the correct materials and want $5k more to do the job. Then add the flipping that is so out of control that you would not believe what you see in these homes. They set a price and dont care what they find during the reno's.

Thanks for all the help everyone. First time home buyer and this is not my expertise, so I have to go by gut and then surface up potential issues to a community like this... this is all I have at the moment.

Charlie, you have 3 posts going w/tiling issues.

Did the same tile guy do all three? You aren't being out of line. All of this tiling is terrible.

I would refuse it.

as for the bathrooms, they are a poor tile jobs. The niches are horrible. The edging is horrible. This is all unfinished, cut tiles. This is a big FAIL. And I wouldn't pay a dime for this. Plus, look at the awful tile job inside the niche! The guy failed his geometry and math classes.

Bullnose tiles, pencil tiles, metal edging, any of those could have been used for all of the borders and outside edging.

Remember, Grout is not waterproof. so all of those joints w/grout (between the tub and the bottom tile row is a no-no. should be silicone) will get wet. and over time seep into the joint. Do you have any idea what is behind the tile? (other than that one picture you posted. they might not have been completed when that pic was taken)

have you paid for this work? What does the builder say?

you really haven't answered most of the questions on these posts. if you want help, you have to provide us w/more.

wannabath, there is nothing wrong w/hot-mopping. It works just fine. every shower in california (prior to this century) has been hot-mopped.

Hard to answer so many questions. I was just looking for feedback. Hard to answer most since I’m under contract and did not manage the build (the builder did). This just points out the obvious, which I have been advocating since I first saw it. So, thank you all for the information I can use in all my discussions.

If the builder hired someone who can’t meet industry standards, then all fixes are on the builder. Including ripping it all out and starting over.

It looks like an amateur job. Amateur builder, too?

Redo it all using a professional. It does not look good as such.