It's hard to tell from the photo, taken at a distance. But from the photo, it looks fine. I don't like wide grout lines either. You could talk to them, and see what they say. Just say, I thought it was going to be tighter, is there any way to fix it without ripping it all out? Also, talk to them before it's all dry and cured and sealed.

I don't think it looks bad from the pic that you posted but if you are unhappy you should really say something. I know it's uncomfortable but if your contractor is good he/she wouldn't want you to be unhappy with the end result. Don't be surprised if you have to demo everything and start over to get a really tight grout line. If it is financially feasible and it has bothered you enough to post about it then change it and get what you want. Good luck!!

@daisiesandbutterflies they are on a lunch break now so I took more up close pics and posted in the original post.

You’re not getting smaller lines than the manufacturer recommends. What you have is fine.

What you don’t have us not fine. Moisture resistant drywall doesn’t belong in a wet area. But waterproofing does belong over the whole walls, and all the floors of a properly built wet room. You’ve got issues.

Now that I see it up close, I think it the space looks fine.

Did you determine the minimum spacings recommended by the tiles' manufacturers and compare those to the spacing used by the installer? Also, it will look much different after the grout is added and the color of the grout you choose will certainly affect the appearance, emphasizing or de-emphasizing the grout lines depending upon the shade.

Looks fine and will look better once grouted. Make sure you decide together what color that will be. For the wall tile, I assume you will want to match the tile color. If you select a contrasting color fort the grout, the gap will look even wider.

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wait. What?? Now I’m nervous about the sheetrock. The area in The pics I posted yesterday is where a freestanding tub will go. should They have used something else besides the purple stuff? all of the walls in the bathroom have the purple stuff.

here‘s the shower as it is now. (The tiles look gold in there because there’s a weird light shining in there right now and there‘s gold stuff all over the walls. The shower floors are really the same as the bath floors though)

I remember the Shower liner going up pretty tall when they were building the shower, but i don’t remember the other waterproofing steps. I know there were more, i just don’t remember them. I had older pictures on my phone, but my phone crashed and i lost them all, so until the Apple store reopens, i only have pics of the current situation.

the shower “jambs” are quartzite. They’re from the same quartzite slab as the counters. thought I’d mention because it’s hard to tell what they are due to the gold light.

If this is in a shower, it is absolutely incorrect. It needs to be cement board and some sort of waterproofing. Typically topical but sometimes poly sheeting is used behind the cement board. Regular drywall is allowed with certain board type waterproofing systems but moisture resistant drywall is never allowed period.

Your pics have now appeared they were not there prior. Rather than edit my previous post I will mention that your shower backer is an approved shower tile backer board. However I have my doubts about the proper screws and definitely think the pattern if incorrect. Also this board is NOT waterproof and there needs to be waterproofing done. Can be either poly sheeting behind the backer or a topical surface applied waterproofing. Also the joints of the tile backer require taping with a non-alkaline tape and taped with thinset. I see none of this but we do not know if any of this was done as we do not see the tile being applied to the wall.

The screw pattern is not to manufacturer’s instructions. It is not properly taped and thin setted. There is no externally applied waterproofing membrane. It’s a bit early for the stone curb cap to be applied. And Id like further pictures of the in progress build, before the tile went in.

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they spread some gold honey looking glue stuff over the boards in the shower. You can see the gold stuff in the pics. I’m assuming that was a waterproofing step??

here are pics from before the curb and jambs but i don’t have any from before these. I’ll see if my husband does

the tub is freestanding and will be beneath the window.

the good news is that he said if shower ever leaks or has any water issues he will tear it out and rebuild it at his expense And that he’s never had clients have problems

@millworkman i just noticed this mesh looking tape. And before we hired him, he told me there are 4 waterproofing steps he takes when building shower. I don’t remember what exactly he said they were, though 😬

they haven’t started tiling the shower yet (Other than the shower floor)

To my preference, the grout is bigger than I would have liked. When I redid the tiles of my entire lower floor, we specifically told them to install it with very thin grouts (which is harder for them to do) but this was our requirement. I was lucky that my mom was a designer and thought about this ahead of time. Thin grouts is more modern and European like. That being said, I still think the pictures you show look nice. But you have to go with your gut feeling and follow your instinct.

I specified grout size in my bathrooms as well, but I am also a designer and was very specific about everything that I wanted. I was also at home during the installations.

I think your grout lines look fine and will diminish in appearance if the grout color is close to the tile colors. I've never used subway tiles myself, and I put 24" square tiles in my showers. These are normally done with a thin grout line, and so it was more expected.

You’ve got wrong screw patterns, Fiberock, and Gold Plus all in a mixed up fruit salad that no one will warrant. That roll on is still not fully masking the incorrectly done substrate. Read the manufacturer’s requirements for all of this. It’s an issue.

I have never used subway tile on a backer sheet so just spacers. IMO if you choose a contrasting grout it means to me it is part of the tile design so I would have done exctly what was done. As for the floor the tile, the tile maker tells the tile setter the size of the grout line. I have more issue with the bottom row of tiles in a vertical placement. Also as mentioned the waterproofing is suspect for sure.

That mesh tape should be covered with thinset before the waterproofing and the screw pattern if off. As l.w.o. mentioned no one will warranty a thing here except the tile setter.