DESPARATELY SEEKING ADVICE – I have remote renovated a property, and it has just been tennanted. Everything went fine except one major detail was overlooked. The builder who tiled the floor in the bathroom, did not slope the cement or tiles that are on it, so every time my poor tenannt has a shower, and inch of water (that may be an exaggeration), is left on the shower floor, and it stinks apparently.
How can I get around this, I have suggested the tennant use a squeejy as a short term remedy, but need to do something to fix this issue. The idea of removing the shower screen, ripping up tiles adding more concrete to create a slope and re-tiling does not appeal to me, does anyone have any suggestions?
Hoping for some inspiration on this.
Regards
MikeOK, as a tiler I have some bad news for you. There is no way to fix the issue of no fall on the bathroom floor other than to rip it up and redo it all. The builder who did the work should be contacted and made to rectify the work under warranty, as being a wet area it must be screeded and a fall built into the base prior to tiling.
That said, you may have some issues with the builder if screeding wasn't specified in the initial quote, though commonsense should have dictated that they would know that a sand cement base would be required and screeded prior to tiling. In addtion to this, what sort of undertile waterproofing was carried out as well? If there was no waterproofing carried out, again, you may have troubles further down the track.
I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's the only thing that can be done to fix the problem. Good luck with it.
Just my thoughts, comments and opinions. Cheers
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