Tile job gone bad in Atlanta

This customer hired a contractor ( from one referal ) and over the course of 3 weeks...which itself is crazy, 8-10 days max...had 3 different crews that were all obviously inept, totally screw up her bathroom renovation. Her mistake(s) was not getting multiple references, at least 10-15, not getting before/after pictures, and not STOPPING the job after the 1st crew was sent away ( the company apparently had no one capable of doing this job ). So after thousands of dollars were spent on material & labor, she hired me to fix the damage...which can not be fixed, had to start over from scratch. And after tearing out everything, 8 days later you see the result of a proper job...with only me as a crew. A few days from now she'll finally have her bathroom back, but after spending thousands more to do it AGAIN.

PLEASE do not go with lowest bid on your tile job. In these tuff times I know its tempting, but everyone out there is doing things they have no experience in just to make a buck....do NOT make a very costly mistake. By the way, my labor on this SHOULD be at $3000-$3500, but I felt so bad for her I did it for $2000 .

STARRTILE@YAHOO.COM....or call: 678-852-8352 Bob Doyle

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• atlanta
• tile
• tiling
• bath
• shower
• showerpan
• bathroom
• renovation
• plumbing
• contractor

[montanacustomtile]

That first job is the worst ive ever seen. So its pretty bad. Glad you got fixed up.

[manit77]

it was probably the husband that did the job, he got too tired and quit. his wife got pissed, now they hired a contractor.

[Vancouverjason1]

That first tile job sucked some serious balls.

[JTate84]

Looks much much better. However, the grout lines for the diagonal tiles between the trim could've been done better. You can really see it at 5:33

[RAMBOPUNlSHER]

if you don't know how to do some thing then don't do it

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@cruztaker

Sheesh! Which is why I refuse to let anyone into my house. I will do it myself. If I don't know how, I will learn. If it requires a license, then I will abide. Other that that, no other boots in my house. ;)

[euroboy919]

G's I feel your pain. Im a tile guy here in knoxville TN and sadly i see a lot of this kind of stuff. I hopw who ever did that job is no longer doing tile. That job he did doesnt look very complicated . The second time around looks nice.

[gmrat05]

Incredible job! Wish i knew half of what you do.

[cruztaker]

Wow!

Appears as though the dipshits that totalled our renovation did your work.

We feel your pain.

We went 66k in debt with our contractor and nearly everything they touched needs rebuilt.

Good luck!