Monday, March 7, 2011

bathrooms Started


No Waterproofing on the floor and the wrong tiles on the bath hob. at this stage the floor tiles that were down ( done badly) have been pulled up.





Master bathroom. Again tiles on floor were done really badly. They were ripped up and then the tiler was supposed to wait for waterproofing on the bathhob and floor to be done. Instead the idiot went and put the wrong tiles on the bathhob in this room also. Shower in correct tiles, not great job and no lines match up! made me very angry.





The bathrooms have been a major problem in this house. Everyone building with any builder be WARNED!

Most builders don't waterproof your flooring in the upstairs bathrooms. They waterproof the bath hob and the shower however as most people have no idea about the build process or have access to the house at this stage they dont' realise that builders don't do it. When you have a bathroom upstairs and the flooring is wood you need to have a waterproof membrane to ensure that over time water doesn't get through the tiles and rot out the floor.

So Metricon didn't do it and started tiling the floors. We picked them up on it and then made them pull up all the floors. Then they started to tile the bathhobs without ensuring that there was a seal from the bath hob to the floor - Bath tiles had to come off and well actually they ended up pulling out the entire bathhob. What made this process so frustrating for us was that we told our supervisor many times and even before the grouting had been done he had a chance to fix it but the tiler just continued!!! We really had quite possibly the worst tiler Metricon could find and mind my french but we were dealing with a pack of idiots!

To add icing to the cake they tiled the hobs in the wrong tiles and then none of the tiles were level - over the last few months our bathrooms have been ripped up in parts now 3 times and our balcony tiles have also been ripped up 3 times ! We are not dealing with the bightest tools in the shed that is for sure.

We spent a lot of money on upgrades in the bathrooms and were quite angry and added a lot of stress to our lives however the result while not perfect is not to bad. They will look nice once i can get in and give it a good clean.

Below are some photos of the progress over the last few months

2 comments:

  1. Hi guys, long time no hear!!
    I'm so glad you are detailing all the faults and problems with Metricon, as we all need to be aware and always be on top of our build situation. At the end of the day it's your money and you should get an A quality home, don't let them bully you or not rectify things, and it would be great if everyone had access to their homes after lock-up just to keep an eye on the quality or lack of.
    Good luck guys, and keep posting...ps LOVE the huge windows!!!
    Helen M

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  2. Hi Helen

    Thanks - Yes you need to be on them every day really or things get through.

    We love the window! Might not love cleaning or looking after them however !!

    Cheers
    Rheanna

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