Plumber has stuck skirting board back over top of new tiles

Ella_fella

So plumber came round last week to install new bathroom, asked him to tile all the way down to the floor between the bath and doorframe which is about 6 inches, before there was just plasterboard there.

Plumber removed section of skirting board to do exactly that, when I inspected work at the weekend there was a ten mm gap between the new vinyl and the tiles in this area where he had cut the vinyl too short which I complained about.

Plumber duly came back and stuck the skirting board over the new tiles with no more nails I believe picture as attached. As the new tiles are about 8mm thick then this section of skirting board now stands about 10mm proud from the doorframe and looks ridiculous. Of course you now can't see the gap between vinyl and wall.

Any suggestions what I can do with this now as I don't want to rip it off and break the tiles the plumber has got to come back and finish off other snagging work this week but not sure what he even will be able to do with this now?

twopenny

1cm? Shave a curved edge on the skirting so it arrives flush with the door frame and no one will notice.

The alternative is to have the whole lot out, relay the floor and reinstate the all the fitments or stick a strip of vinyl to fill the gap.

Personally I'd prefer the first idea.

tacpot12

Yes, curving the edge of the skirting to meet flush with the door frame would look ok.

Ella_fella

Ella_fella said:

So plumber came round last week to install new bathroom, asked him to tile all the way down to the floor between the bath and doorframe which is about 6 inches, before there was just plasterboard there.

Plumber removed section of skirting board to do exactly that, when I inspected work at the weekend there was a ten mm gap between the new vinyl and the tiles in this area where he had cut the vinyl too short which I complained about.

Plumber duly came back and stuck the skirting board over the new tiles with no more nails I believe picture as attached. As the new tiles are about 8mm thick then this section of skirting board now stands about 10mm proud from the doorframe and looks ridiculous. Of course you now can't see the gap between vinyl and wall.

Any suggestions what I can do with this now as I don't want to rip it off and break the tiles the plumber has got to come back and finish off other snagging work this week but not sure what he even will be able to do with this now?

With photo attached

Jeepers_Creepers

Hi Ella.

Is there skirting to the other side of the doorway, or anywhere else in the bathroom?

If you were absolutely after the minimalistish look of tiles-to-the-floor, then obviously the guy has messed up. Was it made clear to him that this is what you were after from the off?

It's a toughie - it does look rough at the moment, but only becuase the skirting hasn't been sealed against the tiles, and the RH end hasn't been profiled as suggested by others above. Oh, and the skirting hasn't been painted. Once all that's been done, almost everybody going into your bathroom will find it completely acceptable - ie, they wouldn't notice.

If the skirting really offends, then it could be replaced with a smaller quadrant beading just along the bottom, again curved/profiled to meet the door archi in a neat way.

Or, you insist the guy fits an invisible strip of flooring, or takes it all up and starts again. Provided you made it 100% clear that this was the look you were after.

Is the flooring shortfall a full 10mm? Could it be less - ooh, say 8mm? If so, another option is to sili-seal this, finishing off with a Fugi profiler, giving it a 45o bevelled edge. This would not only look totally acceptable (imo), but would also waterproof the floor to the wall in case of spills...

This is your call - you do what you must. If the guy had done a dodgy job on the tiling, for example, then I'd be more bolshie about it. But it all actually looks pretty darned good from here, so personally, I'd like to cut the guy some slack. Just like he did with the floor.

Ella_fella

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Hi Ella.

Is there skirting to the other side of the doorway, or anywhere else in the bathroom?

If you were absolutely after the minimalistish look of tiles-to-the-floor, then obviously the guy has messed up. Was it made clear to him that this is what you were after from the off?

It's a toughie - it does look rough at the moment, but only becuase the skirting hasn't been sealed against the tiles, and the RH end hasn't been profiled as suggested by others above. Oh, and the skirting hasn't been painted. Once all that's been done, almost everybody going into your bathroom will find it completely acceptable - ie, they wouldn't notice.

If the skirting really offends, then it could be replaced with a smaller quadrant beading just along the bottom, again curved/profiled to meet the door archi in a neat way.

Or, you insist the guy fits an invisible strip of flooring, or takes it all up and starts again. Provided you made it 100% clear that this was the look you were after.

Is the flooring shortfall a full 10mm? Could it be less - ooh, say 8mm? If so, another option is to sili-seal this, finishing off with a Fugi profiler, giving it a 45o bevelled edge. This would not only look totally acceptable (imo), but would also waterproof the floor to the wall in case of spills...

This is your call - you do what you must. If the guy had done a dodgy job on the tiling, for example, then I'd be more bolshie about it. But it all actually looks pretty darned good from here, so personally, I'd like to cut the guy some slack. Just like he did with the floor.

The skirting is also to the right of the door and runs along the length of the bathroom so if you close the bathroom door you can see the skirting flush to the door frame on the right but sticking out by half an inch on the left as in the photo.

When I mentioned to the plumber that the vinyl had been cut short in this area and other areas he said yes sorry I forgot to put the skirting board back but never in my dreams did I think that he would just glue it back over the tiles knowing that it would be sticking out like that as there were no tiles there to begin with. Personally I think he's rushed the snagging list to get onto something else. 

I do agree that the tiling elsewhere looks pretty good however this just makes this area of skirting board look even worse. 

Dan-Dan

If you have skirting everywhere else as per previous you would expect him to stick it back on (however bad it looks) 

Ella_fella

Dan-Dan said:

If you have skirting everywhere else as per previous you would expect him to stick it back on (however bad it looks) 

Partly agree, I would have hoped that he would have realised that gluing it back over tiles that weren't there before would make it literally stick out and he would have attempted to implement some sort of rudimentary effort to make it blend in a bit more. 

twopenny

You have quite a few suggestions but seem unhappy.
You also should have forseen that if you bring the wall out by a tiles depth that skirting would not fit.
Were you anticipating the vinyl to touch the tiles so no skirting thereby making each side different?
Or were you expecting to add tiles and skirting to that side which couldn't be done ever.
Neither way is going to match both sides though what he has done is the nearest.
I think from your op that you wanted the sides different which would have meant having a larger piece of vinyl and more cut off to account for the difference in depth between each side of the room. Quite a complex and less usual idea for both supplier and workman. 
Did you make this clear at the outset? 
The job is a good one apart from this point.
Usually the customer arranges the flooring and calls the supplier in to do the measurements. Did you supervise this as you had specific requirements or leave it to your tradesman and expect him to know what was needed?
Or just leave it to him to do the thinking?
My experience is that if you require something very specific you yourself need to be very specific. If you're not then you get what the other person understands not necessarily what you meant.

Another_Level

Tbh, there are always a few ways around every job. Hopefully the plumber mentioned is actually an experienced bathroom fitter who is a jack of all trades 

What can be done, well many have already mentioned adapting the skirting board to blend in better with the existing door architrave. 
That picture shows a  short section of skirting board looks second hand and short, its possible to buy same or very similar skirting board but there are many. From the photo it looks similar profile to round pencil / chamfered skirting but may be something else.

New skirting could be bespoke manufactured, been there its excellent but many ££'s

Other option would fit an adapted 'square edge plinth block' these are usually made on site in about 14 minutes per item. its all about cloaking what our eyes can see.

Tiling on to the top of skirting board is often a bad idea, expansion/movement has to be considered 

Good luck 

greyteam1959

That is about typical of the workmanship these days.
Made himself look like a bit of a bodger