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screw in plastic pipe in new bathroom installation
We came across one of the worst bathrooms we've ever seen!

Aesthetically from far away....it looked OK.

But as we peeled back the layers we uncovered disaster!

take a look at our TikTok video below.

And here's the story...


Cowboy builders 🤠…


So we got a call from a customer asking if we could go and look at their Wetroom that had just been completed 


Upon arriving we could tell instantly there were many faults and that was only issues aesthetically, so we could only imagine what work had been done behind the scenes. 


We provided our customer a quote and after patiently waiting for a few months without the use of the whole shower room we began work.


The work behind the scenes was some off the most shocking work we’ve ever seen and was indeed not completed by a professional or somebody with any moral’s.


The work was not only to a very unprofessional standard but was a potential hazard to the customer.


I will list some of the issues:


-Tiles were dot and dabbed, not the correct technique to install any tiles, the walls should be spread with a notched trowel and tiles skimmed with adhesive too. (Potential hazard too fall of the wall damaging shower room or even landing on the customer) 


-Wetroom subfloor was made up off blocks of wood, some of it not screwed to anything in between the joists.


-Joists, one in particular had been fully cut impacting the structural integrity 


-Plumbing, a vent pipe had been cut and left open, gas putty used on the concealed shower fittings, a flexible tap connector which are a definite no for being concealed. 


We were also removing all rubbish left behind under the floor (including half a shortbread biscuit 👀) and noticed they’d also screwed threw a water pipe 😬. 


Just an endless an amount of problems, its impossible to name something they did right…. 


Its extremely unfair to any customer who has paid their hard earned money and put there trust into somebody who unknowingly is completely incompetent.


A special thanks to lee buckley and Anthony to help us complete this job for fantastic customers who let us just get on with it. 


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