Hi all, I was hoping to get an answer for a floor tiling question. I've had a tiler in my house laying some floor tiles for the last...4...5...6.... seems like forever...days.
He has been very slow, turning up late almost every day, and not getting much done each day as far as we could tell. Finally we'd had enough, and a couple of days ago, told him that he had to be finished by today at the latest. Which of course he wasn't. <sigh> Despite picking up the pace a little over the last day or two, he still has some work left to do.
The end appears to be in sight, however. Tomorrow he says just has to lay some final tiles, and then do the grouting. My only concern is, originally he said that the tiles needed to be left overnight before grouting. Now he says that he can lay tiles and then grout straight away.
I'm concerned that he is just rushing to finish the job (after dragging his feet so badly for the first 4 or 5 days), and cutting corners by doing the grouting before he really should. Are there any tilers out there that can tell me if laying the tiles and then grouting straight away is a bad thing? Or any possible problems that this might cause in the future? At this point I am sick and tired of this guy, and just want him done and out of my house, but if he is doing something that will cause problems in the future, I will insist that he does the job properly, and come back 24 hours later to do the grouting.
Hope there is someone who can answer this for me, and let me know if I can let this guy finish tomorrow, or if not, what problems it might cause so that I can argue the point intelligently with him.
Thanks