Bathroom contractor here, as long as you look at it from 20’ away and never get anything wet…. Haha, this reminds me of a movie set.

Mr. George, I appreciate your attention to detail.

I freaking love Red Guard! I’ll always use it on every job

I replaced the tile in several bathrooms leaving the cast iron tubs. The tile was put directly on sheetrock. They last over 35 years.

@Frank_the_contractor

3 күн бұрын

@donnash5813 sheetrock is not the same as drywall, over the drywall you have more mud and steel lathing. Followed by more mud. Back then, and now that is very labor-intensive. And it's also more of an art form and it's hard to get a repeatable finish product. About 10 of those that we tear out were good installers and it's a two-day tear out instead of a half day tear out.

@donnash5813

3 күн бұрын

@@Frank_the_contractor I tore out one bathroom that had the steel mesh and plaster above the cast iron tub. It took me a day to tear out. Two others were tile directly on sheetrock. Those lasted over 35 years.

Door is slanted brobably because it’s level, sill is sloping

I've done most of my own work for decades. My own home, and a lot of flips. Now I'm older and just can't/won't do it anymore so I interview "contractors" to do work. Most of them are clueless. If you find one that knows what they're doing, hold onto them like grim death.

@Frank_the_contractor

6 ай бұрын

100%

Poor customer. This job gives a bad name to the good contractors out here hustling

@Frank_the_contractor

5 ай бұрын

Yes it does. What amazes me, is I have a construction attorney in my pocket. I also work as an expert witness in court cases. 9 out of 10 clients are embarrassed and will not pursue them legally to get their money back

@MHeat.

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, 30k is not worth going to court over. Esspecially when majority of that 30k wont even be returned.

@Frank_the_contractor

5 ай бұрын

@@MHeat. I disagree. He presented himself as a contractor, which he is not. That alone can grant the client in trial 3x the bill.

@MHeat.

5 ай бұрын

@@Frank_the_contractor "Can Grant" Lots of details play a role in that. 3x the times the sale is not set in stone lol.

My eyes opened so wide when I heard you say no red guard, i died inside..

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

This is a ranch house so of course the floors aren't perfect because of its age. We use certain tools to help us get the tile set perfectly flat.

@Johakhdgzh

10 ай бұрын

@Frank_the_contractor sorry for the misunderstanding sir, I was referring to when you said no red guard was applied by the previous builder.

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

@johnluna7689 no misunderstanding sir. I assumed that's exactly what you meant. I'm going to have to start doing more of these, I fixed probably 10 bad contractor jobs a year. I'm going to go to this client's home and do an after video so everyone can see what it's supposed to look like when it's done correctly.

@jamiekanski740

10 ай бұрын

Red guard wasn't always used when I started 20years ago . No red guard, but I agree it's better with red guard but Not a make or break deal. He could have red guarded tje lower half . The half the really matters,and would have been fine

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

I remember when Red Guard came out. I've tried to have the attitude of my whole career not to dismiss new technologies. If something new comes out, we at least go visit, have a look at it as a team, and decide whether or not we will implement it. Obviously Redguard was one of those things we decided to implement. LOL

Looking forward to seeing it finished 👍

How are you going to get the floor flat for the tile? Was it just a bad tiling job, or is the floor actually wavy?

@Frank_the_contractor

5 ай бұрын

Floor was level. Just a bad job

@bvictory5698

2 ай бұрын

All of that tile was poorly set. The grout wasn’t done right either, looks like they let it sit too long on the curb at least, and or didn’t wipe it but one time.

I cant believe anyone uses sliding shower doors. They dont hold water in, and are mold magnets.

@Frank_the_contractor

8 ай бұрын

I hear you loud and clear! They're getting a lot better. They removed that old ugly track on the bottom and as long as we pitched the curb they seem to be working fairly well. Of course check back in 5 years from now and let's see how it does

Lets see how much they paid for this job im a contractor and this job its 45k all day

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

It actually had new Plumbing, and a tub. The only thing this guy did was tear up the tub, build a shower pan and install the wall tile. He charged 30k

@manofweed1

8 ай бұрын

@@Frank_the_contractor He charged $30k ? Really ? Wow, nooooo way !

@Frank_the_contractor

8 ай бұрын

@@manofweed1 for what work he did for 30k, I could retire in short order for that paycheck.

@MrBigHoss

7 ай бұрын

​@@Frank_the_contractor remove a tub and build a shower is 30k? What part of the country is this lol? Also have you ever used prova board? We love it

@Frank_the_contractor

7 ай бұрын

@@MrBigHoss this is Nashville Tennessee. No, we use a combination of old technology and new technology building a four layered redundant system . We guarantee the showers for Life providing the house does not move.

So this is the before, where is the after video?

Are there real building inspectors in that county? Do they still hold their jobs?

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

I have had meetings with the city, I believe that tile work should be inspected. Like doctors, contractors come with a reasonable expectations of trust. Unfortunately, this is quite common with limited recourse.

They got a working shower for half what u would have charged... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

@Frank_the_contractor

21 күн бұрын

@@CraftyRoseDentalinstructor. well, except for all the black mold.......

I had a contractor put tile on drywall and even left drywall exposed on the entry. Didn't even survive one shower and he spent 6 months on the job. Everything was wrong... everything.

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry that happened to you. Unfortunately, you're not alone in this. We see it all the time.

@IliadDreyfus-js9oe

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha, you let someone work on a project for 6 months. That's your fault that you didn't fire him in 1 week

@paulnevins

2 ай бұрын

@@IliadDreyfus-js9oe Unfortunately Missouri has a "Right to Cure" law before I can fire a contractor that has taken a lien out on my house. Would be nice if I lived in a world without laws overwhelmingly protecting businesses instead of consumers.

There’s no excuse for people doing hack installs like the guy before you when you can get an education on KZread literally for free.

What's red guard?

@Frank_the_contractor

Ай бұрын

Redguard is a paintable 100% latex membrane

@CraftyRoseDentalinstructor.

21 күн бұрын

There is black paper under the backer board same as if it were a mortar base...... tile is set same day and there is coating over the mortar base ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

No mention of the shower doors oriented incorrectly.

Any video update ?

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

This is where I'm struggling. I can't add pictures to the end of this particular video or add to it since it's already published.

I once used Rebath and the guy did a great job. One guy, almost 11 hours.

@ivicajakovljevic7113

10 ай бұрын

Education on youtube is great, but you also need lots of different tools and practice in tiling. Then realise that education on youtube was pretty bad 😢

The door knobs are bothering me.

There's no excuse for this. Too bad she can't make a "malpractice" claim against the contractor. If you don't know what you're doing, spend a little extra and use a Kerdi system. I'm learned how for just my shower and ripped out my old shower almost 10 years ago and did it Schluter's way, used the Kerdi sheets (before Kerdi board) and a "perfect" shower was easy.

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

The powers-that-be are way too gentle on illegal contractors. I take over probably six of these a year. I am licensed and bonded, which means if I make a really bad mistake and and won't come out and repair it, she can call the city and they will pay her out of my bond, and I can't pull permits until I replace the money in the bond. An illegal contractor, nothing

I bet they went with the cheapest quote

No, no, no , Take vanity place it on wall , 180 degrees opposite shower, the wall the door swings open to, Now you have opened up the room , Place full mirror above vanity, to ceiling, to reflect glass shower doors and skylight, this will really make this airy- to make this happen you make the door a POCKET door, which locks Now with the wall , with the toilet , add a bidet, for balance, over time the bidet will pay for itself, and will balance the room out, Not knowing what type of heat , however now on this wall, add some heating, now she will have a real bathroom. P.S please change your KZread name, to something like Done right contracting, Or integrity builders , as your content is spot on , however hard to remember your channel’s name , great work, keep moving,

@Frank_the_contractor

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your input! You may be right on the name, they're beginning to show a little. The client just doesn't have the money to do anything other than replace it as is. And that's the way her and her husband wanted it from the beginning.

Had me till he mentioned redguard 😣. Worst waterproofing liquid membrane, use any other brand that isn’t custom 🙄

@liquidmagma

10 ай бұрын

Disagree. I've used Redguard on many intalls. Never failed.

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

Redgard adheres so well, that providing the house doesn't move, we warranty for life.

@Astros-dz4bx

8 ай бұрын

do you really think Home Depot would be carrying a product that has a high risk of failure for decades if it didn't work? Human error =/= product failure.

The sliding door is inside out. Look at how the spray will just go between the 2 panes. Her trick of entering by the toilet lets the doors be opposite ends in use, but it is odd and you usually set the temp before entering

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

I saw that as well when I looked at the video when I posted it. It's an optical illusion, the doors are staggered correctly for spray.

I'm assuming she got what she paid for... sad. 30 yr tile setter, that was bad . Lake Havasu 🌞 Az

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

No, sadly they paid full price.

Hacks use red guard

@Frank_the_contractor

3 ай бұрын

Wrong sir! But please like the video!

Heck, I'm just a humble do it yourself guy & I could've done a better tile job.

You can't reuse the door it's missing parts, you might have missed this the gap under the sliding door there should be a metal water stop that came with the unit. If you reuse it it will be this video in the next issue of CONTRACTOR FAILS.

@Frank_the_contractor

10 ай бұрын

We did reuse the door, is this unit did not come with the waterguard. We sloped the marble and kept are gaps at a minimum and it works fine.