02/26/2026
Tile job by contractor - are we being picky or is this not good?
Hey everyone, wanted to check here to get opinions about this tile job. We hired some contractors to do this shower (also they used Schluter and Kerdi board) and we just now checked out the details after they left on Friday since we didn’t want to step on the grout for a while. Main complaints - cuts around drain and vent aren’t good and look sloppy, grout is very heavy handed in some spots and there’s also quite a few small air bubbles we’ve found (maybe 15-20 so far?), there’s a crack in one of the installed subway tiles that just got grouted over lol, and the edges where the tile meets the baseboards are rough. Some parts will be covered up by the quarter round that we need to reinstall but surely it won’t all be covered up? I don’t think the contractors are “done” in the sense that hopefully they’re going to clean up the grouty smears everywhere, they still have to install shower door, etc. But i wanted to check and see what you guys thought, because maybe these are small details we won’t notice once the bathroom is fully finished? Or is this a pretty rough situation? Just wanting to see if we are getting tunnel vision or if our concerns are valid lol.
