Tiler left little space

[Shay]

Hi all, My Tiler's left me in a pickle.

Tiling my Bathroom he has removed my Toilet and the ceramic cover thing (that covers my pipes) under the hand basin. He has then tiled the floor as normal.

He has tiled the floor as agreed but he asked me to replace the toilet and cover thing when the Grout sets.

But now the Toilet wont fit back in as there is no play in the cistern due to the water pipe (even with the screws out) and the ceramic cover thing doesn't have a hope since the tiles are right to the basen (so can't lift basen to suit).

The sink shd be OK since I can put a braided flexy hose on but what will I do with the basin pipe cover?... how can I get 6mm cut from it?

Shay

[Andy Hall]

Do you mean the pedestal?

If so, I think it would be very difficult to remove any of its length without the risk of breaking it.

The tiler should have foreseen this and the basin should have been refitted with a spacer equivalent in thickness to the floor tiles and the same thing for the toilet pan.

With the sanitaryware at the correct finished height, it can be temporarily removed, the tiling can be done and then the items fitted back.

He should know this full well.

Have you paid?

Either way, it would be appropriate to bring him back to redo the wall tiles after the height of the sanitary ware has been adjusted.

[Lobster]

Adding to what Andy has told you - this isn't a 'cover' it's a support, and should take the weight of the basin... the screws which attach it to the wall are to retain it in position, not to take its weight. Be careful it doesn't fall down; and certainly don't lean on it in it's current state.

Tiler shouldn't have removed the pedestal, he should have demounted the whole lot.

David

[LSR]

I used a 4" angle grinder to "skim" a few mm off our porcelain sink pedestal after replacing the bathroom floor. Much to my surprise it worked really well.

[John]

I would guess that it will be more liable to crack or craze.

[LSR]

I scored the glaze with a glass-cutter first. I cut the top part, which is pretty much hidden by the sink, and covered the join with silicone.

[Peter Ashby]

Clever scoring the glaze, the sort that is obvious once though of. Pretty much the same as scoring tiles before cutting them.

Peter