Bad Renovation

[davtan76 0]

Any body there please help. Done up my master bedroom toilet due to water seepage. Orginally toilet floor was about 35mm lower than master bedroom laminated flooring (condo). After renovation, toilet floor is higher than bedroom's flooring. Investigation found that the water proofing and cement screed was done over the existing drain-pipe of the removed long bath. These evidents show that the flooring was not hacked deep enough and for whatever reason the water proofing and cement screed of about 75mm was added to the flooring. Now a 40mm kerb was erracted at the entrance of the toilet. This kerb post a hazard to us as we are senior citizens. We have been using this toilet without this kerb for more than 10 years and further more my wife is having weak knees and visiting the orthopeadic clinic for her knees treatment. Using the toilet in the middle of the night will be hazadous as we might forget that there is a kerb and trip over and knock ourselves in the process. The contractor insist they inform us, but we are sure they did not. Any way adding that much cement screed to the flooring, is it against building regulations to add that much weight to the toilet floor.

Can you imagine my toilet door now cannot close, even after they saw about 50mm off the bottom of the door to accommodate the 'raised' floor. The tiler can't even take care of the toilet door and the door frame after wall tiles were being hacked. This said so much about their quality of work. Reason : Door frame was distorted after hacking yet he laid the wall tiles resulting toilet door unable to close.

Any suggestion how to address this probelm before somebody get hurt. Please HELP anybody.

Edited August 6, 2010 by davtan76

[gettome 0]

Sounds like a bad job that needs to be completely rectified. Who in his right mind wants a bathroom to be higher than the bedroom floor! So, either re-do, or raise up your bedroom floor. My symphathy.

[congee 0]

Post the ID, firm up there !

[davidbslee 1]

Any body there please help. Done up my master bedroom toilet due to water seepage. Orginally toilet floor was about 35mm lower than master bedroom laminated flooring (condo). After renovation, toilet floor is higher than bedroom's flooring. Investigation found that the water proofing and cement screed was done over the existing drain-pipe of the removed long bath. These evidents show that the flooring was not hacked deep enough and for whatever reason the water proofing and cement screed of about 75mm was added to the flooring. Now a 40mm kerb was erracted at the entrance of the toilet. This kerb post a hazard to us as we are senior citizens. We have been using this toilet without this kerb for more than 10 years and further more my wife is having weak knees and visiting the orthopeadic clinic for her knees treatment. Using the toilet in the middle of the night will be hazadous as we might forget that there is a kerb and trip over and knock ourselves in the process. The contractor insist they inform us, but we are sure they did not. Any way adding that much cement screed to the flooring, is it against building regulations to add that much weight to the toilet floor.

Can you imagine my toilet door now cannot close, even after they saw about 50mm off the bottom of the door to accommodate the 'raised' floor. The tiler can't even take care of the toilet door and the door frame after wall tiles were being hacked. This said so much about their quality of work. Reason : Door frame was distorted after hacking yet he laid the wall tiles resulting toilet door unable to close.

Any suggestion how to address this probelm before somebody get hurt. Please HELP anybody.

Please post the ID Firm name BIG BIG as this kind of ID firm only eat senior citizens.