Missing Kitchen Tile!

[Guardsman18]

Hi looking for some advice on how to handle this situation.

I have had a kitchen fitted recently. Used a local company and their kitchen fitter although he is paid independently.

Company designed the kitchen which I am very happy with. The way one of the units has been put in - at an angle - means that there is part of the tiled floor which is missing a tile. The tiles don't go all the way back to the wall except for under the washing machine.

I hope this makes sense! I feel that fitter could have taken a piece of tile from under the washing machine and put it in the gap or is it my responsibility to get a tiler to do it?

He is expecting payment today. Would appreciate your thoughts.

Anyone? Please?

Have you had a new floor put down?

If not, I'd take it up with the kitchen fitter and the company who designed the kitchen as one of them has messed up.

No it's not a new floor. I did have it sealed and polished and asked them to use dust sheets which they didn't always do.

Your responsibility.

That's helpful. One says it's them and one me!

Back to the drawing board I guess. Thank you though for taking the time to reply

Did you discuss the floor with them at all or just expect them to see the obvious missing tile and sort it out? If it wasn't flagged up with them then you can't expect them to do it.

well, the kitchen fitters are not responsible for a floor they did not fit.

BUT they were responsible for the design, and should have pointed out to you that the floor would need something.

So I would use that as the point of discussion, that they designed akitchen that didn't fit what was there, and they should have taken it into account.

If the floor never came up at any point, I do think you probably don't have a chance.

Are you sure that you can remove a tile from under the wahing machine? Will you be abel to get a whole tile off the floor?

If it's not a new floor, and they were contracted to put the new units on your existing floor, they aren't responsible for your missing tile.

As an aside, this is one of the reasons why I advocate flooring the entire kitchen before you put the units down. Others disagree.

You can try taking up a tile from the washing machine space, it will probably come up in many pieces.

I agree Piglet John - we moved a cupboard and ended up with a hole. massively expensive to retiel a whoel floor!

(we cheated and patched with a nearly the same tile )