Show Us YOUR Work Thread - Tilers Pictures

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Nice work Mark, sorry I could not join you, maybe next time.

 

[ishi69]

Hi Dan not slippy at all only just finished cleaning off when I took the pictures so it was still wet. Thanks lads.

 

[ishi69]

Lovely stuff. Are the as slippy as they look? They look really shiney!

A few pics of the floor when dry.

 

[rainsco]

nice joints in the slope. do you cut all the small tiles?

yesterday i fixed only 9 tiles on a long day. it was not easy. the tiles have 14mm thickness and i have to calibrate the shower to one tile in the wide. and the alurail for glaswall later has to resessed. so i used ardex x32 because it can be used until 30mm mortar bed. (75kg for 9 tiles!!!) i floatet with a 15mm middlebed trowel and buttered with 10mm. sometimes more and sometime less. i take the tiles with a double sealed vacuum handle. without this tool it wasn´t possible to carry the buttered tiles alone in this height. it was mental not easy to trust this tool.
demotivating moment was when i set a tile and knock it with the hammer the edge touch another edges and "zack" a glaze springs away... so i later just knock it when i space them with the wooden wedges. on the tool pictures you see my custom made wet saw for perfekt long cuts until 220cm. i test the dry cutting with my 120cm kaufmann cutter and it was ok but it was not save brackage on the end. so i decided to use only wet cutting. it takes more time (15l water for 1 tile needed) but it is 100% safe and the edges are perfekt. for this projekt i bought a new drilling machine. my other one is limited on 40cm wide. for the 45degree cuts in the niche i use my little wet saw. crazy, such a machine park for only a shower!

 

[ishi69]

Hi rainsco, all the small tiles for the wet area have been water jet cut. Your latest job looks like another nice project. What size are the tile 800x800mm ?

 

[Tony73]

Here i have finished stage one: tiling and grouting. floor 400x600 slate tiles with mapei antracite grout, walls 300x600 calacatta marble tiles with mapei silver grey grout.
Stage two to come: template and fit 20mm carrara bath top with splash back and vanity top :hurray:

 

[mattle40]

Credit to you pal, your work is pure quality from design to completion,
That's the result of really enjoying your trade

 

[Tony73]

Thanks m8, i do enloy it :drool5: and this is the same house, but very different style in other bathroom

 

[mattle40]

Yes very different lol bit heavy on the eyes for me tho ;-)

 

[Tony73]

sooooooooooo many tiles with mitred corners :drool5: i love MITRE WIZZ :lol: