mosaics

Hi all, Chap I know has asked me to look at a failed job, he has fitted mosaics to his bathroom but bizarrely he said the mosaics he chose were glass, stone and WOOD!! yes wood. He said wood has now swelled and grout cracked, no surprise, anybody fitted these before? I would have thought one of...

Has anybody done the course in italy and was it good .

Evening, im doing a bath room refit for a customer, with backer board on one wall , with the screws and washers, and waterproofed as well, and plaster one the other, waterproofed as well,origianlly it was going to be ceramic tiles, no problem, now the customer has changed the tiles to glass...

Hi, I'm having my ensuite refurbished with ceramic wall tiles laid in a brick effect with a brick effect mosaic border. The tiling has been done today and looks great but the border is not flush with the wall tiles so you can see tiles directly below and above the border which concerns me. Am...

Hi all, If this has been covered before, then apologies: If fixing a mosaic centre feature in between porcelain tiles. For example the centre of a shower. Is it normal that the grout lines do not line up? Mosaics on nets seem to be 300 exactly, then perhaps the porcelain tile (tile mountain...

Please can anyone tell me if a proper mosaic trowel is square notched or v notched? and if one is better than the other. is it 3 mm notches? Many thanks Richard

seam to be working on a lot of glass pools just lately , and using my monty blade in my grinder but was just wondering if there was a glass cutting blade specifically for glass ?:hurray:

I have a job tomorrow, the tiles are 700x300 with a mosaic border. But these are 600x300, similar to those in the link below. They are also the same thickness as the tile. Any tips for fitting these. I usually put the backing sheets onto smaller mosaics!! I would usually lay tiles this size...

Evening all, Im new to this forum and relativelty new ish to tilling, have only been doing it for two years now as a job. I was just wondering if some of you life long tilers could give me some advise please :) ... I have a job to do with a mosaic border on a mesh. The customer would like a...

Got a customer with one full wall with mosaic border running through, however on some of the side walls the mosaics form the top of the half wall, what's the best way to finish this off, can't image trim on top of mosaics? Any bright ideas? :santa_wink:

Hi, I may have landed a job involving 30 square metres of 20x20 glass mosaic priced at £50.00 a metre. The job is in London. It starts in 6 weeks time and could lead to more work within the same building. Is anyone interested in splitting it with me? They must have experience of mosaic. Doug...

I'm a diy lover and I've been getting lots of work done myself, or with some help from pro's every now and then. I've just gone through some renovation at home and one of the last steps was laying my glass mosaic back splash. Now I would like to make holes on it for some hooks I have. I've tried...

Sup fellas, Okay to here is a new job. Glass. I am using the adhesive strips for the mosaics. Stick the mosaics to that then tile adhesive to the wall. Before anyone asks I am using flexi floor adhesive for these tiles... Anyways, the mosaic has that plastic strip behind and is still sitting...

Has anyone grouted stainless steel mosaic tiles with epoxy grout? I’ve got about 6sqm of a kitchen splashback to do. Customer bought tiles from Walls & Floors and they gave her two 3kg tubs of Kerapoxy for the job. I went to CTD yesterday and got speaking to a couple of tilers who recommended...

The 'web' seems to recommend 4mm notched trowel for mosaics (porcelain) Is this correct and if so is the notch smaller than you would use on the floor to stop adhesive coming through the gaps? Many thanks for your help

I'm installing a woodburner against a false chimney breast of block construction. I want to 'clad' this in slate and like some of the split face mosaic tiles available. I'm concerned that the resin bonded construction of these tiles will be unsuitable, although I can find no definitive...

I'm considering cladding an external wall using Split Faced Stone Mosaic "Tiles". (I have used this type of tile on a internal living room wall and in this particular instance I got them from Porcelanosa.)...

we were asked to tile a whole wetroom in mosaics, facing wall and floor including wet tray from original style, I just looked at them, approx. 3mm and thought hmmmm I don't know if these are suitable, I checked with my local supplier and look what I found out ! they were on site and spec'd by...

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Hello all, I have got to lay some mosaic sheets onto a shower wet room floor, only about 1.5m/2. If it was to be tiled with normal tiles, I would use a 10 trowel so I can meet the adjoining tiled floor.. What trowel should I use for the the bed.. Or how would you approach this. The floor is...