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  1. J

    Solid bed/ back buttering/notched trowels???

    Hey up Did a small floor for a friend the other day. Used 400mm 400mm ceramics. What is back buttering? Should I have back buttered the tiles? What is its purpose? Is back buttering another term for solid bed? I used a 10mm square notched trowel, but having read on here that I would of...
  2. W

    Trowel size.

    As posted elsewhere, I'm about to start some tiling in the bathroom. Tiles are 330x250x8 ceramics onto plasterboard. Going to be using Mapei P9 addy. Just went to get me trowel and discovered that it's a 6mm square notched affair. Would this be suitable for my situation or should I be nipping...
  3. A

    Wall/Floor Tiles Size of notched trowel?

    Hi Guys I just about to put some Floor/Wall tiles on to the Wall (Wall is Aqua Board) these tiles are 600x300 ceramic. What size notch trowel would I need? Regards Simon.
    • Aspesim
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    • floor floor tiles size tile tiles tiling trowel trowel usa wall
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  4. U

    trowels

    just a quick question, when tiling my bathroom should you use (example) 8mm notched trowel, then for the walls round the bath and where the showr is use a thin bed trowel or is that only for wet rooms?
  5. U

    trowels and adhesive

    can some1 tell me if your putting up a large format tile do you atomatically need to use bigger than a 6mm notched trowel and bagged adhesive rather than ready mixed tubbed stuff
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    • adhesive tile adhesive tiling trowel trowel trowels usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  6. C

    adhesives and trowels

    just finished what i thought was a wee job, ended up having to re plaster walls. i had to use a 10mm notched trowel for the 250mm x 400mm tiles and it just eats up the adhesive but what i was wondering was why is normal adhesive not adequate for large format tiles, whats the difference betwwen...
    • CRAIG G
    • Thread
    • adhesive adhesives tile adhesive tiling trowel trowel trowels usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  7. J

    What trowel on this job?

    Hi guys just wanted your thoughts really, fixing 450 square travertine onto wedi. What size trowel should I use? I was thinking 10mm then I thought maybe I should go up to 12 to make sure there's a good bed. Then I thought since I'm back skimming it and it's a flat surface maybe 8mm would...
    • JLM Tiling
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    • find a tiler job jobs this tiling job tiling jobs tiling trowel tiling work trowel usa what work
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  8. M

    Porcelain Floor Tiles - What trowel size and adhesive

    Morning all - help required..... I am doing my first porcelain floor job next week , and the tiles I am laying are Square gloss surface porcelain Dimensions 440 mm x 440 mm Depth 10mm These are being laid on Marmox backerboard and I wanted advice as to the best notch-size trowel to use...
    • MartinH
    • Thread
    • adhesive floor floor tiles porcelain porcelain floor porcelain tile size tile tile adhesive tiles tiling trowel trowel usa what
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  9. P

    Hanging up my trowel

    Well after 4 years of trying to make it work i feel the time has now come for me to pack the trade in. Had some great times but the work in my area is just not there at the moment. Love the job but with bills and a mortgage to pay it seems there is no option. Time for me to start getting my arse...
  10. N

    rubi 45 degree trowel

    just wondering has any one tried one out ,my mate has just informed that he has ordered one why i dont know , i would have though they would be clumsy to use , and why is it not round notch
  11. M

    10mm solid bed trowel adhesive coverage

    Hi Can anyone pls give me some info on adhesive coverage for a 10mm u-shaped solid bed notched trowel? I'm looking at using at using tilemaster ultimate adhesive and they give 5-6 square meters coverage at a 3mm depth. The tiles will be natural stone so they wont have any recesses in...
    • Matthew77
    • Thread
    • 10mm adhesive coverage tile adhesive tiling trowel trowel usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  12. N

    Trowel Size

    I am about to tile my kitchen floor with 600 x 300 porcelin tiles, I am going onto a concrete floor. The floor is fairly level / flat. Could someone recommend which size trowel I need for the job? and a good adhesive?
  13. M

    Trowel sizes

    I just sorting out consuption rate for a Mapei adhesive and its says: bonding mosaics (trowel No.4): 2kg/m Is the size of a No.4 trowel 4mm? cheers in advance missyT
  14. M

    What trowel / spacer size do i need?

    I'm laying my 1st polished marble floor for my sister and need some advise. She has a new screed floor (been down about 2 months) and has wet underfloor heating installed which has been on up until a week ago and is perfectly level with no joins / cracks in it. the tiles are 600 x 600 x 12mm...
    • mrgdclark
    • Thread
    • size spacer spacing tile spacer tiling trowel trowel usa what
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. G

    What size trowel

    Hi guys, after some more advice. Im about to start tiling new ensuite with 450x300x10mm ceramics. What size trowel do you recomend, vast majority of tiles are going onto unscimmed plasterboard ( except where ive tanked ) while the rest will be going onto a small scimmed concrete block wall...
  16. M

    trowel size

    Am about to tile my corner shower enclosure - tile size is 500 x 250 ceramics - using bal supercover rapid flex - what size trowel should I be using? - one wall is aquapanel the other skimmed - skimmed wall has slight dip of about 2/3 mm in the middle. Have tanked both walls. Have got a 6mm...
  17. M

    Trowels & Adhesive

    Hi Guys, I'm fitting some large tiles. The wall tiles are 33cm x 100cm. Am I right in thinking a 6mm square notched trowel will be ok for these? The floor tiles are 44cm x 66cm (porcelain) and I was thinking 10mm round notched trowel. Also, wasn't sure whether to go with butech adhesive or...
  18. G

    45° Rubi trowel

    Anyone else used these Rubi trowels? and what did you think about them TradeTiler.Ltd Rubi 45 Degree Trowels
    • Gazzer
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    • rubi rubi tile cutter rubi tools tile cutter tiling trowel trowel usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  19. D

    which trowel for what ?

    hey guys on my quest for more knowlegde again , getting a bit confused by different trowels and sized notches for which tile and which substrate as im looking towards getting my starter list together. there seems to be a lot different type trowles with different shaped nothches and sizes when...
  20. B

    Trowel gone rusty

    My new Marshaltown 6mm trowel has gone all rusty and I've only had it a few weeks, I have a Marshaltown plastering trowel which is 5 years old and as clean as a whistle. I would have thought they'd be stainless steel? I've started smearing it in Silicon grease to keep in from getting worse...

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