Hi All
Looking for a bit of advice if I may?
I recently embarked on a project to replace the bath in the en-suite with a shower, but once the state of the flooring became apparent the project grew legs and the whole room got gutted!
I have replaced all the OSB with 18mm ply, due to handling/transportation etc I used 1200x600 boards cut to suit joist locations and put shed loads of battens in and floor is pretty solid now, although with some lippage on the ply sheets.
I have then put self levelling compound down, but here is where I went wrong - despite pegging it to find the levels I got a flat floor but sloping towards the door, I think it happened when I put a second batch down and didn't observe the pegs properly,
I continued on in hope I could level off with adhesive, so Ditra mat went down, filled the waffles, banded the joints and edges the proceeded to tile.
However as I proceed from the high spot I'm finding it harder to level the tiles up, they are 30x60. I back butter and trowel with a large notch trowel but have had to put layers of adhesive down to layer it up to reach the right height, which is becoming increasingly frustrating and difficult 🙂
Anyway, rather than stubbornly push ahead, what's the best option here? I'd really prefer not to rip up the Ditra, but I do think I have enough tiles left that if pulled them up and relevelled and started again it wouldn't be so painful? is this an option with what has been done already? If I ripped up the tiles I guess would leave some layers of uneven adhesive to have self leveller poured onto would that work ok? Or should I take right back to the leveller under the Ditra?
I could potentially put some self leveller in the area I haven't tiled yet but I'm worried I'm making a dogs dinner of it all.
One of the main areas of concern I have around being as level as possible is the new WC is a back to the wall type with a large curved base, any lippage on the tiles there could leave this not supported correctly?
Thanks for any advice, realise I've bitten off quite a bit with the whole job but I simply don't have budget to get a pro in, so trying to make the best of it with what I can learn along the way.
Looking for a bit of advice if I may?
I recently embarked on a project to replace the bath in the en-suite with a shower, but once the state of the flooring became apparent the project grew legs and the whole room got gutted!
I have replaced all the OSB with 18mm ply, due to handling/transportation etc I used 1200x600 boards cut to suit joist locations and put shed loads of battens in and floor is pretty solid now, although with some lippage on the ply sheets.
I have then put self levelling compound down, but here is where I went wrong - despite pegging it to find the levels I got a flat floor but sloping towards the door, I think it happened when I put a second batch down and didn't observe the pegs properly,
I continued on in hope I could level off with adhesive, so Ditra mat went down, filled the waffles, banded the joints and edges the proceeded to tile.
However as I proceed from the high spot I'm finding it harder to level the tiles up, they are 30x60. I back butter and trowel with a large notch trowel but have had to put layers of adhesive down to layer it up to reach the right height, which is becoming increasingly frustrating and difficult 🙂
Anyway, rather than stubbornly push ahead, what's the best option here? I'd really prefer not to rip up the Ditra, but I do think I have enough tiles left that if pulled them up and relevelled and started again it wouldn't be so painful? is this an option with what has been done already? If I ripped up the tiles I guess would leave some layers of uneven adhesive to have self leveller poured onto would that work ok? Or should I take right back to the leveller under the Ditra?
I could potentially put some self leveller in the area I haven't tiled yet but I'm worried I'm making a dogs dinner of it all.
One of the main areas of concern I have around being as level as possible is the new WC is a back to the wall type with a large curved base, any lippage on the tiles there could leave this not supported correctly?
Thanks for any advice, realise I've bitten off quite a bit with the whole job but I simply don't have budget to get a pro in, so trying to make the best of it with what I can learn along the way.
