any advice please

[nybor62]

were are you based ethescar im sure some one on here would be happy to help you out with this project, as he mentioned what adhesive he is using

 

[White Room]

Cracking/movement, all materials have different expansion/contraction rates

 

[ethascar]

I live in spalding.
We have had an extention done (well kinda done we had to throw the builder off site in the end and things are getting worse and worse everyday we are finding more things wrong.
I am having to have a go at this myself as i have lost my job also and at this rate i am glad we wont be using this tiler.
What he said he would be using is.
2 part latex flexible adhesive.
Standard flexible adhesive
Standard adhesive
Flexible floor grout
Waterproof wall adhesive
Thanks everone

 

[mikethetile]

your not being thick

the wood subfloor and the concrete sub floor move at different rates

if you tile across them your tiles will crack at that point, you will require a movement joint where the different subfloors meet

 

[nybor62]

sorry to here you lost your job.

 

[nybor62]

how many m2 is the job in total

 

[ethascar]

Thats ok mate .
Its been quite handy to tell you truth as i have so much work to do here i havent stopped since.

 

[ethascar]

All the floor areas are 66m2
Walls 66m2 in total for all rooms ie:bathroom/en/suite,wetroom

 

[Alan.P]

I think we have too much info in too many places, can you break it down room by room, what's going to be fixed and what the substrate is at the moment, we can then advise room by room.

 

[ethascar]

Ok Alan no probs one room at a time ( thanks for all the help here guys)
First of all there is the hall (bungalow by the way this is) that goes all the way around to the kitchen to the right, the floor have been plyed over down the corridor then turns again at this point it goes onto self levelling compound then old tiles then the new concrete floor leading into the kitchen,(this is hard to try and explain)

The bathroom that is off the hall the floor has also been plyed over the old floor boards,(this by the way was the old bedroom) there is an outside wall that has been plastered over infront of you as you enter the bathroom, to the left is an existing internal wall that has been skimmed, then on the left there has been a studded wall put up and this has been skimmed over as well.

En/suite
Plyed over floor again with stud walls on 2 sides and 2 old exterior walls that have been skimmed over.

wETROOM IS STILL IN PROGRESS BUT THIS HAS HAD AT THE MOMENT GREEN PLASTERBOARD WETPROOF (dot and dabbed) AND THE FLOOR HAS HAD INSULATION DOWN WITH A DPM LAID OVER THE (sos about caps just noticed) top of this. this is to be concreted.
Hope this helps if not i will try again.
Cheers
Nic

 

[faithhealer]

hi Nic, heres a chart to check weights tiles/substrates Tiles and Adhesive Weight Per Square Metre - THE TILE SOURCE

 

[ethascar]

Thanks faithhealer
Looks like they can have the tiles back as we were not informed of this when we purchased the tiles there was no professianal advice so to say bought from a proper tile outlet as well.

 

[Colour Republic]

Thanks faithhealer
Looks like they can have the tiles back as we were not informed of this when we purchased the tiles there was no professianal advice so to say bought from a proper tile outlet as well.

The problem is that tiling is a professional trade so whilst the tile shops can give you guidance it's not their job to tell you everything you need to know. In fact it's just the same on here, we can guide you on the information you give but can't say 100% without seeing the job first hand as there are tiny little details which may change the job spec completely

 

[ethascar]

we had no guidance or anything to tell you the truth they just sold the tiles with no questions asked regarding what they were being put onto.
I understand what you are saying regarding tiling but surly they should be asking these kind of questions if they are selling tiles this big?
Cheers
Nic

 

[Colour Republic]

we had no guidance or anything to tell you the truth they just sold the tiles with no questions asked regarding what they were being put onto.
I understand what you are saying regarding tiling but surly they should be asking these kind of questions if they are selling tiles this big?
Cheers
Nic

Depends, they have no idea who you are, you might be a consumer you might be a tiler, also you don't have to be qualified to sell tiles in the same way you don't have to be a qualified electrician to sell a light fitting.

Did you ask any questions at all that might have given them the impression you were fitting them DIY? I know you wouldn't have known all questions to ask but advice may have been a bit more forthcoming if you had asked is there anything I need to know about these tiles?, or even seen two tiles and asked what the difference between them were?

I'm sure the shop will try to help you out but they may have had to order them in rather than a stock item so they would attract costs for doing so.

The point i'm trying to make is that the shop shouldn't really be made accountable, the poor advice you have received off the tiler is more of a concern.