bathroom floor.

[Mr Tiler]

so ive taken up majority of the tiles today and started chipping away the adhesive... some of the ply was coming up with the adhesive and I have noticed that there seems to be a thin layer of ply over other ply... I cant get my head around it as you can see there are square pieces of wood over the joists but these lines were not visible until I chipped away this thin layer of ply which was no more than 3mm thick and seemed to be completely glued to the underfloor but why would there be joints im confused and my knowledge has hit its limit on this lol.

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[Mr Tiler]

I would assume they are porcelain but more likely they are a "glazed".....

8mm thick.......(full bodied are usually 10mm)
uncalibrated.......(most full bodied are calibrated and rectified)
screams cheap glazed porcs to me........

just for the benifit of the readers...........

rectified = cut square after manafacture
calibrated = even thickness across the depth of the tile............have you ever seen that cheap slate that is 20mm at one end and 3mm at the other?..........they are uncalibrated!

I will have to look up what the full bodied part means will do later tonight when im on properly.... yeh ive seen those slate in b&q but I wouldn't call them cheap! they maybe cheap considering the quality but they wouldn't feel cheap on my pocket! lol. no metal problems just the painted skirting but it will be re-done..... what about the grout joints mate can the acid get into the joints? if not whats the best method to keep it to a minimum? thanks lee.

 

[Mr Tiler]

0.6% absorbtion. Matt finish. 45 minutes.

I would say that thse may of needed sealing beforehand. Sounds like a full bodied porcelain tile to me.

so how can I tell this in the future ali? is the absorbtion percentage? thanks matey.

 

[Mr Tiler]

Sintered tiles , simple clean with a cement residue cleaner.

cement residue cleaner? I talked to the chap i done the voluntary work for and he said to go and get this is this going to do the job guys cheers? Fila Cleaner 1lt from Tile Choice in The Midlands

 

[prceramics]

you need to work on your washing off technique 1st wash curclier motion to remove excess grout 2nd wash is a ringed out sponge wiped in a diagonal sweep turn the sponge over then sweep again then rinse the sponge and continue this way there will only be a tiny bit of grout if any left on the face of the tile to buff off

 

[DHTiling]

? I talked to the chap i done the voluntary work for and he said to go and get this is this going to do the job guys cheers? Fila Cleaner 1lt from Tile Choice in The Midlands

Our advice is no good then.

 

[Mr Tiler]

no dave he uses the tile shop I brought them from all the time so he uses there grouts and there tiles lol... is that stuff ok to use you think? thanks pr il come and see if I can find some vids on the technuiqes to use cheers guys.

 

[DHTiling]

no dave he uses the tile shop I brought them from all the time so he uses there grouts and there tiles lol... is that stuff ok to use you think? thanks pr il come and see if I can find some vids on the technuiqes to use cheers guys.

No good for cement residues.

 

[Mr Tiler]

sorry dave wrong product mate it was this one that was suggested what you think of this stuff cheers. Fila Deterdek 1lt from Tile Choice in The Midlands

 

[DHTiling]

It us a good cleaner .

L

 

[AliGage]

so how can I tell this in the future ali? is the absorbtion percentage? thanks matey.

The absorbtion rate can be found on the products data sheet, sometimes of the packaging of the tile.

Porcelain is generally very hard, therefore dense. Most porcelain tiles have a very low absorbtion rate because of this. Yours are quoting 0.6%. For a good quality porclain I would say this is quite high. Believe it or not.
If your tile is full bodied porcelain, the matt finishing and the hazing to me suggests it could be. Then there is no glazed layer to full close any possible holes in the surface of your tile. At 0.6 I'd believe there maybe. So, as a consequence, and leaving the grout on a little too long before washing off perhaps, you have grout bleed into your tile.

I could be completely wrong, but I am basing this on a bit of experience. I've had bleed onto a tile with AR of less than 0.1 before. Luckily I tested the tile before grouting up

 

[Mr Tiler]

thanks mate and that is a lesson learned but u know what mate... I was actually sayin to the missus earlier when we purchased the tiles I thought the tiles felt and looked a little 'spongey' if you know what I mean. deffinately a lesson learned will always either be asking the absorbtion rate and or testing a single tile when doing it again. (need to try and remember to test a tile!) hopefully that statement will stay in me head for next time lol thanks mate :thumbs_up:

 

[Gazzer]

Cleaned it yet ?

 

[Mr Tiler]

nope havnt brought the stuff yet didn't havnt got the money until fri mate