Bathroom

[christine]

Hi my husband has finally finished rendering our bathroom and we are about to place the order for our ceramic tiles - yipee I thought this day wld never come. What adhesive do you recommend for the walls (the tiles are 30 x 40) and floor (which is floorboards boarded with 18mm plywood). They are light beige stone effect and we are thinking of using ivory grouting- any views on this and which make? Do we need to put the expensive waterproof board before we tile the shower cubicle? thx Christine

 

[jimbob]

:welcome::welcome:

 

[christine]

Do you have a tile giant in your area

Hi, nearest is Tooting we went on Saturday but took us nearly 4 hours there ad back due to traffic + Twickenham were playing at home so got that traffic too so no plans to go again in a hurry - they need to open one in West London:dizzy2:.

 

[Rav daniels]

hi cristine, if you have another loo, no need to really use rapid set, unless you need to tile and grout in the same day, can walk on rapid set after a couple of hours, also if he is not very confidant stick to normal set because it can be very rapid, hope all goes well

 

[christine]

hi cristine, if you have another loo, no need to really use rapid set, unless you need to tile and grout in the same day, can walk on rapid set after a couple of hours, also if he is not very confidant stick to normal set because it can be very rapid, hope all goes well

thanks, he is a good diyer but first time tiler so it is all a bit daunting. Next question how do you decide which size trowel to use for wall and floor?

How do you decide on spaces - we are using the same tile for wall and floor but as they are not square only two walls will match.

Thanks

 

[White Room]

Try 8mm for the walls but if the tiles have a profile on the back skim it with some adhesive just to fill the profiles. If you remove one and find theres not enough adhesive on the wall use a 10mm.

Use a 10mm for the floor and again back skim any profile on the rear, test to see if you get as near to 100% as possible coverage

 

[Rav daniels]

i would go 2mm spacers for the walls and 3mm on floor, 4mm if you prefer, the bigger the spacer the more play he will have,if anything should go a little wrong, same as white beam with trowels