Border tiles fixing(one method)

[Sean fsy]

this is just one method of doing small border, mosaics, theres no specially adapted tools, battons used at all. just everyday tilers tools that you have on the job. theres no waiting for tiles to set etc its just a continuos job with no waiting time involved. this is the method with pics of the job in full aswell.

the job:

put adhesive on wall using 10mm trowel:

pat on the borders using a grout float:

border tiles flush:

all border tiles set on:

Place the relevent spacers into border to stop them crushing together:

 

[Sean fsy]

tiles now fixed ontop of borders:

close up:

Neat and tidy corner:

All tiles fitted above border now:

Grouted:

 

[Sean fsy]

grouted:

All silicon done by my gun and finger:

Nice and flush against main tiles:

Job sorted:

 

[Aston]

nicely demonstrated mate !

obviously a person thats very passionate about what they do...

best regards
ed

 

[White Room]

Nice work Sean, still prefer the dogs ear.

What addy was that.

 

[Sean fsy]

Nice work Sean, still prefer the dogs ear.

What addy was that.

mapei grip D1.

doing it this way theres no mess, addy to clean off no nothing. as i say this is just one method. we all have our ways of doing things, theres no rights and no wrongs.

 

[b30 villain]

nice job and great tip for newbie like me

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Nice one Sean, nice job

 

[united]

Nice one mate

Thanks for taking the time to do the photos.

 

[Peter]

Very neat and tidy job, nicely done.

I'd do borders the same way with the float and the spacers. Another handy fix if the borders will need bedded out is to lay your border down beside a long cut, mark the width of the border to the cut on either side and to rifle a few of these off. This can be used (with spacers on top and bottom) until your higher courses are dry enough to not slip. Works well with large format/heavy tiles.

 

[The D]

The dogs leg you are knocking is for boarders that are thinner than the field tile but nice demo

 

[White Room]

I agree but I leave a gap then fix the mosaic even if there the same thickness

 

[DHTiling]

Thanks for the pics..

What size trowel did you use on the borders and the main filed tiles..?

 

[jay]

finished job looks good im suprised that tubed stuff can be packed out that much is the main tile stone:8:

 

[Sean fsy]

Thanks for the pics..

What size trowel did you use on the borders and the main filed tiles..?

the walls were the old concrete screed walls, nightmare!! they were all over the place and years of torture inflicted on them with tile after tile removal.i patched a lot of them up first but still used a 8mm trowel on field tiles and a 10mm to apply the addy for borders.