Choosing the right products for tiling my concrete floor

[stevemuzz7]

just remember to wear your slippers !!!

Can I ask how the ply was fixed to the concrete for the lino to lay on it ?

Aye it was glued down with pro-stick silicon which hasn't been any fun pulling up and trying to get all the adhesive off the concrete slab. Should have been hammer fixed down and then maybe i could have tiled on top of it. Having said that, it was only 6mm ply which probably wouldn't have been thick enough.

 

[stevemuzz7]

Next question.

With regards to the tile adhesive bed, what thickness of bed should I be looking to use? 10mm? More than that? And would I be right in assuming the best trowel to use would be a 20mm round notched?

 

[Mark S]

We get tumbleweed in Washington when the wind is in the wrong direction

 

[beanz]

I love that because you're a chippy, you think you'll be able to tile... Not a real trade after all lol!
Best of luck buddy

 

[stevemuzz7]

I love that because you're a chippy, you think you'll be able to tile... Not a real trade after all lol!
Best of luck buddy

haha, not at all bud, I have a lot of respect for tilers, it's very skilled work. I'm putting an enormous amount of research into this and going to be doing it over a period of weeks and probably months so I'll probably be on here asking for advice now and then. Going to do the bathroom first. Will be a painful job getting all the paint off the concrete slab (that's the first step) but going to use some kind of paint stripper and probably a sand blaster to get it off as it seems the cheapest option. Next step is to prime and then self level the floor in the bathroom. Then be onto tiling the bathroom. I'll be sure to upload some photos of the finished bathroom when I'm done so you all can have a laugh! Need a 600mm manual cutter, looking at the Rubi Practic 60 but I don't like buying things that are too basic so should I go for the TS60 plus instead? Bear in mind I'll probably be using it on other jobs too when I get good, hehe!

 

[Rookery]

Next question.

With regards to the tile adhesive bed, what thickness of bed should I be looking to use? 10mm? More than that? And would I be right in assuming the best trowel to use would be a 20mm round notched?

Use a 20 x 10 round notch trowel, also called a thick bed, solid bed trowel. Back skim the tiles as well as combing the adhesive on the floor. Dont forget to leave a perimeter movement joint.