Complete Newbie!!!

[BAD-DIY'ER No1]

Hi All, New to the forums and hoping you guys can help me through what will be a good number of small tiling jobs over the next few weeks. Absalutely NO experience of tiling before, read a few articles, and watched some youtube stuff but was hoping you guys could give me much more specific advice?

Job 1, only comprises of abou 16-20 tiles in total but still daunting. It's splashback for a corner sink in a small cloakroom.

Take a look! :smilewinkgrin:



So here's where I could REALLY do with some advice, suggestions etc.

The sink measures 42.5cm. Tiles I have are 10x10 and made from Stone (I think), I also have a 'mosiac sheet' which I have cut to use as a decorative trim type thing. Want to use 1 Stone tile then a row of the mosaic tiles then another stone tile...



Using 4 full tiles and allowing for the spacers I have I come up at 40.5cm which doesnt look right, going a full 5 tiles makes it too much of an over hang, and again doesnt look right! ON top of that the mosaic tiles are glass, and I dont think I can cut them meaning I need to use full lenths of them giving me 44.5cm, a 2cm overhang which looks the best option? This means I need to cut quite a slim slice of the stone tiles to line it up!!!:mad2:

I'm not sure on most of it, so any advice massively welcome? Should I put the cut tiles in the corner or ont he edge? Do I need anything special to cut these type of tiles? How much of a gap should I leave between the top of the sink and the first tile, do I grout that gap afterwards or use a silicon sealer, same in the corner?

Thanks for anything you can offer,

A nervous newbie!!!

 

[nybor62]

the cut s want to be in the corners,i prosume you dont have a wet cutter, or a grinder with a daimond blade to cut the tiles ,you will also want a powdered adhesive as they are stone , not a ready mixed adhesive,, ive noticed you have painted round the sink , remove any paint were the tiles will be going, prime with a suitable primer

 

[BAD-DIY'ER No1]

Cheers nybor62, do I need a wet cutter or a grinder for the stone tiles aswell as the glass bits then? Will the scoring and snaping not work? Can you let me know if I need to grout the bottom of the tiles, where they meet to ceramic of the sink, or do I just leave a gap and then use silicon? and same question for the corner? do I leave a gap and grout/silicon or do I butt the tiles up to each other?

 

[kendo1]

Leave a gap at both places- use spacers, then silicon- good quality or you'll have to do it again soon.
Small DIY wet cutters are quite cheap. Buy one from screwfix - just google it.

 

[steve187]

No the stone will not score and snap, sit the tiles on a 2 or 3mm spacer to allow for silicone, leave a similar gap in the corner. Suitable primer should be used, not PVA.









Beaten to the punch by kendo1

 

[kendo1]

Tee hee!

 

[nybor62]

rather than buying a cutter for such a small job mark the cuts and find a tile shop they may do the cuts for you , just a thiught

 

[suave]

welcome!

 

[Gall.B]

Welcome, if your names anything to go by, id get a good Tiler in :lol:

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome...

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome.... Just to add to the guys above, the border is glass, make sure you use a suitable adhesive.. S1 white flexi will suffice.

 

[Muse2k8]

Lay from the outside in and cut the tiles in the corner to the right size to allow perfect length. Silicone should be the used in the corner and around the basin.

 

[Gazebo]

Hi Nervous.

All good advice above.

If you cant find a tile shop to cut them for you I reckon as its such a small job you may be able to sweet talk a local tiler if you happen to bump into one nearby your home. even if he/she just does the cuts for you.


Gary

 

[BAD-DIY'ER No1]

Hi All, and many thanks for your advise....So I need primer - Will this one do the job? -http://www.*************/p/mapei-tile-adhesive-primer-1kg/87305?_requestid=1898811

Also mentioned I need a particular adhesive as the boarder is glass? Can I use the same stuff for the stone tiles also? Assume with the mosaic tiles I need to use an all-in-one adhesive and grout as the adhesive just pushes through the mesh - is this also correct?

 

[BAD-DIY'ER No1]

Sorry didn't realise no links allowed....

It was Mapei....
1kg. Water-based synthetic resin primer. For use with cement-based tile adhesives in priming plaster surfaces and consolidating dusty floors

 

[nybor62]

you can use the same adhesive, not an all in one though, you need a 3mm mosaic trowel,

 

[kilty55]

as above,you may be cheaper getting a tiler to do the job by the time you buy the tools and materials to be honest

but if you wish to do the job yourself the above advice is great