DIY Tiler - 90 sq m of large format porcelaine tiling making me nervous!

[PJPro]

long winded expensive way to go in my humble opinion, better off with 18 - 25mm wpb, and tile to this, with suitable preparation.

wpb? .

 

[Gazzer]

Water proof Ply or should i say Weather and boil proof....why you would boil ply though, I dunno

 

[White Room]

Buy a wickes cutter and change the blade, cheap and cheerful

 

[PJPro]

Water proof Ply

Interesting. I thought there was a move away from ply hence hardybacker, no more ply, etc

 

[kilty55]

Water proof Ply or should i say Weather and boil proof....why you would boil ply though, I dunno

ive often wondered how theyd fit it in the pot

 

[PJPro]

Buy a wickes cutter and change the blade, cheap and cheerful

Can it handle a 600x400mm tile? I need something with a nice, large, supportive top ( if it's anything like a table saw).

 

[DHTiling]

Personally, i would always use hardi now.. whether onto the chipboard or the ply.. much more stable to tile too..

 

[Gazzer]

Interesting. I thought there was a move away from ply hence hardybacker, no more ply, etc

Ahh now we enter differing methods. i always overboard with backerboards.

I would do away with the Chipboard and us ply and overlay with backerboard if it were my house. Far more stable.

 

[PJPro]

Ahh now we enter differing methods. i always overboard with backerboards.

I would do away with the Chipboard and us ply and overlay with backerboard if it were my house. Far more stable.

Hmm. Unfortunately, your good advice has come too late. Perhaps I should have joined this forum earlier? My bad.

 

[White Room]

Can it handle a 600x400mm tile? I need something with a nice, large, supportive top ( if it's anything like a table saw).

If your doing right angle cuts, do a wet cut into the right angle then dry cut, that where a good dry cutter comes into there own.

 

[PJPro]

It's been a long day so I need to put my head down! I'm not used to physical work.

Thanks very much everyone for your help and advice and will be back on tomorrow to let you know what I've bought.

 

[DHTiling]

Sleep tight..

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Don't forget PJ to post pics of the work as you go so the guys can give advice, just think you nearly PVA'd the walls so it was a good thing you came on here.

PVA is for plasterers and has no place in the tiling world.

 

[doug boardley]

I was intending to buy a cutter. Looks like the Rubi TX-700-N is the one to go for? How does the TX-700 (no N) differ to the TX-700-N? Is the N worth the extra?

I'm gonna have to buy the cutter tomorrow at the lastest, along with the (10mm) notched trowel, grout trowel, knee pads, etc, etc, etc.

imo the "N" isn't worth the extra, it just has a longer guide rail that can get in the way

 

[Bathfix Bob]

I can't believe this is a five start thread already!

Its one hell of a job for a diy'er though!