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Gary Lager
Good afternoon tilers,
If only I had found website this BEFORE my tiles were laid.
I have some mosaic (travertine?) tiles laid on my bathroom floor. The house is a victorian terrace and I have been assured that the stirling board has been laid and screwed to the floorboards correctly and securly to provide a sound base for the tiling.
All well and good so far (I hope).
However, after purchasing some adhesive from a well know warehouse after brief advice from the one of their salesman and explanation of the above I bought the adhesive. All well and good
I have since discovered that the adhesive I was recommended is in fact for concrete floors and not for wooden ones!!! :sad_smile:
Now, at the time of fitting the tiler didn't point this out to me and proceeded to lay the floor with the concrete adhesive. The fact he didn't point this out to me is another argument for a later date. (After all he is the expert. I could take this point to the extreme in that he should have checked the adhesive to make sure it was suitable. If I placed a tub of custard in the bathroom to use as adhesive he would surely have informed me that was unsuitable!?)
Anyway, back to the point. Obviously given the expansion and contraction of timber should I expect the worst with my new tiled floor and the fact that he has used concrete adhesive? Will it crack in a short space of time?
If only I had found website this BEFORE my tiles were laid.
I have some mosaic (travertine?) tiles laid on my bathroom floor. The house is a victorian terrace and I have been assured that the stirling board has been laid and screwed to the floorboards correctly and securly to provide a sound base for the tiling.
All well and good so far (I hope).
However, after purchasing some adhesive from a well know warehouse after brief advice from the one of their salesman and explanation of the above I bought the adhesive. All well and good
I have since discovered that the adhesive I was recommended is in fact for concrete floors and not for wooden ones!!! :sad_smile:
Now, at the time of fitting the tiler didn't point this out to me and proceeded to lay the floor with the concrete adhesive. The fact he didn't point this out to me is another argument for a later date. (After all he is the expert. I could take this point to the extreme in that he should have checked the adhesive to make sure it was suitable. If I placed a tub of custard in the bathroom to use as adhesive he would surely have informed me that was unsuitable!?)
Anyway, back to the point. Obviously given the expansion and contraction of timber should I expect the worst with my new tiled floor and the fact that he has used concrete adhesive? Will it crack in a short space of time?
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