dot and dab

[NickH]

Had this conversation recently, we take so much time and care on prep etc yet I'm always knocking off old tiles that are still up after 30 years and they have been stuck up with god knows what onto crappy old surfaces covered in old gloss paint etc, maybe we all worry too much.

 

[wetdec]

We are directed advised pointed baited and encouraged to step along side the marketing machines with money in their sites.

Without us they would fail, without them we would simply go back to spot fixing :lol:

 

[Fekin]

Aye, seen many a job where tiles had been spot fixed and we're still sound 20 years or more later.

 

[Perry]

i see it all the time on 600x600 porcelain floor tiles these are the people i am up against i solid bed all mine and the clients cant tell the difference until they run the scissor lifts and pallet trucks on them lol

 

[Grace'sDad]

I just finished taking tiles off an old wetroom last week. They had been stuck onto the original 1953 tiles which were impossible to remove! approx 3/4" thick at 4" square - no grout lines and dot & dabbed onto the bricks.

The homeowner was talking with his neighbour, an old man in his late 80's who actually tiled the bathrooms in all three bungalows in 1953. Laughing his head off listening to me struggling to get them off! :lol:

He said they just mixed sand and cement, stuck a blob on the wall and dipped each tile into a bucket of water before sticking onto the blob and pushing level.

Maybe not the BS technique, but they weren't half stuck solid!

 

[grumpygrouter]

I just finished taking tiles off an old wetroom last week. They had been stuck onto the original 1953 tiles which were impossible to remove! approx 3/4" thick at 4" square - no grout lines and dot & dabbed onto the bricks.

The homeowner was talking with his neighbour, an old man in his late 80's who actually tiled the bathrooms in all three bungalows in 1953. Laughing his head off listening to me struggling to get them off! :lol:

He said they just mixed sand and cement, stuck a blob on the wall and dipped each tile into a bucket of water before sticking onto the blob and pushing level.

Maybe not the BS technique, but they weren't half stuck solid!

Fantastic. Couldn't be easier really. Does it work on plasterboard?

 

[Grace'sDad]

Bet it works great on brick - doubt it very much on plasterboard though:ninja:

I watched Grand Designs abroad thi evening and the spanish tilers were doing exactly the same thing.

 

[faceman]

Could someone please tell what are the problems and pitfalls of spot fixing.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Could someone please tell what are the problems and pitfalls of spot fixing.

Besides not complying with british standards, if it was on a floor, you would be left with voids under the tile which gives you very weak areas of the floor. This gives rise to much greater prospect of tiles breaking if you drop something or someone walks on it in stillettos.

On a wall, if you are in a wet area you have much greater potential for failure of the installation as water can get behind the tiles much much easier and possibly damage the substrate.

In wet areas you really need 100% coverage. Normal dry areas BS states at least 50% coverage but I always strive for at least 90%.

 

[smurf21]

LOL .. all you young uns are great with all the tech stuff but us old uns are learning the tech stuff and we still know the old ways. unfortunatlly lost for you minnows. unfortunatly with the tub stuff today makes it impossible to dot and dab as the adhesives dont set above 3mm. but compo fixing ...OH THOSE WHERE THE DAYS...
Thank god there gone.:hurray: