dot and dab

[Ste450]

It'll look great then when there's water gathering in them voids!

I just tile I don't build voids and stud walls out.
You are supposed to Silicon to the drain, not grout. And the moisture you see around the drain is soapy water. Not that I should have to explain!
I can see more chips than my local chip shop in them elvelope cuts of yours.
It all comes down to you arguing that dot and dabbing is a perfectly fine method, when it's not. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it

What, you mean you just tile...and that's the standard of work you do!? haha!!
Picking faults in my work is like picking peanuts out of poo, there are no chips in my work mate, well maybe half a mm chips at the most, wow, get your microscope out lad. There's one on yours, top right it's a big one as well!
Theres no point blaming something else "the soapy water" anyone with half a brain can see its as rough as a bears arse. Why on earth would you even put a photo like that up on here to start with. There's nothing like a dirty looking, soap ridden wet room for your portfolio 😉 Apart from that its still look bad.
You dont have to seal to the grid with Silicon...watch the DVD. You do realise that water gets underneath the tiles in a wet area...that's why it's called "a wet room" and that's why you Tank it out. If you use Silicon, it looks like a dogs dinner... There's no shame in admiting you've be taking the mick out of a better tradesmen, seems the joke is on you in this case 🙂

 

[Flintstone]

Whatever you like. I haven't seen anyone with such a bee in there bonnet for years, you need to chill out blobby

 

[Old Mod]

Ok so enough is enough!!
You can have as many lively discussions about techniques as you like, we all enjoy that.
However, what I will not witness is a personal slanging match, period!
You want to play like that, go do it on FB!
This is a public forum, and I will not have you making the forum look like a joke, you're supposed to be professionals, act like it.

 

[Ste450]

Ok so enough is enough!!
You can have as many lively discussions about techniques as you like, we all enjoy that.
However, what I will not witness is a personal slanging match, period!
You want to play like that, go do it on FB!
This is a public forum, and I will not have you making the forum look like a joke, you're supposed to be professionals, act like it.

Fair comment and I apologise for my part. What I don't like about these forums is that people are telling others that this method is bad or is cowboyish. You can tell from the standard of someone's work wether a job has been done with pride or not. I posted earlier an article of a new new method of spot tiling which everyone has conveniently seemed to ignore. People don't like to admit that maybe sometimes they can be wrong and that's the problem. I don't want customers coming up to me telling me I'm doing my job wrong because they've been looking in a forum such as this! I don't use "5 spots" but how would they know that, they would just see me spotting the back of the tile and presume the worst. I'm going to write to the British Standards agency myself to express feelings on the matter, how far I get I'm unsure. I didn't intend to come here to cause trouble...

 

[AndY mac]

Well said Marc. But I did enjoy that. I'm sick.

 

[Ste450]

so you do all the joinery and plastering and still dot and dab...
I'm gobsmacked now pal!

Go and build a stud wall, better still go try and find absolutely perfect timber, then come back to me. I prefer to do it the way I do because I get better results and better adhesion 🙂

 

[Ste450]

That's what I was thinking...lol
You reel off a list of things you do yet you can't prep a wall or floor for tiling using a notched trowel....lol

That's what I was thinking...lol
You reel off a list of things you do yet you can't prep a wall or floor for tiling using a notched trowel....lol

Timber walls are almost never true, were talking 5-10mm here. So I'd much prefer to use this method and get that 5-10mm out than just go with. Go and get your level and test every 'timber' stud wall and I can almost guarantee that 99% will be untrue, to those parameters at least. You can manipulate a tile better when you spot dab it, it takes a little longer but I find you get better adhesion and better results.

 

[widler]

Ok so enough is enough!!
You can have as many lively discussions about techniques as you like, we all enjoy that.
However, what I will not witness is a personal slanging match, period!
You want to play like that, go do it on FB!
This is a public forum, and I will not have you making the forum look like a joke, you're supposed to be professionals, act like it.

You have to go and spoil it, twas fun while it lasted.
But, I'm a bit pissedd of with ste and local, I'm being put out a bit, I'm the cooking trouble maker on here 😉

 

[AndY mac]

^^ you're a lightweight compared to ste. 🙂

 

[Spare Tool]

^^ you're a lightweight compared to ste. 🙂

Were you not bantom Craig.. 😉