Dot Dab

[Taz8130]

Don’t know about BAL but Weber has a 200-page tiling solutions book if you send of for it they give it to you for free or you can look it up on there web site.

A copy of this came with my course literature at PTS. IMO it's a great source of information, containing a large problem/solution section covering most situations. Contains cut away diagrams for various floor & wall surfaces and how to prep & tile them, even if you don't use weber products.

 

[The D]

A copy of this came with my course literature at PTS. IMO it's a great source of information, containing a large problem/solution section covering most situations. Contains cut away diagrams for various floor & wall surfaces and how to prep & tile them, even if you don't use weber products.

Exactly it don’t mater which manufacturer you use the principals are the same. The book is spot on IMO

 

[sibs]

Great thread... I think a data sheet would help to explain why sometimes you might need a lot more adhesive in certain situations

 

[Taz8130]

anyone got the sponsors book ? surely they have one ?

Evening Gaz

Just been on Mapei site but can't see any reference to product support book.

 

[The D]

anyone got the sponsors book ? surely they have one ?

Yes I have got that it is much the same as the little BAL bible but better :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

If you email Mapei they will send you there litle black book or if you have access to a CTD they keep them behind the counter...if not they will get you one...

 

[White Room]

I've got The "little Black Books" series, Have asked but can't seem to get any other printed information

 

[LM Ceramics]

Good thinking Mark. I could certainly speak to tech to see if some sort of literature can be written up and available to download for the pro fixers to print off for themselves.....who would agree that it would be useful to have to give this to their customers, any tilers then quoting the same job as you can then be quizzed by the customer as to which method they are going to use !!!! Not ony would this educate the customer but also give Wyatt Erp the the rope with which to hang himself....Gaz :hang:

put it this way if that happended then all the cowboys out there will have no job to mess up good thinking

 

[TJ Smiler]

Sorry to drag this thread back up but are you lot seriously saying that you have never under any circumstance dot and dabbed a floor, but doing it in a way that when you squash it down you are getting 100% coverage? or am i confusing dot and dab with packing out?

TJ

 

[TJ Smiler]

Ok I just read a thread similar to this one, think i was getting mixed up, what you mean by dot and dab is spot fixing, :ie 4 dots in the corners and a dab in the middle??

This i woulkd never reccomend but when it comes to floors i find that i am often having to pack them out, i do this by applying loads of big dabs on the back of the tile so that when i actually push it down to the level of the previous tile it squidges slightly (or sometimes loads) out of the sides.

I know that using self leveler is the best way to avoid having to do this but i dont care what anyone says self levelling is so bloody difficult when it's a big area and going in and out of different rooms. (any tips on this would be nice by the way)

TJ