Edwardian tiles

[GazLC81]

Hiya chaps,

Just wondering what the best adhesive and grout is to use with these tiles. They are 2x2 inch edwardian ceramic tiles. they are going on a floor.

Is there any advice you can give me about laying these tiles? I am going to put them on 12mm ply as I would normally use but not sure if there is anything else I should know about laying these.

Thanks
Gaz

 

[brian c]

never used them before but i would hazard a guess that flexi adhesive and flexi grout would be used in this situation GAZ.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Sounds like a strong case for BAL Mosaic Fix to me.

Grumpy

 

[DHTiling]

single part flexi ( bal ) is better for tiling onto plywood......use a white one....if they have a profiled back then backskim them to get the best fix....depending on the design you might want to give a small joint...less grout more pattern if you see what i mean..........

 

[GazLC81]

Thanks guys.

With being old tiles they are all different sizes so will be putting down without spacers. Hoping it makes them look as though they have always been down.

So white single part flex with what? Microflex would be the best idea?

Thanks guys!

 

[DHTiling]

micro flex would be good gaz..if them tiles are odd sized then i would just eye them in..spacers will twist them all over the place...

 

[GazLC81]

Sorted then! Cheers mate!
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I have found out the tiles might be porcelin, I haven;t seen them as yet.

Question is will single part white flexi still be ok? Should O use rapid set or not?

Cheers
Gaz

 

[myhometiling]

two part flexi with porcelain on wooden floor


calvy :beer_yum:

 

[GazLC81]

So what is the difference between single part flexi and two part flexi, where would you use which one? I should probably know this really!!

Gaz

 

[Perry]

are they from stovac

 

[GazLC81]

are they from stovac

Not sure what you mean...... the tiles?

Gaz
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I have been reading through some other posts on here and just want to know. Do I need to use 2 part Flexi or is single part ok. Should it be rapidset or not?

The tiles are 2x2 inch porcelain and are quite thick. I have put down 12mm ply and screw it down at 200mm centres.

Also there are black and white tiles. The black ones are about 2mm thicker than the white so is it ok just to bed them in further than the white ones to get everything level?

Really need advice here.

Thanks as always!
Gaz