fixings and finishes

[ceekay]

Hi Guys

Hoping you could advise.

Firstly tiling the shower area - I have 600 x 600 porcelain tiles for the ensuite floor and I will want the tiler (when I find a good one that does wet rooms in my area) to use them on the shower area which will be 1200x900 and mounted on a marmox tray which only has a very slight built in slope to the trap. Will you guys be able to do that or are most tilers going to suggest using moziacs in the shower area?

Secondly - Will hopefully be having the tiles on the wall running straight down to the floor which avoids ugly skirting but obviously would still need arc around the door and was wondering if this can be replaced with either a type of plastic trim or similar as it seems mad doing away with wood skirting but still having wood arc around the door but obviously you need some sort of finish there.

Lastly - How do you guys go about mounting all the bits and pieces after the tiling is complete for example the shower screen and shelves and mirrors etc without breaking the wetroom seal so to speak.

Hope you can help anyhow so I can stop worrying about all the little bits and if any decent wetroom tilers around the Bury, Lancs area on her please let me know, thanks.

 

[White Room]

Try http://www.tilersforums.com/im-looking-wall-floor-tiler/

 

[ceekay]

No advice or suggestions chaps?

 

[Tony73]

Hi, Whitebeam have advised 16 hours ago . And yes, you can use 600x600 porcelain tiles, as long as they non slip, for shower tray. You can also use mosaics if you like...

 

[ceekay]

Thanks For that Tony.

i have clicked on Whitebeams link and it just seems to send me to a request for tilers? The wet room we are preparing so it will all be ready for a tiler so that's why I was picking your brains as to trims or replacement for arc so it will all be perfect and ready for a tiler when the preps finished.

Cheers

 

[Tony73]

I think architrave will be just fine

 

[Rossymcg]

If you don't have arcs what will you have to match in with the door casing and door?
You'll have painted door & casing then some plastic trim you're talking off, will look gash unless use arcs

 

[Rossymcg]

1more thing, if the wet area fails, who you going to blame? The person who tiled it or the person who prep'd it, for that reason alone, I wouldn't quote to do a job someone else had prep'd

 

[ceekay]

Thanks for your comments but I had heard people speak about plastic arcs and plastic stop beads etc but thought I would check with the pro's to see if the trade is using this for a better effect?

If poss could you also advise as to the thickness of the adhesive that you would use on 10mm porcelain floor and wall tiles that will be mounted on marmox wall and floor boards so that I can the levels and depths roughly correct?

thankyou

 

[ceekay]

1more thing, if the wet area fails, who you going to blame? The person who tiled it or the person who prep'd it, for that reason alone, I wouldn't quote to do a job someone else had prep'd

Appreciate what your saying as I am a tradesmen myself but would not be blaming any tiler and they could have that in writing but there is little to no chance of it leaking anyhow.

could really do with knowing the thickness of the beds for floor and wall though so I can gauge FFL etc if anyone can help I was thinking that it would be 8mm but not sure if 6mm or 10mm are options?

thanks again.