Floating stone

[DHTiling]

Anybody used this method for stone etc ....

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[user123]

Wow, it looks good, doesn't it....

 

[Alan.P]

Nice vid, a question though, what if a fixer hadn't laid enough mud down in the first place, would it just be a case of lifting adding and re-setting or would you have to clean the tile and reapply the addy ?

Nice work though.

 

[grumpygrouter]

What's the "mud"? Sand/cement mix?

 

[bigandy]

don't get it. is this not taking us back a few years?is this not why we have self levelers and modern addy's?or am i missing something?

 

[medlar]

never done that as such,but could`nt see it being very hard to do,only time consuming

Jimmy

 

[Bolter]

We have a very skilled Polish tiler working for our firm, and he says in Poland they double spread everything (spread floor and each tile) which I guess is a similar method but without the "mud" filling

 

[DHTiling]

Bed and back skim is different to floating.....Just wanted to get some comments in......I personally think it is a waste of time method....as already mentioned with to days adhesives etc...PTB would have been quicker..

I know some lads lay screed and slurry fix tiles but it isn't like that floating method..blobbing a bed like that can leave voids..he wasn't bedding them in very much was he..?..

 

[frankenfurter]

He'd be better off spending some more time prepping the floor and be quicker and cheaper in the long run with less voids, so more durable.

 

[Bolter]

Bed and back skim is different to floating

Fair enough.

 

[sWe]

Seems like something he came up with on his own, and I'd surmise that it's some kind of *******ised version of an old school sand/cement method, which, mind you, would likely be both faster, cheaper, and more durable. Nah, it seems a bit too mishmashed for my tastes...

 

[Dave Ramsden]

Dave, its christmas... go have a coke and a smile

 

[atec]

looks a great finish, must be a reason for doing it that way, or it just looks good to the punters

 

[medlar]

semi dried screed and slurry fixing would be faster,easier and no dollops for the tiles to sit on

Jimmy

 

[White Room]

Seems a lot of hassle to me, Floor should be right before he started