give us a top tiling tip, please

[Colour Republic]

But a decent camera and take pictures of everything you do! You'll regret like me if you don't:mad2:

 

[peckers]

If using a rubi tx on glass or decorative faced tiles then put rubber bands around the breaker feet this stops any damage or scratches to the face of the tile! (but if you have a sigma you dont need to do this of course)

 

[kilty55]

never fix mosaics under the infuence of alcohol...its like trying to get a jellyfish in a headlock:smilewinkgrin:

 

[SandyFloor]

On floors always wear knee protection. It'll catch up with you eventually.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

In the winter when its cold and there is snow lying on the ground.........















................don't eat green snow!

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes good old john's had a few sherbet's :lol::lol::lol:

 

[The D]

if you are using porcelain and the edge keeps chipping when you snap them. score the tile as normal but the bang the back of the tile on the handle of the Rubi and that should do the trick.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

yes good old john's had a few sherbet's :lol::lol::lol:

Only my second coffee of the day!:lol:

 

[Rob Z]

If you need to set trim tile over a surface that is too rough and irregular for the standard use of thinset, but isn't so far out that you should screed or render to true it up, you can make what I call a "grout sandwich" and set the tile without risk of the tile slumping or the setting material shrinking because it's piled up too much.

Skim coat the substrate and the back of the tile with thinset. Then, apply sanded grout to the back of the piece of tile, judging the quantity of the grout applied as needed to give the desired thickness under the tile and to fill the voids and irregularities in the substrate. Set the piece of tile and line it up, check for lippage, etc. If done correctly, it will stay in place and support the tiles that are set on top as you go up the wall.

This method is good for setting trims, window sills and jambs, ledges, tops of kneewalls, etc. I don't use it for full tiles but only for trims where the amount thinset needed would be too much and the tile would sag and the there'd be a mess.

Here's a picture from a job last summer. We floated the walls (render) but didn't know exactly where to finish the mud beds for the tile trim. (We got it close-within a half-inch or so). When setting the radius trim along the vertical edges of the shower and along to tops of the walls, we used this method to set all the trim. The blue line in the photo shows approximately where the setting bed ended, and the blue X's show where the grout sandwich was used behind the radius trim tile.

I hope this makes sense. It's a good way to use up that random bag of sanded grout that's leftover from another job.

 

[Andy Allen]

when you have finished grouting always keep a bit of the grout to one side, handy for when you do a final check, saves having to mix more grout

 

[Spud]

when grouting put some grout on the reverse bisque side of a tile off cut this stiffens the grout up and allows you to touch up any joints that need attention after the second wash

 

[Abstract tiling]

always clean trowels of and notching trowels cos when you come bk from your brew they will be set solid:mad2::mad2::mad2:

 

[nybor62]

as colour republic said , i all ways take pics of the floors after grouting and polishing, as other trades will mess them up , and when site agent complains about state of floor . i show him pic of how i left it, no come backs

 

[Perry]

how to cut a corner tile without wheel chips

 

[Andy Allen]

when tiling a bathroom inspect for any damage to the bath/basin/pan b4 starting.

so you dont get blamed for any damage you didnt do