Help me correct a handful of errors of mine please?

[peckers]

that was some read at this time in the morning 1.00 am.and full off fosters lol. could you not flush the wall out with adhesive at the bottom just above where it starts to kick out upto about 4ft high it wouldnt be as noticible then with the smallish size tiles you are using? you could lay up the addy and staff it off to suit.
as for the towel rad cant help there as i dont fitt them. and as for the small cuts at the edge its too late now you will either have to live with it and put it down to experience or remove it and start again.

 

[cornish_crofter]

Thanks all.

I think that I will

1) Leave the tiles on the end wall. I'll have a look at them before I know for certain. TBH I don't think the customer is particluarly bothered one way or the other. Certainly I will need to centre the tiles around the shower mixer on that wall, or at least have a good look at this area, bearing in mind I think I have a chromisone missing and I have absolutely no asthetic appreciation :LOL:

2) Do as Steve suggests and flush out the wall with adhesive up to a metre, which is where the tiles will go up to on this area. This is the area I was having most of a problem with thinking through and it's where other people's experience comes in to help me.

3) Towel rail. I've had a look at the one in our bathroom this morning. The brackets are the same, and I think they will cut down OK to allow the towel rail to sit a bit closer to the wall.

On the other side of the bathroom, there are pipes going to the rad, which are too close to the wall to tile behind, it was virtually impossible to do these any other way (long story). These are just going to be tiled up to either side and boxed in. The boxing in will be tiled althought it will sit behind the pedistal. The centreline of the tiles on this wall has been lined up with the position of the basin, so the boxing in will work asthetically, being central etc. That I could think through myself.

I can't thank you enough for your help guys. Steve, if you need any small plumbing doing, I'm not far from you 😉

Please keep the comments coming!

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

any pic's???

 

[kilty55]

for your kick out wall cornish pack out your upper tiles with a suitable addy to accomodate the 6mm difference

 

[cornish_crofter]

for your kick out wall cornish pack out your upper tiles with a suitable addy to accomodate the 6mm difference

That was one option I had considered. The idea of using some Rapid set SPF to flush out the kick out apealed to me as then I could move onto it and simply tile as if I were tiling wedi board etc, which would speed the job up.

I find it slow going to lay adhesive to a level over dips using a trowel. I find the teeth of the trowel need to be in gentle contact with something hard and level to give me the best chance.

Mind you, the right adhesive will help! :LOL:

 

[micko]

With the towel rail if the brackets are round run some insulation tape around them where you plan to cut. This will give you a line to follow, if you just go at it with a hacksaw it will end up all over the place.

 

[cornish_crofter]

I usually either do this or run an adjustable pipe cutter around any round items to be cut. If the pipe cutter can't cut it then it should at least give me a line to cut to.

 

[micko]

Rather than bring the wall out with adhesive could you not do it with plaster bonding , a much more cost effective method.

 

[doug boardley]

Rather than bring the wall out with adhesive could you not do it with plaster bonding , a much more cost effective method.

but not a suitable substrate to tile onto....

 

[cornish_crofter]

Rather than bring the wall out with adhesive could you not do it with plaster bonding , a much more cost effective method.

Thanks, that had crossed my mind, though I've already got the adhesive. It is the rapid set I bought in error and the bag has just been opened, so I was going to use that. I doubt I'll have a chance to use it before it goes off.

And as Doug says, it's not the best to tile onto.