How best to Tile a room?

[Flintstone]

If you need to build up more, I would advise combing the floor and the tile to double the amount of adhesive.

 

[mp3wizard]

thanks, yeah it started off with a normal amount of bed & backbutter but the futher along the room I got the more thicker it had to be, especially on the right handside, so what we did was keep a more flat edge on the trowel on certain sides to build up, the information on the adhesive bag said it's limited to 15mm, so it was getting excess of that so I decided it's best to put some more slc on that section, I'm surprised the levels were that off after using the packers as a gauge, very difficult to get right.

I've read from others that sometimes the levelling system creates hollows underneath, but it's definitely not the case here, it's a thick bed, and it's been more of a case of pushing down and wiping the excess coming threw the grout line several times until it matches the next tile rather than it being pulling up from the adhesive bed, I doubt those clips could pull it up anyway, my brother is a builder and is fairly butch and it took all his strength and a few seconds to pull them up to re level.

 

[mp3wizard]

I'm a bit worried about how much heat will actually be produced with all these thick layers, I've read that thicker slc will take longer to heat up but will retain the heat longer, not sure if the heat transfer threw thick adhesive is the same though.

 

[widler]

Hi Average,

Here's where I am at, I started from the third row on the right working my way to the bifolds, then moved along to the wall, on the left are the cuts, and the 4th row that's due to go on the right will be full sized tile.

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Looks like you have taken the correct advice and centred the room ish and not gone for a little cut ?
As for the rest of you, i got taught to centre the room be it floors or walls, we all get taught different ways, it just looks right to me , and if it does not i move it over, but usually either have a tile centre or grout line.
I was quite upseet about the fact you lot thought its fine to put a slip down one edge and put a bloody settee over it, twas a bit of a joke on your part , i actually had a bit of a laugh with a few chaps on a half a million quid house i was tiling last week reading the thread out

Good buy god bless

 

[average]

Hi Average,

Here's where I am at, I started from the third row on the right working my way to the bifolds, then moved along to the wall, on the left are the cuts, and the 4th row that's due to go on the right will be full sized tile.

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Not bad for DIYer.

 

[average]

View attachment 87730 That makes sense thanks, yeah I've been back buttering tiles, I've had to build up adhesive on some tiles and i even put another bag of slc down as the floor was sloping off near bifolds and the adhesive was getting too thick.

Has happened to me more than once and I'm sure there'll be a lot on here afraid to admit it its happened to them as well. It actually happened to me in a wetroom once where I ended up having to spread a 20mm trowel onto tile onto large bed of Addy. 12 years and its still down. Worked with tilers and have seen them stick half tiles under tiles to fill under. I know it'll be frowned upon on here but that's been over a decade bd still down so don't worry about you needing to use more Addy. Just make sure it aint to dry thou

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I expressed my views about siting furniture over a floor to cover the setting out, not just on this example, but as a practise in general and really I couldn't be bothered with the opinions of those who believe it's correct.
I wouldn't get upset at what others want to do as that's their problem. But it does make me wonder about some of the expert advice that's provided, and whether they've read the code of practice laid out in the British Standard s for the setting out and laying of tiles. Or are so many self taught and believe that it's not necessary to learn the basics required in our trade.

 

[Ttt1601]

All for centering a room john, when it is the beat way. I agree working off a center point that leaves a sliver cut isn't what I would do, BUT you can't tell me you always have a joint or center of tile, centered to the ROOM every time matter what. Because I know o don't, other focal points room shape, runs to corridors, other rooms etc etc all come onto play, and yea I do know British standards, and the basics, was trained and am qualified. I feel it is wrong to say that no matter what a ROOM has to centered

 

[average]

I expressed my views about siting furniture over a floor to cover the setting out, not just on this example, but as a practise in general and really I couldn't be bothered with the opinions of those who believe it's correct.
I wouldn't get upset at what others want to do as that's their problem. But it does make me wonder about some of the expert advice that's provided, and whether they've read the code of practice laid out in the British Standard s for the setting out and laying of tiles. Or are so many self taught and believe that it's not necessary to learn the basics required in our trade.

I have been guilty of doing this in a bathroom thou itll be covered by a bath so no one will ever see it.

Any decent books on the british standard tiling you can recommend?

 

[Andy Allen]

We've moved onto price per meter now chaps ......keep up !!

 

[average]

View attachment 87730 That makes sense thanks, yeah I've been back buttering tiles, I've had to build up adhesive on some tiles and i even put another bag of slc down as the floor was sloping off near bifolds and the adhesive was getting too thick.

IS the green strip used for expansion or just so no sL got on the wall?

 

[mp3wizard]

Both really average

 

[Italy]

how are you?
are you done ?.

 

[mp3wizard]

 

[mp3wizard]

Morning, unfortunately I was suffering from a heavy man flu so it's not progressed as much as I would of hoped, but this weekend I did manage to finish the bathroom floor, I opted to not go for a short cut, but for a full tile and cut into the bathroom, I also had to shave 10mm off the tile going to the wall, it was probably more work than the other method but I believe it flows better inbetween rooms. For me the priority is now tiling the bathroom walls so I can get a bathroom fitted, you can see I was just sizing up the tiles in the background, I don't intend to lay like that, I do have one question.. is it better to leave 1 slither cut on the right handside wall, or is it better to have 2 smaller sliter cuts each side to make it even? I think I know the answer already but just checking, also I am planning to mark a 5mm line around the perimeter of the wall to leave for expanision/sealant, I plan to work out roughly the middle of the wall underneath the window and start from there. Perhaps I should create a separate thread for this?

 

[Andy Allen]

Centre the wall, half the tile on the centre line and have 2 decent cuts each side.

 

[mp3wizard]

at first I thought you meant to keep that tiny cut in the centre, but I realise now you mean to split the cuts over 3 to avoid small slithers, makes sense!

I've read conflicting things about what to do online, some say to have bath fitted first etc, but I am planning to tile around the bath and tile down to it once fitted. Also it's plasterboard, am I ok to prime it using the stuff I used on the floor? it mentions Plaster, but not plasterboard...

 

[Time's Ran Out]

So your not bonding the walls with the floor!

 

[mp3wizard]

sorry? lol

 

[WetSaw]

Following the grout lines through from the floor to the walls.

 

[mp3wizard]

that never even crossed my mind, is that the done thing? thing is the floor grout is white, the wall grout is grey, so I don't think it would look that visually pleasing

 

[Tile Shop]

White floor grout???? Bad idea. Very bad. no matter how much you clean it, it will not stay white. Unless you're planning on using epoxy?

Sorry if you've already said, missed alot of this thread and there are too many pages to trudge back through.... But are you having the same tile on the wall as the floor or are you going for something different? if so what size are they?

 

[Tile Shop]

Sorry, couldn't resist and I'm bored.

Are you doing this:


Or this:

 

[mp3wizard]

if you look on the last page in the middle there is a pic of the wall tiles, there different colour and size, there 600mm by 300mm and in grey.

Well your most probably right about the white grout, seeming I've done everything the hard way so far, touching up a few times a year if required doesn't seem like a big deal.

 

[Tile Shop]

Haha..... I saw that post to...... didn't register the wall tiles, lol.