How best to Tile a room?

[Old Mod]

And stop fretting about joint size, you're too far ahead of yourself for now.

 

[mp3wizard]

I hear you,

well I took some advice from earlier and I ordered some Deltaboards, I personally think it would of been ok but everyone said that I need it so I bought it.

Self levelling compound aswell... can I not just be extra vigilant and lay a good layer of adhesive?

 

[Ttt1601]

SLC protects the wires, your using a metal trowel. It does have sharp corners, plus it guarantees you fully encase the wires, it's what most on here do if not all. It's the best way

 

[Dumbo]

It is easier to go over floor with slc then tile after and there are also other benefits

 

[mp3wizard]

ok cheers, well I will try to fit the insulation boards this weekend and start with the rest the weekend after 🙂

 

[Old Mod]

Under floor heating or UFH.
It has several purposes.
It gives a far better transference of heat from cable to tile.
It should give you a flat surface to tile to.
And as already mentioned, will protect your cables from accidental damage.

UFH wires NEED to be fully encased for them to be efficient and to prevent them burning out.
Covering them with tile adhesive does not perform these tasks well!!
You may think you you've covered them or fully encased them, but you're just as likely to have not.
If there was a divided opinion on here I could understand your hesitance, but there isn't.
I appreciate it may look like another expense, however, as has already been stated, the cost of the extra adhesive required will also mount up fast.
If the UFH is laid with dilligence then the cost of the slc will be kept to a minimum.

 

[Flintstone]

Is this a wind up?

 

[Dumbo]

He is like a Person who goes around and asks everybody opinion until they get the opinion they were looking for in the first place probably best if he doesn't use slc hey and maybe go one step further and but joint the tiles

 

[mp3wizard]

you know it is disrespectful to refer to someone as a third party when that person is around,

I wouldn't expect you to come into my job today and be able to do what I do, but I would make allowances if you were trying to learn, when I have a much better level of expertise than someone I offer them a helping hand up rather than look down and mock them.

anyway, I'm very grateful for all the advice, so thanks.

 

[Flintstone]

My advice would be to take it all on board and do what your being advised by highly skilled and experienced tilers, and not to think oh there is no need for this that and the other. I think that's what is coming across from you.