how do i baton on tanked walls

[craigd]

hay guys i was just wondering how you put batons up after tanking? i cant use scews or nails because it would pierce it right, ive got some rubi baton stand but i dont fancy trying to ballance them on the corner of the bath, i was thinking of no more nails but i dont want to rip the tanking off when i try to get it off.

any help would be great..

 

[DHTiling]

It this membrane or paste ranking. ?

 

[Stef]

Why dont you strike a line round the bath, cut your bottom row in then tile up from there?

 

[craigd]

id not thought of that thanks, im using ardex wpc

 

[DHTiling]

I would cut in first as well but if you do have to batten then fix as normal and then touch in the tanking where the fixings were...

 

[Stewart]

Not a fan of batons, so I always cut in the first row....


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[craigd]

ive not done it before, so i just put the laser up like normal put rest the tiles on the bath cut to the laser then just flip them over all the way round right?

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

i would put bottom course in first with rapid set then tile up the tile up from there :8:

 

[craigd]

do you mean let it dry before i tile up

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

yes i would go round bottom course with rappid set. you
dont want the bottom course moving when you start putting the next course up any more than you than you want your battens flexing.

 

[jay]

Cut your first row in problem solved

 

[nybor62]

as above very rarely use battons

 

[Polishtradesman]

I think good way of tiling is to start walls from the second row then do the floor then fit bottom cut (or full tile), if the walls not parallel and they are usually not parallel it better to do floor cut becouse bottom cut hide it. In my opinion just faster and better finish between walls and floor. Then as Dave said where baton fixings were just do tanking touchs

 

[White Room]

I use the metal stands, works for me...

 

[jay]

I think good way of tiling is to start walls from the second row then do the floor then fit bottom cut (or full tile), if the walls not parallel and they are usually not parallel it better to do floor cut becouse bottom cut hide it. In my opinion just faster and better finish between walls and floor. Then as Dave said where baton fixings were just do tanking touchs

Or do your floor first problem solved

 

[Polishtradesman]

Yes but it easy to destroy it. If it is soft stone the risk is bigger. I know I can cover it but I just dont like to work on something new. Bath a fit after tiling alweys as you can see in my albums becouse i do not really image working inside the new bath. All depends on personal style.

 

[jay]

Yes but it easy to destroy it. If it is soft stone the risk is bigger. I know I can cover it but I just dont like to work on something new. Bath a fit after tiling alweys as you can see in my albums becouse i do not really image working inside the new bath. All depends on personal style.

okay leave it for now but when you have to waterproof the floor you may change your style ..just a thought

 

[Polishtradesman]

why?? I do not understeand at all why I can not to waterproof when walls without bottam cut are ready?? I an not going to change my style becosue i think it the best way. And this way they actually teach in tilers` school.

 

[jay]

Steady on there ,I was just saying when it becomes mandatory to waterproof all floor area in a bathroom then you will change your style and lay the floor tiles first to help protect the waterproofing

 

[Polishtradesman]

I see what you mean. But I do waterproofing just before fitting the floor f.e. at the end of previous "floor fitting day" as i said i just do not like work on something new.

 

[jay]

Fair enough ill get back in my box

 

[Stef]

Yes but it easy to destroy it. If it is soft stone the risk is bigger. I know I can cover it but I just dont like to work on something new. Bath a fit after tiling alweys as you can see in my albums becouse i do not really image working inside the new bath. All depends on personal style.

Polish, if you fit the bath after you tile i take it the walls must be bang on square?

I have never tiled then had a bath fitted, i personally dont think you will get a decent silicone seal between bath & tiles, its the same as dropping your bottom row of wall tiles down onto the floor tiles, nicer neater finish.

 

[Polishtradesman]

oh no! You are not right. My seal between bath and tiles is proper done and it is really neat. Picture 5 of 16 from Woodford , Polishtradesman's Album: Way, I do a bath. , Picture 5 of 6 from Violet bathroom . Yes walls are squere where bath goes, becouse i prepare walls for my tiling and i prepare it squere. Difference between your way and my is that bath egdes in my bathrooms are equel your are not and i do not work in someone new bath. Tiles starts slighty below bath egde so i actually stick bath egde to glaze and then nice neat finish with that rubber thing for apllicant silicones (do not know how exacly it is called in english).

 

[Fliselege]

Polish, if you fit the bath after you tile i take it the walls must be bang on square?


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Standard practice here to tile all walls and floors before bath or anything else goes in, madness, but I'm used to it now. As for walls being bang on square, erm let's just say silicone hides a multitude of sins, but more often than not we build a shelf from wedi between bath and wall and tile it so as long as we're good with the cuts it doesn't matter if the walls are out.

 

[Stef]

Polish, im not getting into an argument about square walls or not, but even if the walls are perfect then i would never tile then fit the bath.

Think about how you batten a wall then drop the tile down on to the floor, its the same principal with the walls & the bath.
The bath will be bevelled edge whereas if you drop the tile onto the bath then its just a nice small bead of silicone between the bath & tile face.