Ideal Home Show- How To Tile a Bathroom..............

[aflemi]

Went to this yesterday, one of the demos on the main stage was this chap promoting some tiling products The Tile Tracker... Level Tracking in Level Time - Home.
Actually a couple of them looked quite good and I'll start another thread on Tiling Tools section asking if anyone uses them.
Anyway he was doing a 1hour demo 'How To Tile Your Bathroom', taking questions etc about tiling, decades of experience etc and most of what he said made sense until he advised, without any qualification, that you should ALWAYS use PVA to seal the substrate :yikes:
I had to pull him on it but waited 'til he finished and spoke discreetly. He looked a bit sheepish and agreed that pva could break down on contact with water but 'it was better than not sealing'. He then added that people asked him if they should use backerboard but he said they were a waste of money because the grout protected the substrate from water ingress so no need!!!
This was an official show demonstration, incredible............

 

[Stewart]

Did he dot dab in the demo as he does in the video......

 

[aflemi]

Did he dot dab in the demo as he does in the video......

Ive not even watched it, but he did say in his demo the only place 'dob+dab' is acceptable is round a window reveal, so I'm a bit suprised.

 

[Colour Republic]

Seeing as he is trying to say that 'expensive' tilers can be taken out of the game with some simple batten stands (Yeah 'cos that's all the knowledge that is required of a tiler!) I would have picked him apart all through his demo rather than let him hoodwink a crowd

 

[aflemi]

Seeing as he is trying to say that 'expensive' tilers can be taken out of the game with some simple batten stands (Yeah 'cos that's all the knowledge that is required of a tiler!) I would have picked him apart all through his demo rather than let him hoodwink a crowd

I was going to but the wife said 'don't get into a public argument and embarass me again..............'

 

[Tabby Cranks]

He won't be the first numpty at exhibition, and I'm sure he won't be the last.

 

[Gazzer]

But why do we need the same subject posted twice Mr Aflemi ?

 

[aflemi]

But why do we need the same subject posted twice Mr Aflemi ?

Not same subject, other post was purely about the tools (that's why it was in the Tools section) this one was about the technical advice he was giving at a fairly high profile event. Though I'm sure someone will make a comment that this is about a tool as well..............

 

[aph257]

How do jokers get to do a exhibition like this?:mad2:

 

[dilz000]

wtf dot and dab, and using that thing to pull out the tile, making voids