Lining Up Walls And Floors

[Spud]

You love a quote but you add nothing to a debate.

He could be a master debater

 

[Joseph Kover]

I agree! Lining up the floor with the main wall, is great, and normally no compromise, but lining the floor up with all 4 walls normally ends up with the walls having very odd cuts at each end and not looking great

Inform client at first visit as it will cost more tiles. Make nice big pieces no small cuts. They usually can return tiles and get money back these days for remaining tiles.

 

[dynamictiling]

first choice, fit wet deck yourself, If not, you should tell that person, whoever that is, the position you want the drain to be.
if this can't be done then you have two real choices, set out with joints running though drain centre or full tile over drain, this could be moved around slightly to help with wall setting out.
as a last result the tiler could recommend mosaics on the deck and set out ignoring the deck and drain.

Julian as much as I agree with what your saying, most plumbers these days cant even get a bath to sit level, what chance have you got of them bothering their hairy scratchers about what way the drain sits...

Personally if I am decking out a wet room I am with the plumber start to finish to make sure the job is done right. double edged sword? if I am with him I am not tiling but again I know the current job is done right.... lesser of two evils?!?!?!... Most plumbers are ok, but again a lot don't care.

"it is getting tiled anyway, who will notice?" I have lost count of the amount of plumbers over the years that have said this to me. There is a lot of good plumbers out there, but again a lot of them are, rough for a better term of describing it.

 

[Flintstone]

80% are rough

 

[Flintstone]

A few weeks ago I went to tile a job and the shower tray was a bit unsecure in one corner, I pulled it and the lot wasn't stuck down, he had stuck it down to the chipboard floor with dry lining adhesive

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Dry lining adhesive usually sticks like sh*t!

 

[Flintstone]

Not to plastic and chipboard! It had been down a week and was set but wet through as moisture couldn't go anywhere

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Last tray i helped a plumber fit recommend a week sand and cement mix the pre mixed bags work well think there 5:1 but I've known plumbers use tile adhesive also

 

[Flintstone]

The plumber come builder I'm working for next week is planning to stick a wetroom tray down to concrete with slc!

 

[Kyle Knowles]

The plumber come builder I'm working for next week is planning to stick a wetroom tray down to concrete with slc!

Wtf ?? I've head it all now next he will be rendering outside with tile adhesive

 

[dynamictiling]

The plumber come builder I'm working for next week is planning to stick a wetroom tray down to concrete with slc!

Worst I have ever seen is expanding foam, needless to say the tools never made it out of the van that morning...

 

[Flintstone]

Referring back to the title of th thread, I'm doing a budget wet room next week, started it Friday, gonna line up the walls and floor for all the big balls on here

 

[Kyle Knowles]

What tiles are u using

 

[Flintstone]

600x300 porc walls and floor but the tray area has anti slip 300x300, they don't be lining up