Mortar beds on walls and floors?

[Spud]

Walls must have prety bad were they gary to use large amount of bedding..

varied from 3-4mm to 10-12mm in places

 

[White Room]

Is that a 3-1 for fixing Gary

 

[Spud]

I mixed it 5-1 and added plasticiser

 

[doug boardley]

what sand did you use Gary?

 

[Spud]

medium grade bricklaying sand

 

[doug boardley]

varied from 3-4mm to 10-12mm in places

plasterer needs telling offto get it that far out on a block wall, unless it was the bricklayers (more likely imho)

 

[White Room]

Usual story, the next trade will get over that:yikes:

 

[lucius]

This is the bit i dont get its far quicker to go over scratch coat and dubb out to flatten the wall than back butter all them tiles, well it is for me anyway, looks cold their mate.
Lucius

 

[Rob Z]

Hi Gary,

It's to see other methods being used. Is that mud scratched directly on the block? Do you use a bonder to stick the scratch coat to the block? I don't think we have ever gone right over the scratch coat with the tile or stone, always have floated the second layer first, then set the tile.

 

[lucius]

Ho Rob thats the point ime making a float coat laid flat and plumb over the scratch coat and then tiles laid in addy to me seems quicker than the trad method on an area that big but i may be wrong.If the blocks are concrete or clinker they dont need anything on them just a wetting down before scratching other type of blocks may need SBR before scratching.
Lucius