Mosaic backing sheets

[AliGage]

Evening guys and girls.
Im doing a little shower room t the moment which i have to return to on Wednesday. The customer wants a border of ceramic mosaic halfway up the wall but also one at floor level like a skirt around the room.
The wall tiles are only 250x200 ceramic so not particularly heavy. But i wanted to crack on when i return on Wednesday. Has anyone used these backing sheets for mosaic sheets? We got the mosaic fairly cheap and some are a bit tatty on The mesh. Was thinking of trying these backers out to one get them back in some sort of workable order but also so i can maybe get a few rows of tiles on The wall as well rather than battening and putting mosaic in later or waiting for adhesive to harden before i carry on.
Any thoughts?

 

[White Room]

Personally I wait for the main field of tiles to set then add the mosaic....

 

[AliGage]

I usually put my mosaics in after as well. But was trying to avoid it being fiddly afterwards being right down at floor level.
Have you ever used these backers/packers before whitebeam?

 

[White Room]

Never used them Ali but a few guys do, if works for you then go for it mate....

 

[AliGage]

They seem to be a bit expensive though.
Think ill batten as normal and see how tricky getting the mosaics in becomes.

 

[White Room]

Do you use the dog tooth for thinner mosaic to the field tiles....

 

[AliGage]

Dog tooth?

 

[AliGage]

I have a handled border trowl. Reveal trowl? Not sure what they're called to be honest lol

 

[White Room]

This will give some idea what I mean http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/38221-dog-tooth-method-rebate.html

 

[AliGage]

Oh i see. To be honest never thought about doing that.
Spot on mate. I'll give that a crack!

 

[Sean Kelly]

Mosaic at floor level? This can be very fiddly. Is the floor level? You will probably end up nibbling 2-3mm off the mosaics to make them fit. I would strongly suggest you tell your customer it will look awful. It also means that your setting out is determined by the height of the mosaic on the floor. I've bought those backing sheets from Topps before, but did not use them in the end as I needed to build up by 6mm. Used a sheet of UFH insulation board instead.

 

[Qwerty]

I know it causes an issue with amount of adhesive contact on the back if the mosaic and therefore doesn't comply with British standards

 

[Rookery]

They seem to be a bit expensive though.
Think ill batten as normal and see how tricky getting the mosaics in becomes.

I think they're less than a quid a sheet at CTD. I've used the dogtooth method and found it a bit messy but whatever works for you is the way to go.

 

[AliGage]

Whitebeam pointed me in the direction of the dog tooth method. Think ill give that a try. Don't like parting with my money if i don't have to!

 

[Perfect Tiling]

As Rookery says they are less than a quid at CTD. Iv'e used them a few times now and find tham great on mosaics that have a weak mesh back. They really do strengthen the mosaic and also help to bring level to the main tiles. You can use more than one layer to help level them if needed...its then just getting the adhesive bed right so that it meets the rear of the tiles and is not just holding the mesh youv'e added.