Mosaics

[dboden]

Hello all, I have got to lay some mosaic sheets onto a shower wet room floor, only about 1.5m/2.
If it was to be tiled with normal tiles, I would use a 10 trowel so I can meet the adjoining tiled floor..
What trowel should I use for the the bed.. Or how would you approach this.
The floor is flat, but has a 10-20mm fall towards the drain.

Thanks Dave

 

[White Room]

I take it the existing tiles are out side the shower area....

 

[dboden]

Yes... I have laid the rest of the bathroom with bigger tiles.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Nice van - but cant read the signage - are you a tiler!

 

[dboden]

Yes mate, but only been self employed since feb.. This is a first for mosaic on floor in such a situation as this.

Thanks Dave.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Excellent - good luck, you've come to the right place!

For what it's worth I'd just build up to the edge of the field tiles with a fast set waterproof adhesive and accentuate the slope to the outlet.

 

[dboden]

What notch would you use for the mosaics?

 

[White Room]

How thick are the mosaic...

 

[dboden]

I would say about 6 - 8mm, they are the stone style ones.. Not the farty flimsy ones.

 

[White Room]

3-4mm trowel if they go up to 8mm

 

[nybor62]

c'mon guys .

the guys a self employed tiler with the sign written van , and he is asking the most basic questions . jeez were will it all end

 

[dboden]

Isn't this what the forum is for?
Did you know everything from the start?
At least I have come for advice.
If you have nothing good to add don't bother mate.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Isn't this what the forum is for?
Did you know everything from the start?
At least I have come for advice.
If you have nothing good to add don't bother mate.

Come on Dave ! This is exactly what a forum is for - so everyone can express a view and discuss a subject that we are passionate about . On sites you'll be up against time served tradesman that will give you real stick if your not up to it. We all have our own ways of replying and I thought mine was most considerate! Not sure if your thread was really thought through properly.

 

[nybor62]

if it was a D I Y 'er asking the question my answer would have been different . but as you are offering a tiling service then i would have thought you would known the answer to your question.

no hard feelings .

 

[Simons70]

What notch would you use for the mosaics?

Right,if you are tiler and ask what tools need to be a tiler,its something wrong here!Don't worry you are not alone!This forum is for help you to fooling your customers!

 

[One Day]

if it was a D I Y 'er asking the question my answer would have been different . but as you are offering a tiling service then i would have thought you would known the answer to your question.

no hard feelings .

So how did you manage to begin your tiling empire knowing it all? I sure as heck didn't!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

So how did you manage to begin your tiling empire knowing it all? I sure as heck didn't!

But this is possibly why our trade is held in such low esteem amongst the building industry and especially in the domestic market. Too many chancers around who undertake contracts without the knowledge to complete the work to the relevant British Standards and are yet prepared to give the impression of a professional tradesman and charge the customers for work they had no experience in.
Again just a personal observation based on a variety of recent posts!

 

[widler]

Isn't the old saying
' you learn something new everyday'
Or
'You never stop learning'
??????????????????
Honestly, no point in anyone giving advice on here, just leave it up to the handfull of folks to give there little digs.

Everyone, even some of the elitists have had to start somewhere , shame they seem to have selective memory !

 

[nybor62]

So how did you manage to begin your tiling empire knowing it all? I sure as heck didn't!

i dont pretend to know it all . i started in 1979. i was'nt allowed near a tile until id learnt to grout 1st , £15 a week .
i love my trade , i hate to see it being flooded with tilers with very little idea of the correct methods and knowledge

 

[mma]

Not everyone has been lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to serve an apprenticeship and learn from an experienced tradesman/tiler. What are the other options of learning to tile??

 

[nybor62]

i would suggest link up with a time served tiler , before paying out any fee's to training schools , who tell ya you will earn 30-40 k

 

[mma]

Is a time served tiler going to be willing to help more competition in the local area though?

 

[Mallorcaman]

Nope because i have asked and asked around my local area after doing the two week course in newcastle. You get a grounding but your not anywhere newr a tiler. I would love to be a tiler full time. Have just moved back to the uk from spain and am currently looking for work. Would love to go out and help with a pro and learn over time. Im no humpty and can do the job but would like to spend a year or two working alongside and then further on "with" somebody not against. Have all but given up as nobody wants to help as there too busy? Then you need a hand no? Did my mates travertine floor and kitchen walls last week and loved every single minute of it. All but given up trying to get into the industry as cannot get a break. Really love the job but feel if no work by xmas i will have to go back to my old career. They say its a dying trade but seems very hard to get into for the next generation.
Love this forum and all the helpfull info on here.
Thanks
jeff