My first job

[IvegotsTILE]

Ha I did exactly the same style of bathroom as that a month ago using a single spotlight,looked brilliant.
Electrician fitted spotlights in the ceiling and my grout job wasn't brilliant and there were a few steps in the tiles,customer thought it looked brilliant.we are way to critical,which is a good thing.
Don't worry about it,you would have to take it all out with your fein and believe me it will take 10-13 hours even using that,don't bother.

 

[macten]

Sod that then - I'm knackered. Still, you live and learn. It's not that the grout job was bad, it looked perfect before I put in the spotlights. I suppose if I had grouted at night with the spots and got it looking perfect it wouldn't have looked as good in daylight.
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Just want to end this as to where I am right now with this job.
Can't finish the walls till middle of next week when the tiles arrive so I've got the the towel radiator up and the floor tiles laid:

So that's where I am right now. I'm gonna have a couple of days off and start again when the wall tiles arrive.
Still left to do:
*Finish walls (going to include a 75mm strip of the floor tile as a kind of skirting up the wall)
*Grout floor and fit basin, toilet and rad.
*Need to make a bath panel out of ply and tile (I want to include the floor tile skirting and wrap the brickbond around from the window wall) - this is what I see as my next problem. Access panel wise I may go the Schluter route or a cheaper improvisation of the system. Does anyone have any suggestions?
The other problem is that the bath legs come very close to the edge of the bath. I'm going to use 6mm ply but the tiles are 10mm thick + addy so I plan to bridge the 2 bath legs with tile (no ply). Do you think this will work?
I want the panel to be flush with the edge of the bath so I can't see a simpler alternative.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Hi Macten, I think you have had a real baptism of fire there mate and, although I haven't had time to read all your posts, I think you have done outstandingly well. Finished walls are certainly looking good.

What you have had to do there is, in my opinion/short experience, not typical of what the job normally entails (as a tiler). Are you a plumber/bathroom fitter as well?

Grumpy

 

[Fekin]

Looks a cracking job to get stuck into.

Well done

 

[Turkish]

Jesus you have worked your nuts off there mate!! Total respect to you mate for your determination especially when it was for family (who i have to say don`t sound too grateful!!!). They could just have easily got someone else in to do it who didn`t bother to sort out all the problems with the substrate etc. then they would have really regretted that!!

Top job by the looks of things, I`d be chuffed with that.

Turkish

 

[GazLC81]

Your doing a top job mate! Don't be hard on yourself. All new Tilers will go through a job like this at some point.

My first (paying) job was a nightmare. Had to reboard quite a few bits as well as loads of other messing about before tiling. Luckily the customer was great about it and really please at the end result.

I agree with grumpy, this isn't a common thing when tiling. Maybe a bit of boarding here and there but nothing the the extent you have had to cope with.

Chin up mate, just think, you are really well prepared for anything that your next job will throw up!

Well done
Gaz

 

[GazTech]

Bridging the legs of bath with 12mm backerboard is safer if you want tiles sit just behind bath lip. Tile with BAL mosaic fix and use flexi grout.Make the last piece of backer removable ie tile it wedged into place,( cut the same width as full tiles). So when fixing it drill through the face of the tiles into timber noggins( framework) and place caps on the screws....hope this helps Mac.......fantastic post BTW and welcome to the forums.....Gaz

 

[Dan]

Well done mate - it's a bloody good job that for a first job. I have to say thanks for posting the photo's and showing us all - I wish we'd see more jobs like this more often on here.

So get your camera's out people!

 

[andyb_987]

Hey youve got me worried dude as I my self am just starting out also.

I am will not be doing the plumbing or electrics for myself.
Is THIS WISE?
What is the common practice in taking radiators off? and general plumbing?#

Good job by the way Buddy:lol:
Think you will do well

 

[GazLC81]

My first job needed the radiator taking off and then the system needed repressured once it had been put back on etc. Not had to take one off since mind you.