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[steve61]

hello everyone new to tiling trying to get established probably need a lot of advice in the future

 

[DHTiling]

hello steve and welcome to forums.........dave..

 

[CLAYS TILES]

hello and welcome

 

[myhometiling]

welcome to the forums..... calvy :beer_yum:

 

[Dan]

Welcome to the forums Steve. Have you just started tiling then?

 

[steve61]

yes just set out about a month ago done 1st kitchen start a bathroom tomorrow any tips on mosaics

 

[DHTiling]

hi steve have a read through this .......http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-mosaics/
it should help you out......dave..

 

[steve61]

hi Dave
Thanks for that will have a good read.....cheers steve

 

[devonmark]

Hi Steve, welcome to the forums....good luck with the bathroom..Mark.

 

[GazTech]

hello Ste...welcome to the madhouse..lol...Gaz

 

[Fekin]

yes just set out about a month ago done 1st kitchen start a bathroom tomorrow any tips on mosaics

Hi mate 🙂

Just one tip springs to mind with doing mosaics, watch out for badly prepped walls.

If the walls are not even, and have deepish bumps and dents, a mosaic mesh will follow all the contours of the walls, so if you go over a sunken area, the mosaic meshed tile will also follow the depression, so you end up seeing the flow and bumps in the tiling.

Where as if you were using say 20x20 ceramics, you can always overcome some problems like this by adding a bit more adhesive "packing out" to allow for the depression, so the tile lays flat\even on a un-even wall, but doing this with a mosaic mesh is a heck of a lot harder, so more wall preparation could be needed.

 

[Varley]

Welcome to the forums 🙂

 

[Scottish Mark]

welcome to the forum mate:happy:

 

[steve61]

hello could anyone tell me if it is possible to seal marble tiles and fix them in the same day
cheers steve

 

[DHTiling]

Fix them to the wall then seal.......saves time.............dave..

 

[steve61]

thanks dhceramics would this apply to floor tiles as well
steve

 

[DHTiling]

yes steve mate you can just seal them as you lay...as long as they are clean and dry..........dave..