Newbie requiring advice !

[Andy Allen]

i sometimes double up as kitty martin but dont worry my other half ddint take offence:smilewinkgrin:

purrrrrrrrrrrrrr fect advice as always

 

[MartinH]

Thanks very much Daz - funnily enough it was the bloke at Topps Tiles that recommended the adhesive im using as I purchased at same tiles as the tiles themselves...maybe will seek advice on here in future and not from the Topps Tiles boys!

 

[Mike]

Thanks very much Daz - funnily enough it was the bloke at Topps Tiles that recommended the adhesive im using as I purchased at same tiles as the tiles themselves...maybe will seek advice on here in future and not from the Topps Tiles boys!

they'll sell you anything just to make a sale, as for the info you've had above it's all good. i use battens myself, and if the windows not quite square i 'square' it with the battens and tile up to them . you can always cut a bit off them after and use them again for the window header

 

[lucius]

Nothing beats a really good white rapid set adhesive, mixed with water from a boiled kettle - probaly set whilst you hand hold the tile for 5 minutes! I also carry a set of drywall ceiling props and a baton for when it all starts to go wrong!

Coming from a bricklaying background i remember from my college days many many years ago when dealing with frosty conditions that morter that could be mixed with heated water no hotter than 65 degrees farenheit any hotter would be detramental to the properties of the cement.

 

[Michael kiss]

Dry wall ceiling props are good for this and use a white fast set fexi powder adhesive.

 

[Tats]

Take a few off cuts that are long and thin and stick them to the underside of the top of the window reveal. Do this before your ready to tile over the top of the window so that they are stuck in place and addy has gone of. Then when you tile over the top you have ready made platforms to rest your tile on

 

[Derry]

use powdered adhesive and use batons till it fixes in place.
I would also get hold of one of the books like webber tiling solutions, great deal of info in there for many different situations!