self level or thick adhesive?

[cone]

I have a floor that is uneven in places and want some advice on best approach to finish it. Its a bathroom and the tiles are 550x550mm and floor is uneven all over. The toilet is on external wall and both sides of the toilet to both walls is about 1m. It is a slope of near an inch into each corner. Where toilet sits is highest point of the floor and sits faceing the door which is 3m away and slopes down aswell. When I put the level on highest point(on screed) towards the door, its reading level but is sitting on a bed of old adhesive near door.

What I'm thinking of doing is leaving old adhesive in place(well down) and spreading new adhesive on top and working towards the highest point then for the 2 slopes, fill out with thick adhesive. I know I can use self leveler but don't I have to build this up seeing as it only sets at 3-4mm. There will be no foot traffic on the tiles where thick adhesive will be hench why I'm thinking of adhesive.

I know there needs a lot of work to go into the floor before tiling but the customer doesn't want this and asked what the best alternative is and this is what I've came up with.

Any other suggestions to get round this rather than grinding into floor or what I'm doing is the best of the bad lot?

So can anyone tell me what is the tickets bed of adhesive I can use before I start to encounter problems.

 

[Andy Allen]

Take the toilet out, level the floor , if you use weber latex it can go to 50mm. Let it dry and then tile..

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Sounds like another case of the customer dictating how the job should be done - good luck!

 

[cone]

Take the toilet out, level the floor , if you use weber latex it can go to 50mm. Let it dry and then tile..

Toilet and sink have already been removed.

 

[cone]

Sounds like another case of the customer dictating how the job should be done - good luck!

Happens more times than you think I don't have much booked in so need this to pay the bills.

 

[Lee@emctiles]

Put some TileMaster Rapid Level 30 down, floor will be ready to tile within 45 mins.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Forgot to say :welcome:.
The issue I have is your charging for work where you obviously have a lack of experience and confidence to do be able to provide a professional service.

 

[Mr Tiler]

Take the toilet out, level the floor , if you use weber latex it can go to 50mm. Let it dry and then tile..

this stuff is the dogs nackers!

 

[Dougs Third Go]

level it every time for me with levelling compound rather than varying thickness of adhesive.

 

[Rich Midge]

I'd go with leveller myself. You can tile a flat floor in half the time. Ultra's Level it 1 will go to 50mm in one pour and sets pretty quick. Also, if you're set on using thick bed (pun intended) I'd advise you start from the high point and level the tiles from there rather than attempt it the other way.

 

[Rookery]

I'd definitely level it rather than trying to fix the tiles using varying bed thickness of adhesive. I'd use Mapei Renovation Screed or Weber Floorflex.

 

[Stocks Tiles]

Certainly level the floor, if you want/need the job then just quote for the levelling compound and no labour to do it, the price increase wouldn't be a huge amount - in fact you would be spending as much on adhesive to pack it up for a flat finish. Good finish = good job done = happy customer = recommendations for further work