Silk Purse Out Of Pigs Ear

[Italy]

It's ok Antonio I'am from the Noth East of the UK. Nobody in the south can translate 'geordie' or read the English version.

yes john. geordie ......
steal deer. of King 😉

 

[LM]

yes john. geordie ......
steal deer. of King 😉

That's Robin hood then lol

 

[Italy]

That's Robin hood then lol

no lee. geordie song. here in Italy. say.
geordie steal two deer. in the park of King.
The song is dedicated. the British geordie. like john

 

[White Room]

Looks good Lee, doubt anyone would notice it was a badly screeded floor.

 

[LM]

Looks good Lee, doubt anyone would notice it was a badly screeded floor.

Thanks Mark

 

[bcd-87]

Thanks Mark

how long did that take you mate

 

[LM]

how long did that take you mate

Because of the layout and working 'backwards' so to speak it took me 3 days to tile and about 3 hours to grout. Plus it was BAL green screed adhesive so I had to wait till the next day to stand on any work that had been laid, so in the rooms where the tiles are on the length, I could only lay half the room and then tile the other half the next day when the first half had cured, there's only 70 mts in the floor, so that's why it took so long

 

[bcd-87]

Because of the layout and working 'backwards' so to speak it took me 3 days to tile and about 3 hours to grout. Plus it was BAL green screed adhesive so I had to wait till the next day to stand on any work that had been laid, so in the rooms where the tiles are on the length, I could only lay half the room and then tile the other half the next day when the first half had cured, there's only 70 mts in the floor, so that's why it took so long

That's fast, fair play!! how did you get over the floor height difference? it looked bad

 

[gamma38]

70 mtrs. 3 days am i reading that right? that's some going

 

[LM]

That's fast, fair play!! how did you get over the floor height difference? it looked bad

You put a piece of the packaging card board that the tiles come in under a tile placed at the highest part of the floor, stand on it and that gives you the finish height of your highest tile, do the same with a tile on the lowest part of the floor in all directions and then with either a straight edge or a chalk line with a screw drilled into the floor at say the mid point if it's a large span, use these as height references to set your straight edge on and then when you lay a tile make sure that it has a solid bed and that the 'tilt' of the tile sits flush with the straight edge, follow this across the floor and then you will arrive at the highest tile it's at the exact height and plane as the highest tile on the floor. It took me a while to master this technique and it's good, but it's not as good as proper prep!
In this instance I also had an external door frame to consider when planning how to deal with this particular problem, that's why when all things were considered I chose to 'ramp' the floor down over what was a large space