soild bed adhesive wall tiles

[pipeline]

Can some1 explain what a soild bed of adhesive is on wall and how to achevie it thanks.

 

[Mr T]

Its achieved by using a notched trowel... Coverage of tile must be at least 90% I think.

 

[Mr T]

But if you want to know how to tile a wall I would start reading lol

 

[nybor62]

back skim the wall tile with flat edge of trowel best achieved using a round notch trowel on the wall imo esp on large format tiles

 

[pipeline]

I thought solid bed technique Is different to using a notched trowel.. just reading it in tiling book I bought,, it mentions special trowel used in wet areas.. thanks

 

[Mr T]

Solid bed is achieved by using a notched trowel and makink sure there are no voids behind the tile... But wet area is different to standard wall mate but a solid bed is achieved the same way on walls and floors just bigger trowels.

 

[pipeline]

Hi NYbor62 that makes sense using a round notched trowel as the bead will be a lot more solid thanks

 

[nybor62]

Hi NYbor62 that makes sense using a round notched trowel as the bead will be a lot more solid thanks

your welcome

 

[pipeline]

Also does it matter which way the tile adhesive notches run,, horizontal or vertical. Thanks

 

[nybor62]

i like to make pretty patterns with mine lol

 

[David - Tradetiler]

Also does it matter which way the tile adhesive notches run,, horizontal or vertical. Thanks

I seem to remember BS saying vertically - not sure where I could check that though

 

[pipeline]

Thanks

 

[Rookery]

I seem to remember BS saying vertically - not sure where I could check that though

I seem to remember either horizontally or vertically, as long as they're all in the same direction.