Spot fixing

[Ste450]

Surely if at least 70%/80% coverage is achieved, then the method is irrelevant? People keep saying they achieve 100% coverage, but time and time again when I'm ripping of old tiles I pretty much never see a evidence if a solid bed. There's nothing on the back of the tile and there is only a comb of adhesive left on the wall. It's like the tile had only been slightly touching the adhesive, hanging on for dear life. I prefer to spotfix on larger tiles, and by this I mean on a 600/300 tile, I'd use 18 spots which when compressed, spreads out to achieve a good coverage. I also find that this gives better adhesion, especially to plasterboard and you can actually level the tile instead of relying on a perfect wall which is rare, especially if its a timber stud wall. I only use top quality cement based adhesives as well, usually rapid setting. I recently ripped out a friends bathroom where the tiles were spot fixed and it took me two days to rip out down to the brick. The tiles were ridiculously solid and so was most of the old render.

 

[Andy Allen]

Yawn...

 

[WetSaw]

Where's the "Archaeologist" button?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Surely that is what a forum is for - new members and their views on search history threads.
If your bored or not interested just pass - no need for a comment!
Now who are the grumpy old farts!

 

[widler]

Im with you john.
If it works for ste ,it works .
someone posted a video of a old timer 'spot fixing' metros on to what can only be described as a mess of a rendered wall.
Some of the folk were drooling over it, it also look rough as a badgers *** imo as well, lips, terrible spacing ect .

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Careful - that might have been me!

 

[WetSaw]

The only other posts he has made are in a thread called "Dot and dab" which is now closed. It seems to me that he's just posting to try and wind people up. If his method works for him that's great.

 

[Andy Allen]

Surely that is what a forum is for - new members and their views on search history threads.
If your bored or not interested just pass - no need for a comment!
Now who are the grumpy old farts!

Except he's not a new member and he done this 'spot fixing' thing to death just after Xmas.........I'm sure the forum isn't for troll's.......but hay-ho.....I'll just keep out of it....🙂

 

[widler]

But as i understand it ,he is trying to get his point across .
All this rubbish about tiles being heavier is just thst , rubbish, as large stone has been cladded over walls for , well century's with sand ,lime,mud, poo and cement etc .
What wound me up (as usual) was some folk picking on his method (usual suspects)thinking it was the dot in each corner and blob on, when it clearly was not 🙂
I do enjoy some talk on here with a few , but the contraditions are massive with some people

 

[Flintstone]

The problem with the walls I commonly see if they get a plasterer in to skim, and he does just that, puts a thin skim on which follows the original wall, unless he is told to make the wall flat then that's a different job I guess. As for stud walls, they are usually flat if built new.