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cornish_crofter
you are correct a rendered base tiles are un cut (that would look bad).
On the perimater there is a slight fall from corner to centre then back to level at other corner.
With envelope style the prob is mainly too much fall causing you to have to bend tile (cut envelope).
If drain is square when tile meets it the two good edges of the tile sit flush with drain but the l shaped corner will always sit higher (hope you understand).*
Put the waste on a 45 then you only have one edge to get flush *
how much fall do you have on your former
Jay, hope you don't mind but I've split your post up above to make it easier for me to understand. The two lines with asterisks (*) I don't understand at all, the rest makes sense.
To answer your question about the former, there is probably less than 10mm. It is a Tilux former, and the creases run diagonally from corner to corner. The last time I fitten one of these I cut it envelope style and had the drain set square.
I am using 300 x 300 tiles and the former is 1200 x 1200, but with a diagonal cut across the back as the back wall is not straight.
I can see how the 45 degree waste help you here. If I did what you did the each crease would run from one corner to the other of the tiles near the waste. Whether I can get a decent fall without building up the adhesive I don't know without looking, should be able to .