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Hi Folks,
I've just been to look at a couple of bathrooms and a cloakroom that need tiling. I'm only quoting for the tiling as the builder is doing all the prep work.
The house is Georgian and is being completely renovated.
There's a cloakroom on the ground floor that will be black granite. There's about 8sgm going onto a new concrete floor.
Upstairs there's two bathrooms. One will be ceramic on floor and walls. The other marble on floor and walls. Floors are 18mm ply on joists. These have been butted. Walls have been newly rendered with sand/cement except one which seems to be original plaster with paint on it.
They are installing underfloor heating throughout.
The client wants 1mm grout lines throughout.
I've already told them that I think they're pushing it with the grout lines and that the painted wall will have to be stripped/replastered in order to take the tiles.
I've also said that I think the floors should have ditra or similar to ensure waterproofing and to allow for temperature movement.
The builder says that none of the tiled areas are big enough to need that.
Since I haven't tiled onto underfloor heating before I'm getting a lot of my knowledge from the forum, and as far as I can see I'm right.
Aside from it being an old house, it has been unheated for months now and I'm a liitle worried about how much movement there will be when they finally bring it back up to temperature.
Another thing is that the ply floors have been down for some time and have had had all kinds of work being done over and around them. There's no bits missing but they've got very dirty.
I'd really appreciate any advice you have to offer on this. I'm going back in a week or so to discuss it further so I'd appreciate any advice you can offer and any suggestions as to what else I should be looking out for. I'd like to do the job but I'd like to do it right.
Thanks
I've just been to look at a couple of bathrooms and a cloakroom that need tiling. I'm only quoting for the tiling as the builder is doing all the prep work.
The house is Georgian and is being completely renovated.
There's a cloakroom on the ground floor that will be black granite. There's about 8sgm going onto a new concrete floor.
Upstairs there's two bathrooms. One will be ceramic on floor and walls. The other marble on floor and walls. Floors are 18mm ply on joists. These have been butted. Walls have been newly rendered with sand/cement except one which seems to be original plaster with paint on it.
They are installing underfloor heating throughout.
The client wants 1mm grout lines throughout.
I've already told them that I think they're pushing it with the grout lines and that the painted wall will have to be stripped/replastered in order to take the tiles.
I've also said that I think the floors should have ditra or similar to ensure waterproofing and to allow for temperature movement.
The builder says that none of the tiled areas are big enough to need that.
Since I haven't tiled onto underfloor heating before I'm getting a lot of my knowledge from the forum, and as far as I can see I'm right.
Aside from it being an old house, it has been unheated for months now and I'm a liitle worried about how much movement there will be when they finally bring it back up to temperature.
Another thing is that the ply floors have been down for some time and have had had all kinds of work being done over and around them. There's no bits missing but they've got very dirty.
I'd really appreciate any advice you have to offer on this. I'm going back in a week or so to discuss it further so I'd appreciate any advice you can offer and any suggestions as to what else I should be looking out for. I'd like to do the job but I'd like to do it right.
Thanks