Thickness of WALL tile adhesive

[Waluigi]

I can vouch for Protiler tools and the Premtool system. Very reasonable too. Sam @ Protiler is excellent in terms of being helpful and sending stuff out ASAFP

Also if you download he DPD App you can automatically see your parcel.

 

[Jrterror]

As Harry has said, ditch the lash clip, unfortunately the worst on the market, because of that curved base plate.



Use a 12mm notch trowel as above and mix adhesive as instructed on the bag, to the correct proportions.
Trowel wall and using flat edge of trowel skim back of the tile too. Fit the tile and remove it, and check you have good coverage, if not, trowel adhesive on back of tile where it’s needed, and try again.
Make sure you have standard set adhesive and not rapid.
Mix approx a quarter of the bag to start, just till you get used to it.
And try again. 🙂

Hi. Thanks for this. that's helpful. I've decided to use the lash system. But, need to be seen making progress tomorrow. The Mrs is getting fed up of my very slow progress with this project. So, Im gonna go ahead and tile without a levelling system since I wont be able to get a good one from anywhere tomorrow, Sunday.

I did mix exactly as indicated on the bag. The bag said 10kg requires 3.8lt of water. So, I measured out 2.5kg, using my Mrs weighing scales (don't tell her), then added it to 0.95lt of water. I then mixed it with a paddle in a drill. I suppose I should have trusted my instinct when it appeared to be quite stiff, but thought well I've measured it out exactly. Not having done any tiling before, I had no idea of the consistency required. I even used a second type of weighing scale, just to make sure my quantities were correct.

Anyway, lesson learned.

I keep thinking should I, in the morning, attempt to remove the three tiles I have done, just in case they have not adhered correctly, but worry that they'll just pull off all the tanking that I've all ready done. Especially since they'll have been on overnight. I also wish I'd not started in the shower section of the en-suite, the most critical area.

lots of lessons learnt today.

Not gonna give up though.
Thanks again

 

[Old Mod]

Not having done any tiling before, I had no idea of the consistency required.


I keep thinking should I, in the morning, attempt to remove the three tiles I have done, just in case they have not adhered correctly, but worry that they'll just pull off all the tanking that I've all ready done

The consistency wants to be of thick wallpaper paste.
Dip your serrated trowel in to the mix and scoop up a lump of adhesive size of your fist and hold it perpendicular to the floor, it should in between staying on the trowel and slumping off. Make sense?

Don’t try to remove the fixed tiles. If they’re acceptable as they are, as there is only 3, force adhesive in all around the sides and in any voids.
If they’re on the verge of falling off anyway, then remove them.

 

[Jrterror]

The consistency wants to be of thick wallpaper paste.
Dip your serrated trowel in to the mix and scoop up a lump of adhesive size of your fist and hold it perpendicular to the floor, it should in between staying on the trowel and slumping off. Make sense?

Don’t try to remove the fixed tiles. If they’re acceptable as they are, as there is only 3, force adhesive in all around the sides and in any voids.
If they’re on the verge of falling off anyway, then remove them.

3 FAll, You Are A Star! You've said just what I wanted to hear. I wish everyone else on here was as helpful. Many thanks for your help, it really is much appreciated

 

[Old Mod]

Just a thought, but did you leave the adhesive to stand after you first mixed it?
Once mixed leave it to ‘slake’ for 5-10 mins, (allow the mix to absorb all the water properly) then remix. It should return to the state at which it was first mixed.
It will stay useable longer, and at no point add more water, it will weaken the mix and go off quicker.
Also clean the bucket between mixes, dried adhesive on the sides will set the fresh adhesive quicker.

 

[Waluigi]

I wish everyone else on here was as helpful. Many thanks for your help, it really is much appreciated

Good luck with the rest of your tiling, Jrterror.

It’s been frustrating trying to advise you to say the least. Absolutely zero integration which for me leads me to not want to bother helping you and puts me off advising others. Goodnight.

 

[Jrterror]

Hi. Waluigi
Im really sorry if I have upset you. That was never my intention. I don't think you were one of the people who were less than helpful. And please don't give up helping others because I am 'hard work'
I do understand that I may have been frustrating to assist. I am an over thinker and also over engineering everything. Plus I am a bit of a perfectionist. Trying to
Piece together all the information I have been given is not always easy, especially when newbies like me ask very specific questions and often people don't answer the specific questions. For me it can be frustrating. I do value all constructive help given. I may not always reply, and that is a fault on my part. I'm not entirely sure what you meant as 'zero integration', perhaps you mean my failure to respond, perhaps you mean my apparent failure to piece together all the advice I have been give. I'm a worrier, and so I try to make every stage of the process perfect. I'm currently re doing the whole ensuite and because I know that water can do so much damage, I worry about getting everything perfect to avoid future problems, so everything to do with the shower section of the room, I'm trying to get perfect.
There is a lot of information out there on the web, but finding something that walks you through every process from the absolute begining is difficult. Hence the many questions, probably very disjointed questions that come to mind, often late at night when I should be sleeping. Haha

Once again, sorry if I offended or simply just frustrating you.

Have a good weekend
D

 

[Flintstone]

If you are really so much of a perfectionist, why are you taking on such a skilled Job and using tiles which you know are poor quality when you could hire a reputable professional and save all the worry.

 

[hmtiling]

Hi. Waluigi
Im really sorry if I have upset you. That was never my intention. I don't think you were one of the people who were less than helpful. And please don't give up helping others because I am 'hard work'
I do understand that I may have been frustrating to assist. I am an over thinker and also over engineering everything. Plus I am a bit of a perfectionist. Trying to
Piece together all the information I have been given is not always easy, especially when newbies like me ask very specific questions and often people don't answer the specific questions. For me it can be frustrating. I do value all constructive help given. I may not always reply, and that is a fault on my part. I'm not entirely sure what you meant as 'zero integration', perhaps you mean my failure to respond, perhaps you mean my apparent failure to piece together all the advice I have been give. I'm a worrier, and so I try to make every stage of the process perfect. I'm currently re doing the whole ensuite and because I know that water can do so much damage, I worry about getting everything perfect to avoid future problems, so everything to do with the shower section of the room, I'm trying to get perfect.
There is a lot of information out there on the web, but finding something that walks you through every process from the absolute begining is difficult. Hence the many questions, probably very disjointed questions that come to mind, often late at night when I should be sleeping. Haha

Once again, sorry if I offended or simply just frustrating you.

Have a good weekend
D

Do you have an engineering background?