Tile Lippage

[Daz]

Hi Daz

Right i have scraped nearly all of the adhesive away and when i lay a dry tile it sits 2-3mm lower than the surrounding tile. Is this sufficient? Would i need to prime the area?

Do you offer your services in Norfolk as i may give in and pay to have the work finished off as i can't spend another day removing tile adhesive LOL.

Neil

If the tile is sitting 2 to 3mm lower then you'll be fine. The adhesive will give you a couple of mm so the tile should sit pretty good (you may need to bed it up a tad).

Norfolk is a bit too far for me, but if you really do want to get a professional tiler to quote to finish it, then send Dave a pm and he should be able to sort someone out for you.

 

[Dan]

Hi Dan

I'm away for the week which is just as well because its breaking me and that's coming from an amateur boxer!

I have pulled up all but one of the out of level tiles (7 x tiles) and removed the adhesive from 5 which took 4 hours. I had to stop because my neighbours complained of the noise (I live in a flat). So I have 3 left to do and one is still fixed so that's going to be a drama I'm sure as I have found the SLC is breaking up if I hit the bolster too hard.

Once I finish the donkey work I'm calling a tiler in to do the skilled stuff as I can't go through this again.

If only I patted my self on the back after finishing all the substrate work and passed on the tiling work I would have felt some achievement - unlike now.

Fair enough mate. I wouldn't worry about it, I think you're expecting a lot from yourself thinking you'd get it the same as a professional would. In many cases DIY-wise we find they're happy with saving lots of cash and putting up with a few lips but like myself, it seems it would bug you, and you questions it, got it confirmed that it wouldn't be acceptable at a pro level and to be fair you've done well in doing that. You'll have a pro job, and you would have saved yourself a few quid overall perhaps.

Don't kick yourself mate. You've done well.

Perhaps it's the boxer coming out in you

 

[PJPro]

Sloppy

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