Tiling Board

[Gazzer]

We used to do things a lot different , sand and cement for grout, white cement for walls, sand and cement fixing walls and floor, sawdust to clean floors with, cut tiles with chisel and hammer....I have moved with the times and I think its for the better.

 

[Ajax123]

and for the records Ajax what would you have recomended before theese boards came out,and bye the way i have tiled on floorboards with sand and cement but that doesnt mean nothing i suppose ,but i would just like you to know i do know what i am talking about its just that some people wont listen

I haven't questioned whether or not you know what you are talking about ......your advice simply sits outside of that which would be offered by other people and outside of the nationally accepted standards. I, like most on here am perectly willing and happy to listen.... like you though, I wont be dictated to and will make my decisions based on what I think right ... In this instance my own decision would differ from the one you would make ... I guess the problem that creates for the original poster is that he gets conflicting advice which is the bane of my life as I deal with anhydrite screeds....

 

[widler]

id go for hardibacker as well,i love it,not that ive never used ply,i have,but its just i find cement boards a lot lot easier to lay,cutting,handling ect, a bit more expensive maybe,but in the long run much better.
have a go brian you may love it, be easier on your back as well at your age

 

[Brian the Tile]

Right ok chaps i will leave this forum as there are to many people on here thinking they are right without any thought going into it there are also alot of people on here that have little or no idea that try to tell customers the right way to do things,im sorry but i have spent long enough on here ,i know there are some very good tilers on here also ,so i will try another forum which i think will be right for me to give out good advice without being ridiculed by people with little or no experience,i like a bit of banter ,but on here it seems like point scoring and seeing if you can get more posts on than the next person ,as for some on here i dont know when the tiles are actually fixed as so much time is spent on here,ill try and find a site where tilers are tilers not just talkers,i have mentioned no names on here so far but deanotile your pathetic comment has put the final nail in the coffin for me on this site i like a laugh and a joke but dont take the p... enough is enough i dont need to prove myself on here as some of you think you do

 

[Brian the Tile]

just like to say thanks to the nice guys on here and there are plenty of them out there giving good advice ,they tend to be time seved with a wealth of knowledge ,thanks all

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just like to say thanks to the nice guys on here and there are plenty of them out there giving good advice ,they tend to be time seved with a wealth of knowledge ,thanks all

 

[Ajax123]

It's as if you expect everyone to conform to your opinion Brian.... The simple truth of the matter is that they don't.... Whether they are aright or wrong or you are right or wrong makes no difference. People are entitled to their opinions surely....

 

[Brian the Tile]

the easiest ways are not always the best ways and thank for the concern but my back is fine as are my knees

 

[Brian the Tile]

yes ajax i did say that in a earlier post also that i am not out to argue with any one i agree with you everybody is entitled to a opinion

 

[The D]

Right ok chaps i will leave this forum as there are to many people on here thinking they are right without any thought going into it there are also alot of people on here that have little or no idea that try to tell customers the right way to do things,im sorry but i have spent long enough on here ,i know there are some very good tilers on here also ,so i will try another forum which i think will be right for me to give out good advice without being ridiculed by people with little or no experience,i like a bit of banter ,but on here it seems like point scoring and seeing if you can get more posts on than the next person ,as for some on here i dont know when the tiles are actually fixed as so much time is spent on here,ill try and find a site where tilers are tilers not just talkers,i have mentioned no names on here so far but deanotile your pathetic comment has put the final nail in the coffin for me on this site i like a laugh and a joke but dont take the p... enough is enough i dont need to prove myself on here as some of you think you do

sorry but my opinion is my opinion if you think you are so right instead of spitting your dummy out how about you educate me. Tell me the benefits of using 10mm ply apposed to the recommended 15mm ply and then explain to me the reason 10mm ply is more suitable to use than a “tile backer board”

 

[Bubblecraft]

Look what you've started John K lol

 

[Ian]

Right, keep it friendly or it's getting closed. Some of these comments are unnecessary.

 

[bugs183]

I was gonna put that Bubblecraft!!!
God imagine if he'd have said PVA or Anhydrite!!!!!

 

[Ajax123]

yes ajax i did say that in a earlier post also that i am not out to argue with any one i agree with you everybody is entitled to a opinion

Phew!! I thought you wuz upset...

My analogy is wha I do a work. I am not a tiler as you possibly know. I sell anhydrite flooring screeds..... Yep it's me... But regardless of what I know the material is capable of and what I know you can do I only offer adivice which meets the technical guidelines of. Company and that in the British standards. All of. Colleagues do the same. That way we are all singing from the same hymn sheet and mosty nothing goes wrong. It is my opinion that good quality forum offering technical "expert" advice ought to do the same and discussions or debates about the rights or wrongs of the standards should be taken behind closed doors e.g. In the arms.

 

[Ajax123]

I was gonna put that Bubblecraft!!!
God imagine if he'd have said PVA or Anhydrite!!!!!

OI.... watchit !!

 

[bugs183]

hahaa, i've retired!

 

[Brian the Tile]

yea im sorry that my opinon is my opinion also deanotile and with your wealth of knowledge in the tiling industry you dont need any help from me after all im still learning and you obviously know best so i dont want to contradict what you may tell the customer lol:lol:

 

[Brian the Tile]

this would have gone in the arms if i knew how to do it ,i have no rgument with most its just the stupid comments i wont have,other than that you do it your way and i will do it mine but i wont have people tellin me and customers asking for advice any way than i know is failsafe, end off ,and you can ban me now if you so wish

 

[The D]

yea im sorry that my opinon is my opinion also deanotile and with your wealth of knowledge in the tiling industry you dont need any help from me after all im still learning and you obviously know best so i dont want to contradict what you may tell the customer lol:lol:

Or is it just that there are no benefits to using 10mm ply as an over board other than it is cheep.

 

[Ian]

Brian, no one is going to ban you.

 

[DHTiling]

40+ yrs and you offer your advice.. does that make it right for 40+ yrs or wrong for 40+ yrs.... will leave that to the majority ..

But others are entitled to what they think is the way they go, so the OP will take from this what they want and go with that.

 

[Brian the Tile]

yes dave you came out with a comment simlar to that when i first joined this forum,it does not matter how long i have been doin this job for its whether and what i think is best, and i get and i have a very good track record i know what im talking about as far as im concerned also i get 99.9 % of the jobs i look at that tells me and should tell you and others on here something would you not say as i keep saying experience counts and i even at my old age as some think will stand up there rated as one of the better ones regardless of theese comments on here like i say i dont come on here to prove anything just to give advice if i can which i think is right and then as you say its up to the customer ,i can only advise,but some of the comments are to say the least pathetic

 

[DHTiling]

Some times brian it is how a post is worded and how it is read.. then the reader takes it different to what another reader does.. try not to get offended by others as it is not always an insult to your intelligence or your knowledge.. but sometimes it is.. but that is the way forums can be..

As they say..Chill..!!

 

[Brian the Tile]

have to go now i have work to do tommorow and want to make sure i do it right ,a batroom floor where i have to cut round the shower ,pedestal and toilet oh how am i going to manage lol may have to pay a plumber to take them out and charge the customer double the money,oh no i forgot im a tiler and i can do that (cut round them i mean)

 

[Brian the Tile]

yea i must take a chill pill dave your right there

 

[The D]

You keep telling your self your right m8 but it dose not mean you are. Your advice is the only thing on this thread that is pathetic. You hurl insults around and make out like you are the only one in the world that knows any thing about the trade. You are talking rubbish and you know it. You do not have the courage of your convictions as you cant offer one good reason for using 10mm ply and that is because there is non.