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Morning All,

I need to lay 600x600x10 ceramic floor tiles. I was wondering what the best trowel size for the job is please?

Thanks for your help
If the floor is perfectly flat, the smallest trowel I would use is 10mm notch, I would also back butter the tile. You need to get as near as possible to 100% coverage of adhesive on the back of the tile to insure it is properly fixed. If you lift a tile that you have fixed and you can still see the adhesive notches, then you haven't got sufficient adhesive coverage, so you will need to use a larger notch trowel.
 
If the floor is perfectly flat, the smallest trowel I would use is 10mm notch, I would also back butter the tile. You need to get as near as possible to 100% coverage of adhesive on the back of the tile to insure it is properly fixed. If you lift a tile that you have fixed and you can still see the adhesive notches, then you haven't got sufficient adhesive coverage, so you will need to use a larger notch trowel.
Thanks for the help
The floor does run out. Shall I use a 20mm to be safe? Also will a u shaped trowel help with coverage?
Thanks
 

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