Where to start (Blank room)

[Fekin]

Yeah, I normally opt for squaring the window first and doing that wall on the first day, then it's just 3 plain simple walls on the second day, then grouting the third.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Another thing about windows that I have come to realise recently, is that they are not always at the same level as the surrounding wall, if you know what I mean. I have done windows recently where the the walls gently slope out to the line of the window recess, difficult to see on a bare wall, but when you cut the tile around the window one leg of the "L" kicks out away from the wall. Infuriating!!!

Working from the window first would help to keep things level maybe?

Grumpy

 

[len]

tell me about it. I have concluded that plasterers do it on purpose. They must really hate us. Its the first wall i hit with the straight edge when i enter the room. Pushing the adhesive tile bed limits is not unknown.

 

[grumpygrouter]

tell me about it. I have concluded that plasterers do it on purpose. They must really hate us. Its the first wall i hit with the straight edge when i enter the room. Pushing the adhesive tile bed limits is not unknown.

Glad to see it's not just me then, Len.:yes:

 

[White Room]

I'm with dh on this one, mark out floor follow thru to walls, tile walls

 

[len]

this works well as long as the floor tile is cut to the wall tile,but if its the other way around then it is difficult, if not impossible to line up the joints accurately.

 

[newpark7]

Skirting & tile spacers

Hi all

Thanks for the info - the customer has requested floor to ceiling tiling with no cove or skirting. They want the floor tiles cut at 75mm strips and these applied over the wall tiles to act as the skirting is this a normal practice?

Also - on the subject of tile spacers I have have been taught to insert the spacers sticking out from the wall and not inlaid so you can remove them before grouting.

I was watching a professional tiler today who was laying them flat and grouting over them I asked him why and he said it was quicker and the normal way to do it - what is everyones views on this please?

 

[len]

WHere to start! I'm a peg man. Short 2mm hollow pegs for wall tiling. The reason is that it permits lateral adjustment on wall tiling,easy to remove and i can reuse them( not penny pinching honestly).
I carry a selection of crosses for wider joints for 'rustic' tiles and for the occasional use on floors. I prefer to lay floor tiles by eye but when i do use them I do not bed them.
Had one job using rectified 600 x 300 Travertine laid herring bone throughout the house where a 3mm cross worked well. Two crosses on each edge.Not a wandering joint on the entire job.Could not have done it without those crosses.