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It was drying fast along the edges so I didn't chance moving anything. Too late as in midnight anyway. I think I'm "saved" as the concrete was so flat to start with. When I was spreading the slab it was going on a dream with no undulations under the float. I didn't have to put it on thicker anywhere. Had a look and a gentle tap this morning and all seem solid. For the remainder I'll butter the tile back too.

Boll@cks! ALWAYS read the instructions... Seems I SHOULD have back buttered the tiles! >300x300 and where dampness likely after tiling... Too late now.

My bathroom ceiling height is 2470 from concrete to u/side of pb ceiling. No skirting. Meant I had to get 2700mm high specially ordered in from TP. Lot of waste. With hindsight etc!

Yeah...remember when I went to similar trouble with the the "Dulux Diamond Satin" and she said "I don't mind matt!"

Can it be DIY'd? Not sure how you'd mix industrial quantities of resin though!

It very pale...in fact it's white! Not my choice.

Just to show I've got a fall:

@IanR's thread:

Tell me about it, I think I officially prefer plastering to this. Hats off to you doing this every day! Maybe starting on the wet room corner wasn't the best re-introduction after 30 years! Although I wouldn't have managed rapid set I was surprised how "live" the tiles remained with the extended set as in move one and its neighbour's neighbour shifts...as you said! It's level where it should be, the fall lines don't rock with the level on them and they fall to the drain: One fall: The other: And straight down the middle: Not 100% happy with a couple of joints but I'll have to live with them. Main worry is whether I'll have any sharp bits underfoot at the 6 point "confluence"... Knackered just doing that. Thought it was going to go pear shaped.

Too late! Didn't butter, wishing I had! It is what it is: 6mm on the floor only and they pushed down OK. Lucky the floor is pretty level. Tbh I think I could have done with the "butter" as well Trying to clean them up now. Grief where it's oozed out of the joins. Htf do I get the excess out? At the mo resorting to running a spacer along the joint to drag out most of the excess then wiping with a cloth! No way on Earth I could have handled rapid set.

Bump: So if I lay a bed down at 6mm thick on the floor do I "butter" the back of the tile in any way? Ta.

Weird how the 2 coats on the floor are much darker than on the Aqua Panel and mrpb'd walls:

"Foam cleaner" is really just gun cleaner - same thing. It's universal and should fit any gun. (Note this will only remove wet foam. Totally different thing to "foam eater" used to remove set foam). Yes use the Soudal Low Expansion to help fix the insulated pb to the top, sides and sill. Don't overdo it, just some thin lines. Once down don't go pulling it off again to "adjust". A light trigger spray misting of water on both surfaces will help - damp not wet! You will need to weight down the sill bit (bricks?) and prop / support the sides & top like in my pics. The main "holding" is done by the edge screws into the batten around the window reveal.

Glasses are my norm but I have to put them to one side if marking out with a tape. Hell I even sometimes now wear just safety googles without glasses if cutting steel, tiles etc up close. Welding and just the mask, no glasses. Ditto wiring anything. Wearing contacts typing this on the phone and having to squint. An analogy might be that the contacts are great for driving to the restaurant but I can't then read the menu! I'll often borrow SWMBO's cheapo reading glasses just to read the menu etc. I think it's age related whereby my short sight is "getting better" as I age into long site. Had a couple of successive eye tests where my prescription has improved by 1/2 - 1 diopter.

SWMBO can't see why I can't do shower area first THEN under the sink... Her comment was "His way it'll take you 3 days instead of 2!" ?

Looks alright. That's right hand side is a bit low maybe? Is it the window on the pi$$?

As in from there word "go", tiles ready to go down, labrador at the ready. 6mm notched trowel, 10mm notched trowel on hand, tile cutter and saw ready just in case. Buckets sitting there clean. I think @PeterW said mix up half a bucket at a time but this is extended set Laticrete 335 stuff. Mustn't forget to prime the floor first! According to the bag it's: - 5L of water into the plastering bucket and add a 20kg bag. - Mix and wait 5-10 mins. Mix with a drill paddle OK? - Lay a sq.metre at a time. 45deg trowel angle. So if I lay a bed down at 6mm thick on the floor do I "butter" the back of the tile in any way? Bucket and sponge at the ready to clean as I go. To do by the basin I'll have to work from inside the bath I think. I've never been any good at Twister btw! Only issue I can forsee is if the bottom wall to floor tanking strip thickness pushes things over by a few mm, I might have to cut the very far ones if tight but these are already cut. - Wait 24hrs and grout. More questions before I do that of course! One now, do I need to get a traditional mop for cleaning? Just interested in how long it should take. Adhesive isn't really something I can put on and come back to 6 months later! YouTube here I come! Literally 30 years since I've tiled anything (other than the odd carefully cut out & refix few on kitchen wiring jobs). Any tips appreciated! Ta.

How long should it take to lay these tiles? Extended set adhesive, 6mm bed. All cut to size and numbered. 2 or 3 hours?

No problem. I've been down a similar route with my Geberit in wall wc frame and wall drain. A bit of a minefield I found it getting my head around the various instructions and what extras were needed. Got there in the end! I don't like like the way their drawings mix mm & cm! Once you get your head around the Geberit stuff though it dawns on you, the simplicity and efficiency of their designs. It just works.

Had a 1800 Stabila as part of a kit but managed to bend it! Got a red Forge Steel one as a cheap replacement but it's "alright" at best. I've had to tick the best end bubble when using it vertically and put an X on the less accurate bubble.

In the above picture: The bath sits on a ply "deck". Prior to tanking I will tape the horizontal ply to vertical ply junction. I'll also tape where the bath meets the wall at the end. That'll be horizontal ply to mrpb. Should I also tape the horizontal ply to vertical mrpb junction at the back of the long pocket? Cheers

2nd coat of tanking, on the other "half" of the bathroom goes on 9pm tonight! Other bit of bath surround will go back on once the floor tiles are down. I'll tank it then although the ply in the picture above and pocket is all primed.

We were only just discussing the exact same thing with SWMBO commenting how much water I'd displace...actually she might have used the words fat b'stard... Just watched this on the cleaning front: https://youtu.be/P3dPw50WXnc Mulling how to clean it now and in the future. Ongoing then favouring a shot of bleach before emptying after using the bath maybe? But then come next bath time you'd end up with a bleachy bath? With hindsight would we have bought one... probably!