Bathroom starts !

[Gav_P]

  On 28/08/2020 at 10:44, Onoff said:

I cursed this day, all done with a template:

 

 

Dry fit:

 

 

Second time lucky:

 

 

 

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That’s a big effort!! 
 

very impressive, especially as you won’t see most of it hidden behind the pan. 

[Gav_P]

  On 28/08/2020 at 10:42, pocster said:

Ah f 

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I assume the little metal t shape end bit is now integral due to adhesive. 
 

I guess you have to remove them soon after getting the tiles level, before the adhesive fully sets. 

[Pocster]

Using the jigsaw blade again they do eventually come out . Note to self remove levellers next day !! ?

[Onoff]

  On 28/08/2020 at 10:50, Gav_P said:

That’s a big effort!! 
 

very impressive, especially as you won’t see most of it hidden behind the pan. 

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Ta. The bits you can't see are really well done! ?

[Pocster]

  On 28/08/2020 at 11:31, Onoff said:

 

Ta. The bits you can't see are really well done! ?

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True . Those rips eh ???

[Onoff]

  On 28/08/2020 at 12:47, pocster said:

True . Those rips eh ???

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That just came across as 5m25s in!

 

 

[Pocster]

Pro way ?

[Onoff]

Just out of interest I scanned that tile with a barcode reader:

 

 

 

Edited August 28, 2020 by Onoff

[Pocster]

Is cleaning and trying to get these f ing things out meant to take longer than the tiling ??? ?

Edited August 28, 2020 by pocster

[Pocster]

  On 28/08/2020 at 13:20, Onoff said:

Just out of interest I scanned that tile with a barcode reader:

 

 

 

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Did it tell you to do some tiling ? ?

Edited August 28, 2020 by pocster

[Onoff]

  On 28/08/2020 at 15:01, pocster said:

Did it tell you to do some tiling ? ?

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One tile left to fit in my bathroom!

[Pocster]

My levellers were loose in a box with no instructions - but unsurprisingly I found

 

3) Before the cement or tile glue has completely dried up (usually no more than 6 hours), 
tighten the adjusting cover in the opposite direction, then rotate the T-pin 90 degrees 
so that the T-pin turns to a zigzag parallel to the tile, and remove the leveler; 

 

Tricky when you don't live on site!

Edited August 28, 2020 by pocster

[ProDave]

  On 28/08/2020 at 17:23, pocster said:

3) Before the cement or tile glue has completely dried up (usually no more than 6 hours), 
tighten the adjusting cover in the opposite direction, then rotate the T-pin 90 degrees 
so that the T-pin turns to a zigzag parallel to the tile, and remove the leveler;

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That will have the plain English society spitting feathers.

 

Don't they mean "loosen the adjusting cover" ?

[Onoff]

Can we have a face on picture please so we can judge you on your gaps and alignment? Looks like one of mine! ?

 

[Gav_P]

Make sure you wipe the adhesive off the tiles and try to get it out of the grout line too. It will make your job a lot easier later on. 
 

Use a damp sponge and just keep rinsing it off. 

[Pocster]

  On 28/08/2020 at 19:32, Onoff said:

Can we have a face on picture please so we can judge you on your gaps and alignment? Looks like one of mine! ?

 

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Your eyes are (expletive deleted)ed 

[Gav_P]

  On 28/08/2020 at 13:00, pocster said:

Pro way ?

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Haha only just spotted this. 

[Pocster]

  On 28/08/2020 at 20:07, Gav_P said:

Haha only just spotted this. 

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Quality can often be missed 

[Gav_P]

  On 28/08/2020 at 20:08, pocster said:

Quality can often be missed 

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There’s a lot of it missing on my work! 

[Onoff]

I had a big bucket of clean water for the wipey down sponge. A smaller bucket (brush pot) to put my notched trowel and paint brush in and a second big bucket full of water to wash my tools in when they got too messy or started drying. I would also throw any removed tile spacers into the tool washing bucket. I'd use the paint brush "dry" to take out excess adhesive from along the joints...and there was a lot!

 

So wish I'd accepted my mate's offer of help.

[Gav_P]

  On 28/08/2020 at 20:20, Onoff said:

I had a big bucket of clean water for the wipey down sponge. A smaller bucket (brush pot) to put my notched trowel and paint brush in and a second big bucket full of water to wash my tools in when they got too messy or started drying. I would also throw any removed tile spacers into the tool washing bucket. I'd use the paint brush "dry" to take out excess adhesive from along the joints...and there was a lot!

 

So wish I'd accepted my mate's offer of help.

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Not unsurprisingly, very thorough! ... but hopefully resulted in a lot less ‘cleaning’ later. 
 

When I got to grouting I always wish I had been more robust in removing any excess and cleaning the adhesive. ... there’s always next time to get it right! 

[Onoff]

  On 28/08/2020 at 21:31, Gav_P said:

Not unsurprisingly, very thorough! ... but hopefully resulted in a lot less ‘cleaning’ later. 
 

When I got to grouting I always wish I had been more robust in removing any excess and cleaning the adhesive. ... there’s always next time to get it right! 

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I just wish I'd used a tile levelling system on floor and walls.

 

Glad I did the floor tiles first though then the walls. Imo it makes for a better, more invisible and more waterproof joint. You do of course have to protect the whole floor with Correx/Proplex/Antinox etc sheets taped together when you do the walls.

 

 

[Pocster]

This is going to take some cleaning !! 

[Onoff]

  On 29/08/2020 at 09:20, pocster said:

This is going to take some cleaning !! 

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Yeah...the time was THEN not NOW! ?

[Pocster]

  On 29/08/2020 at 09:27, Onoff said:

 

Yeah...the time was THEN not NOW! ?

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So many many replies I could post ...