July 18, 20188 yr 12 minutes ago, joe90 said: I always worry about white going grey in places and looking dirty and patchy , at least grey all over is less likely to show a little “dirt”. As the tiles look grey how about charcoal so the grout lines stand out? Yep ! Not white eventually white will become grey ?
July 18, 20188 yr Author Charcoal grout didn't get an immediate "Nyet!". "Can you get samples?" However was the question!
July 18, 20188 yr Nooooo not charcoal grout please! I have pale silver grey in the bathrooms (walls and floor) and a beige on the main floor and the same on the outside tiling. My grout is waterproof and comes with a promise it will not discolour or stain. Given what its been through the last 6 months on a building site it is astonishing that it is as a clean and bright as the day it went down so their promise is holding so far..
July 18, 20188 yr Author 2 minutes ago, lizzie said: Nooooo not charcoal grout please! I have pale silver grey in the bathrooms (walls and floor) and a beige on the main floor and the same on the outside tiling. My grout is waterproof and comes with a promise it will not discolour or stain. Given what its been through the last 6 months on a building site it is astonishing that it is as a clean and bright as the day it went down so their promise is holding so far.. What is the grout & make please?
July 18, 20188 yr 13 minutes ago, Onoff said: What is the grout & make please? Porcelanosa...see photo of bag. My tiles in pics....middel pic living room beige grout down since last November 2nd fix still going on when they were laid, full complement of builders spilt tea etc all over the place, .first pic is my wetroom shower floor silver grey grout laid in Feb and in daily use for 3 months.....last one is of the tiles outside my front door exposed to all the elements been down 3 months. Beige grout same as living room. Edited July 18, 20188 yr by lizzie
July 19, 20188 yr Author SWMBO reckons it "needs to be white...or a very dark colour". I'm thinking darker won't show the dirt so much (though madam is a toothbrush / bleach fiend). Might also take the eye of of any of the brown ceramic tile base showing through on the cut edges, not that that's a real problem. I think once I've diamond filed the edges it'll be more of a white chamfer you'll see. Tiling will have to hold off for the mo whilst I await MORE tanking gear! I'll discuss on my tanking thread.
July 19, 20188 yr Author Is this stuff any good as a primer? Guessing not. 30L being thrown out though one 15L might be blown. Where would you use it? It's not that tacky stuff for carpet tiles is it?
July 19, 20188 yr Why are you asking about priming with something that doesn't say primer on the tub Sensible questions from now on please ! :-/ No need to worry about expansion joints / grout lines at the floor / wall junction. The tanking strip will take care of that for you Just run a bead of CT1 around to fill any major gaps before tanking and applying the strip.
July 19, 20188 yr 1 hour ago, Onoff said: It's not that tacky stuff for carpet tiles is it? Do away with the tiles and use rubber backed carpet. Shag pile. Could be multi use ?
July 19, 20188 yr Author 2 hours ago, Nickfromwales said: Why are you asking about priming with something that doesn't say primer on the tub Sensible questions from now on please ! :-/ Can't resist a freebie!
July 19, 20188 yr Author 2 hours ago, Nickfromwales said: Why are you asking about priming with something that doesn't say primer on the tub Sensible questions from now on please ! :-/ No need to worry about expansion joints / grout lines at the floor / wall junction. The tanking strip will take care of that for you Just run a bead of CT1 around to fill any major gaps before tanking and applying the strip. CT1 FIRST? I thought it went primer/strip/tanking/tiles/grout THEN a bead of CT1 where the wall tiles meet the floor tiles... ?
July 19, 20188 yr Author Is there a way to incorporate the blue Geberit wall drain membrane into the tanking system as I do that? Could I say prime the Aqua Panel and concrete floor then stick the blue Geberit membrane to the floor and wall with the first coat of tanking membrane whilst still wet? The Geberit video appears to show a smear of what we assume is tile adhesive on the concrete then the membrane is pushed into that. A further smear goes over that. If I do it that way do I THEN apply the tanking primer over that?
July 19, 20188 yr Tile adhesive should be after everything is fully tanked. Bed the blue flaps into more tanking.
July 19, 20188 yr Author 1 minute ago, Nickfromwales said: Tile adhesive should be after everything is fully tanked. Bed the blue flaps into more tanking. Is tanking membrane "sticky" to enable this?
July 19, 20188 yr Author On 18/07/2018 at 11:27, Nickfromwales said: https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Piece-Diamond-Knife-Tools-Sharpening-Stone-Set-Fine-Extra-Fine-Coarse-Grade/311816827397? Well impressed with these sharpening stones! It's really tidied some of these edges allowing a white chamfer the same as the factory edges.
July 19, 20188 yr 4 hours ago, Onoff said: Is tanking membrane "sticky" to enable this? Put it on and give it 5 mins to go tacky. Use a dry 4" roller to 'squeegee' the excess tanking out or it'll take ages to dry. Edited July 19, 20188 yr by Nickfromwales Tanking isn't spelt with a facking b. Poxy phone.
July 19, 20188 yr Author Laying out for the dry run. OMG this is boring! Too much of the same does me in!
July 19, 20188 yr Author 34 minutes ago, PeterW said: 3rd row 2nd tile needs to be rotated 90 degrees. ???
July 19, 20188 yr Author Wanna see a f**k up? Not only is it miles out, I did it as an L shape and forgot it needs to wrap round into the cupboard in a "U"!
July 19, 20188 yr Author 1 hour ago, PeterW said: 3rd row 2nd tile needs to be rotated 90 degrees. Git! I've been thinking the row from the top of bottom? 2nd in from left or right?
July 19, 20188 yr Author 1 minute ago, CC45 said: threshold for the door? Did think that but nope, no threshold.
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