Onoff Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 29 minutes ago, PeterW said: .... is this so she doesn't have to talk to him as much...??? I was at one point going to merge the two bathroom threads but you have to do it so it interleaves the responses and at nearly 100 pages in both...... Is it too late to start a blog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 39 minutes ago, PeterW said: .... is this so she doesn't have to talk to him as much...??? Er no, I don’t think it’s attention to detail in the DIY sense that he was meaning ?. More a pas de deux ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, newhome said: And do you have (roof)light yet? ? Do actually ! All 4 are in ; 3 have been mastik’d This ‘special ‘ Mastik is a dog - cures in 10 mins . So mastik less than perfect . But this is external walk on - so can be forgiven like your floor grouting ??? Edited August 16, 2018 by pocster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 4 hours ago, pocster said: Do actually ! All 4 are in ; 3 have been mastik’d This ‘special ‘ Mastik is a dog - cures in 10 mins . So mastik less than perfect . But this is external walk on - so can be forgiven like your floor grouting ??? Is it 2-pack? I've see some structural silicon used at work. Gun runs off a compressor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Onoff said: Is it 2-pack? I've see some structural silicon used at work. Gun runs off a compressor! No its ssg4000e ( sounds good doesn’t it ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) Back on thread! Died down about 15 M10 bolts: Level wise it's there or thereabouts and I've infinite adjustment to get it spot on: I remade the short bit for the mitre just now, this time with 22.5deg ends (also re-did the mitres again on the long lengths). A wing nut, bolt & two penny washers allow me to clamp the abutting sections. Edited August 16, 2018 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 What's there not to like ? I surrender. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 56 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: What's there not to like ? I surrender. ? High praise indeed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 4 tiles, 3 spacers = 1008 Thought it would have been 1006! No matter! So thinking set the top of the "Cheapchecker" angle at 1006 down from the highest pocket so 2mm leeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) I'm thinking I need to lay tiles on the mitre section first say 4 high then work sideways from that. The vertical grout line either side needs to look pucker! (Horizontal line sitting slightly low as the laser is sitting on the wet room corner slope). Edit: Or do I just lay as many as I can, say 4 high as far as I have the angle support, and "shuffle" them laterally afterwards? &...walls are nice and plumb... -6mm or 10mm notched trowel? - Butter tile and wall? Butter wall first horizontally then tile vertically? Cheers Edited August 16, 2018 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC45 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 The chap I wanted to do my tiling says he butters the back of wall tiles - his attitude is why not? Waiting for a bath and filler to arrive so I can finish the hole drilling in the floor - then tiling starts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Onoff said: I'm thinking I need to lay tiles on the mitre section first say 4 high then work sideways from that. The vertical grout line either side needs to look pucker! (Horizontal line sitting slightly low as the laser is sitting on the wet room corner slope). Edit: Or do I just lay as many as I can, say 4 high as far as I have the angle support, and "shuffle" them laterally afterwards? &...walls are nice and plumb... -6mm or 10mm notched trowel? - Butter tile and wall? Butter wall first horizontally then tile vertically? Cheers 6mm on a wall, 10mm is floor I think you’ll have problems if you don’t lay a course at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 7 hours ago, PeterW said: 6mm on a wall, 10mm is floor I think you’ll have problems if you don’t lay a course at a time Thanks. Tbh getting consistent lines either side of the mitre is my biggest worry. I think as a focal point that is the make or break whether this looks a good job. I'm going to knock up another angle and extend the "Cheapchecker" under the window tonight. If I then go a course at a time I can do the whole of the wc and window walls encompassing the wet room corner and pockets. - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Onoff said: Thanks. Tbh getting consistent lines either side of the mitre is my biggest worry. I think as a focal point that is the make or break whether this looks a good job. I'm going to knock up another angle and extend the "Cheapchecker" under the window tonight. If I then go a course at a time I can do the whole of the wc and window walls encompassing the wet room corner and pockets. - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS Dont forget to prime walls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Onoff said: - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS - MUST NOT FORGET TO PRIME WALLS JUST BEFORE YOU START TILING AND DON’T TAKE EONS TO FINISH IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 On the mitred section I'd have a groutline up the middle and do that out of two part tiles. Lay the two walls to the left / right and leave to dry. Then tackle the mitres wall cutting the tiles to suit each course and pushing them corner by corner, filing as required, to get the lines and gaps perfect. If you do it the way your proposing you'll end up causing issues with the main wall grout lines as you try and steal from those and snug them over. Tiles don't stretch and groutlines don't move. Get the two walls up first and make sure 1000% that you stay plumb as you ascend. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 The mitred wall is not for the feint-hearted so that's the way I did the one you shamelessly stole. . Id have no beer that day. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 hours ago, newhome said: JUST BEFORE YOU START TILING AND DON’T TAKE EONS TO FINISH IT. Very rough plan is: - Tile saw set up and test - Rubi cutter set up - Correx the floor - Prime 4 tiles high - Spread right to left window and wc walls - Butter tiles vertically - Push tile on - Spacers - Do 4 rows, drilling for shower outlet and cutting around flush plate and 3-way valve - Stop - BEER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: On the mitred section I'd have a groutline up the middle and do that out of two part tiles. Ain't gonna happen. Will look fugly as. Aka I'll learn by my mistakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 You mean a full tile in the middle and then two "I've never looked so out of place in my entire life" skinny rips up either side ? ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 You doing mosaic strips there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 21 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: You mean a full tile in the middle and then two "I've never looked so out of place in my entire life" skinny rips up either side ? ? ? ? Like this. A bit misleading as there'll not be rips in the photo up the lhs mosaic. The mosaics will start after two tiles from the mitre: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Looking at it again, it looks like there is an optical illusion in the earlier photo, and that the mitre is really exactly one tile wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan52 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Just don't take to much amber nectar and get carried away and end up with this. Was this your first tile job @Nickfromwales Edited August 17, 2018 by Declan52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Davies Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, Onoff said: Like this. A bit misleading as there'll not be rips in the photo up the lhs mosaic. The mosaics will start after two tiles from the mitre: Good plan. Mosaic into a corner is hard. I was starting with not very flat walls so I'm not too displeased with my first attempt at tiling except at the corner: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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