Tiling...many questions

[newhome]

Welsh wonder not replying (clearly having too much fun with @PeterW and his contactors ?). @Nickfromwales help the man out or he’ll never get Jennifer in his shower ?

[newhome]

  On 25/09/2018 at 18:12, Onoff said:

 

We are talking about tiling aren't we? 

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PMSL! ?

[Barney12]

Due to life and work commitments I don’t get so much time to read the forum at the moment but it’s always a refreshing dose of “WTF” to dive into this thread.  

 

Typing this from a central London ASK restaurant having a “meal for one”. So many window lickers in the big smoke  

[Onoff]

  On 25/09/2018 at 19:54, Barney12 said:

Due to life and work commitments I don’t get so much time to read the forum at the moment but it’s always a refreshing dose of “WTF” to dive into this thread.  

 

Typing this from a central London ASK restaurant having a “meal for one”. So many window lickers in the big smoke  

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Was that you over the back?

 

 

[Barney12]

  On 25/09/2018 at 21:10, Onoff said:

 

Was that you over the back?

 

 

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Thats the interior of EVERY one of their resteraunts in the UK!

[Nickfromwales]

The WC pan will be fine, but it will need a fresh approach. CT1 will be your friend. You can tile perfectly but the tiles are never that perfect tbh. 

[Onoff]

  On 26/09/2018 at 06:21, Nickfromwales said:

The WC pan will be fine, but it will need a fresh approach. CT1 will be your friend. You can tile perfectly but the tiles are never that perfect tbh. 

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I'm guessing load the "gap" with CT1, nut it up, baby wipe and let set. Really load it, as in cover the area of porcelain at the back of the pan rather than just a thick bead around the edge?

 

Then finish off with a replaceable as and when, quality white silicon?

 

Cheers

[newhome]

Who gets to use the bog first? Will it be bog first or shower? ?

[Onoff]

  On 26/09/2018 at 07:23, newhome said:

Who gets to use the bog first? Will it be bog first or shower? ?

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I get to use the wc first!  Hopefully shower will be up and running for when my lad is back from uni.

[newhome]

  On 26/09/2018 at 07:51, Onoff said:

 

I get to use the wc first!  Hopefully shower will be up and running for when my lad is back from uni.

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Christ on a bike that’s not until Christmas! ?

[bassanclan]

You don't need to prime the area again before tiling

[Onoff]

  On 26/09/2018 at 08:31, newhome said:

 

Christ on a bike that’s not until Christmas! ?

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Yep I know. Probably be done well before but might hold off using until he's back.

 

Once the bathrooms done then I need to think about clearing & breaking the concrete floor up in the adjacent room where the stairs are. Then digging down a foot or so like I did the bathroom (that was actually deeper) fitting a manifold under the stairs and ducts for UFH in the floor for when I do all the adjacent rooms.

 

At the mo there's no UFH in the bathroom, the towel rad also will be on the wall but not connected as that'll come off the eventual manifold too. 

[Onoff]

Actually enjoyed tiling tonight which is a first!

 

 

 

Bought myself a set of digital, Salter kitchen scales for £15 to exactly measure the adhesive.  Much more consistent.

[Onoff]

What's the method then to finish off around the Geberit flush plate box?

 

 

Possibly should have grouted first before I snapped the projecting plastic wings? Could have left the bottom bit a bit longer possibly...

 

Do I just grout around the edges of the box when I do the rest of the grouting?

 

 

[Onoff]

Finding I don't hate tiling now. It's all sort of coming together now. I'm not panicking for a start! Got half a system of cut a load first. Very little waste so far.

 

Found out the hard way not to use bucket water from a previous mix to knock up fresh adhesive! Got away with it but a bit harder to work with.

 

 

Edited September 29, 2018 by Onoff

[PeterW]

  On 28/09/2018 at 17:47, Onoff said:

What's the method then to finish off around the Geberit flush plate box?

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 Grout or sealant as it will be hidden behind the plate and the plate mounting panel. 

[Onoff]

Tonight's faux pas!

 

I'm about 6mm out on the pocket height. Not yet sure how that happened until I look at the CAD and do a post mortem. Best I can do I'm thinking is hack out the 12.5mm thick Aqua Panel and replace with some 6mm thick of the same then re tank. 

 

 

 

 

 

[CC45]

so you've got a solution - are they both out by the same amount?

 

 

[Onoff]

  On 29/09/2018 at 18:44, CC45 said:

so you've got a solution - are they both out by the same amount?

 

 

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All three are!

[CC45]

good news there then.

[newhome]

Why can't you just cut the tiles down a tad? 

 

 

[Onoff]

  On 29/09/2018 at 18:52, newhome said:

Why can't you just cut the tiles down a tad? 

 

 

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The line follows around the whole room so it'd mean cutting loads

 

I can't recall tbh whether I stuck all the "tops" in with Sikaflex EBT or not. Hopefully just the leading edge. If so they should multi tool out fairly easily.

Edited September 29, 2018 by Onoff

[Onoff]

Interesting how when tiling what you do on one wall can impact another so much!

 

My "focus" was on the bath being the focal point so I have a tile horizontal about the centre line of the pocket:

 

 

I knew I'd end up with a sliver under the window but figured the towel rad will take the eye off of this:

 

 

However.....with hindsight.....

 

I'm sure I'd meant to have the flush plate dead centre of 4 tiles!  But then that doesn't work with the tile being centre to the bath. Tricky this!

 

The only issue now is its a full tile to the ceiling then a sliver about 1¹/₂". Debating whether to mask this with a mosaic line all the way around?

 

 

[Onoff]

How to get this excess tile adhesive off? First thought is the multi tool, blade level with the bottom of the tile, sharp bolster.  That though, will cut into the tanking membrane. Do so then re tank?

 

 

 

 

[CC45]

will it 'crack' off using a broad blunt screw driver blade?