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[Jimbobsnr]

All
I want to put a single row of porcelain tiles on a bare brick outside wall. My intention is to glue and screw some hardiboard to the wall then adhere tiles on top. Finish up with some aluminium Strip on top and the sides
Question

Which is correct : keep the tiles a true level or follow the brickwork line (it drops about 1.5 cm over a 140cm length
Thanks in advance
JK

 

[Mouldy]

You have no choice but to follow the fall of the brickwork as you are not tiling the vertical areas. Also you don't need to use Hardi as the brickwork solid enough to tile to and you won't be able to hide it anyway.

 

[Jimbob 57]

You have no choice but to follow the fall of the brickwork as you are not tiling the vertical areas. Also you don't need to use Hardi as the brickwork solid enough to tile to and you won't be able to hide it anyway.

Hi and many thanks for the reply. Thought I would use hardiboard just in case I wanted to take them down at a later date? Any idea what the going rate would be to lay 6 Tiles, not sure it would be worth a pro coming in for such a small job??

Thanks again

 

[Mouldy]

If it were me, Can't say I'd be that interested unless the job was on my door step! You'll be fine. Use a powdered adhesive, go for a plastic edging strip rather than ali, and get one that's a good few millimeters deeper than the tile to allow for adhesive, e.g. if the tile is 8mm go for a 10mm profile.

Hardi should be mechanically fixed but also bedded onto adhesive, (according to Hardi's website), so removing it will be no easier than removing tile. As I said, you'll also see the sieds of the board as the edging strip will sit on top of it. As the board is 6mm, and I'm assuming the tile will be at least 8mm, you'll need an 18mm edging strip and I think the biggest made is around 15mm, (although I stand to be corrected on that!).

 

[eddcottee]

You don't need to bed the Hardie into adhesive for a wall install. If it were a floor, you would need the adhesive underneath to fill voids and prevent cracking.

I would personally also follow the brickwork as Mouldy has said. I personally think it will look best that way.

As for a price for a tiler coming to do that for you, I'd expect to pay them their full day rate, as it could only take a few hours, but they'll book nothing else in on the same day. So somewhere between £200 - £450 depending on where you are.

 

[Kevbos]

You are perfectly within your right to stick tiles straight to bricks !!! For some reason I never once have done so in over 20 years as a tiler !! Oh except when using sand and cement !!

 

[Jimbobsnr]

Hi all
Job done!
Thank you all for responding. Tiles now on wall followed the brickwork and looks really neat cheers
Jim