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cornish_crofter
A few issues have come up with this wetroom.
One or two have been caused by me not being thorough enough with my preperation etc. Others have probably been caused by lack of experience or technique.
The former went down fine. Absolutely level etc.
However, a couple of areas caught me out
1) I had done most of the screed but had left channels for the plumbing. Now unfortunately when I back filled these I might have been too high in a few places. My view is that if I can't get it dead level with the existing screed for whatever reason, I should have aimed for it to be a bit lower than the existing floor. That way I would be left with the task of building up with a bit of adhesive, rather than having to remove screed.
2) Ditra Matting - where do I start! Firstly I thought I'd managed to get the ditra matting on level or straight with the floor. I used a mosaic trowel to apply the adhesive and the back of the same trowel to flatten it out. I even checked it with a level FFS! It looked to be level with the floor (slight fall in floor). The biggest problems I have had have been where I've got the Kerdi tape (or the Wetdecs supplied equivilent) laid on top. Despite having used the back of the trowel to flatten it (or a spatula where I couldn't get in with the trowel) I've still got lumps underneath!!!!!
3) Ditra matting again. The original screed that I put down was level with the top of the former. In fact when the former went down it lined up beautifully with the top. I had allowed exactly 50mm depth for the former. I then applied a bed of adhesive using my 10mm round notched trowel on both the former and the floor. Unfortunately the ditra matting added 3mm :mad2:. Now I should have taken that into account and laid the screed 3mm lower, but I didn't. So I think I know where I went wrong there.
4) Applying the adhesive for the floor tiles. Now, fortunately for me the tiles I've got are thinner than allowed for. Hence most of the lumps in the tape are not an issue as the extra adhesive copes with them. However, applying the adhesive is really slowing me down!
Essentially I'm either putting on not enough and there is poor contact, or I'm putting on too much and it's oozing out of the bloody joints!:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:
I would really appreciate help with laying the ditra matting and tape, and applying the adhesive. I'm looking at about a 3mm bed after the tile is in position. As I've explained the ditra matting isn't perfectly level, mainly thanks to my kak handidness as explained above. I've only got 4 more tiles to lay but at the rate I'm going it'll take me all morning to lay the bloody things!
Either I get it cracked or I'm giving up tiling altogether! that is how I feel.
And any help with levelling the walls out would be good. I've given myself the same problems where the tape meets the walls as I couldn't get those flat either!
One or two have been caused by me not being thorough enough with my preperation etc. Others have probably been caused by lack of experience or technique.
The former went down fine. Absolutely level etc.
However, a couple of areas caught me out
1) I had done most of the screed but had left channels for the plumbing. Now unfortunately when I back filled these I might have been too high in a few places. My view is that if I can't get it dead level with the existing screed for whatever reason, I should have aimed for it to be a bit lower than the existing floor. That way I would be left with the task of building up with a bit of adhesive, rather than having to remove screed.
2) Ditra Matting - where do I start! Firstly I thought I'd managed to get the ditra matting on level or straight with the floor. I used a mosaic trowel to apply the adhesive and the back of the same trowel to flatten it out. I even checked it with a level FFS! It looked to be level with the floor (slight fall in floor). The biggest problems I have had have been where I've got the Kerdi tape (or the Wetdecs supplied equivilent) laid on top. Despite having used the back of the trowel to flatten it (or a spatula where I couldn't get in with the trowel) I've still got lumps underneath!!!!!
3) Ditra matting again. The original screed that I put down was level with the top of the former. In fact when the former went down it lined up beautifully with the top. I had allowed exactly 50mm depth for the former. I then applied a bed of adhesive using my 10mm round notched trowel on both the former and the floor. Unfortunately the ditra matting added 3mm :mad2:. Now I should have taken that into account and laid the screed 3mm lower, but I didn't. So I think I know where I went wrong there.
4) Applying the adhesive for the floor tiles. Now, fortunately for me the tiles I've got are thinner than allowed for. Hence most of the lumps in the tape are not an issue as the extra adhesive copes with them. However, applying the adhesive is really slowing me down!
Essentially I'm either putting on not enough and there is poor contact, or I'm putting on too much and it's oozing out of the bloody joints!:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:
I would really appreciate help with laying the ditra matting and tape, and applying the adhesive. I'm looking at about a 3mm bed after the tile is in position. As I've explained the ditra matting isn't perfectly level, mainly thanks to my kak handidness as explained above. I've only got 4 more tiles to lay but at the rate I'm going it'll take me all morning to lay the bloody things!
Either I get it cracked or I'm giving up tiling altogether! that is how I feel.
And any help with levelling the walls out would be good. I've given myself the same problems where the tape meets the walls as I couldn't get those flat either!