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Flintstone

I'm glad you have steered away from the mosaic band which is in my opinion, old fashioned ! I know the porcelanosa tiles you are referring to as I'm fitting some myself in a few weeks. I would make the wall as good as possible before starting to avoid having to try and build out adhesive etc. Standard setting s1 adhesive will be a good all rounder for you.
 
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Dumbo

I'm glad you have steered away from the mosaic band which is in my opinion, old fashioned ! I know the porcelanosa tiles you are referring to as I'm fitting some myself in a few weeks. I would make the wall as good as possible before starting to avoid having to try and build out adhesive etc. Standard setting s1 adhesive will be a good all rounder for you.
I agree with you as old fashioned , if the tile shop think their tiles are boring and need dressing up they shouldn't be selling them , personally I think they only do it to make extra money because I'm sure the margins are better maybe not percentage wise but certainly in monetary value .
 

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Thanks guys - my previous reply had to be approved by a moderator, so you may have missed it - I've pasted it below just in case:

Just use a plasterer's darby to skim the dip?

And I assume, once that adhesive dries, it won't affect the adhesion of the tiles being laid on top of that dried adhesive? Should I create a keyed surface??

A skim layer might also help a little to make sure I get full adhesive coverage anyway, from a waterproofing point of view - or am I overthinking now...
 
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