Hi All
Looking for a bit of advice if I may?
I recently embarked on a project to replace the bath in the en-suite with a shower, but once the state of the flooring became apparent the project grew legs and the whole room got gutted!
I have replaced all the OSB with 18mm ply, due to handling/transportation etc I used 1200x600 boards cut to suit joist locations and put shed loads of battens in and floor is pretty solid now, although with some lippage on the ply sheets.
I have then put self levelling compound down, but here is where I went wrong - despite pegging it to find the levels I got a flat floor but sloping towards the door, I think it happened when I put a second batch down and didn't observe the pegs properly,
I continued on in hope I could level off with adhesive, so Ditra mat went down, filled the waffles, banded the joints and edges the proceeded to tile.
However as I proceed from the high spot I'm finding it harder to level the tiles up, they are 30x60. I back butter and trowel with a large notch trowel but have had to put layers of adhesive down to layer it up to reach the right height, which is becoming increasingly frustrating and difficult
Anyway, rather than stubbornly push ahead, what's the best option here? I'd really prefer not to rip up the Ditra, but I do think I have enough tiles left that if pulled them up and relevelled and started again it wouldn't be so painful? is this an option with what has been done already? If I ripped up the tiles I guess would leave some layers of uneven adhesive to have self leveller poured onto would that work ok? Or should I take right back to the leveller under the Ditra?
I could potentially put some self leveller in the area I haven't tiled yet but I'm worried I'm making a dogs dinner of it all.
One of the main areas of concern I have around being as level as possible is the new WC is a back to the wall type with a large curved base, any lippage on the tiles there could leave this not supported correctly?
Thanks for any advice, realise I've bitten off quite a bit with the whole job but I simply don't have budget to get a pro in, so trying to make the best of it with what I can learn along the way.
Looking for a bit of advice if I may?
I recently embarked on a project to replace the bath in the en-suite with a shower, but once the state of the flooring became apparent the project grew legs and the whole room got gutted!
I have replaced all the OSB with 18mm ply, due to handling/transportation etc I used 1200x600 boards cut to suit joist locations and put shed loads of battens in and floor is pretty solid now, although with some lippage on the ply sheets.
I have then put self levelling compound down, but here is where I went wrong - despite pegging it to find the levels I got a flat floor but sloping towards the door, I think it happened when I put a second batch down and didn't observe the pegs properly,
I continued on in hope I could level off with adhesive, so Ditra mat went down, filled the waffles, banded the joints and edges the proceeded to tile.
However as I proceed from the high spot I'm finding it harder to level the tiles up, they are 30x60. I back butter and trowel with a large notch trowel but have had to put layers of adhesive down to layer it up to reach the right height, which is becoming increasingly frustrating and difficult
Anyway, rather than stubbornly push ahead, what's the best option here? I'd really prefer not to rip up the Ditra, but I do think I have enough tiles left that if pulled them up and relevelled and started again it wouldn't be so painful? is this an option with what has been done already? If I ripped up the tiles I guess would leave some layers of uneven adhesive to have self leveller poured onto would that work ok? Or should I take right back to the leveller under the Ditra?
I could potentially put some self leveller in the area I haven't tiled yet but I'm worried I'm making a dogs dinner of it all.
One of the main areas of concern I have around being as level as possible is the new WC is a back to the wall type with a large curved base, any lippage on the tiles there could leave this not supported correctly?
Thanks for any advice, realise I've bitten off quite a bit with the whole job but I simply don't have budget to get a pro in, so trying to make the best of it with what I can learn along the way.
