Advice with Porcelain tiling and prep work

[Uheat]

Thanks Steve,

If done correctly UFH is very cheap to run and requires no maintenance. The key thing with ufh is using insulation as this will dramatically improve the performance of the system.
However i understand that you are on a budget, please have a look at our website www.uheat.co.uk and i am sure you will be pleasently surprised at the costs and really is a great feature in a room.

 

[mike walker]

Hi Rudimm just another quick tip I know it sounds daft but give the back of the tiles a clean off before you lay them as any dust etc can affect the bond

 

[bigandy]

on the subject of ufh, for my say i reckon hang on and wait till you can afford it esp in your bedroom!!

 

[beanz]

on the subject of ufh, for my say i reckon hang on and wait till you can afford it esp in your bedroom!!

My thoughts exactly. I'm assuming you're in Britain (although i could be wrong), and i tell you now, tiles on concrete are gonna be bloody cold! Great for the Med in summer, but britain? Unless of course, you have a good pair of slippers. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[rudimm]

i know it wont exactly be a warm floor lol 😛rrr:
i would probably want it in my living room if anywhere and that would be 19 sqm and that would probably roughly cos about 400 without thermostat and fitting charges.
so what i am gona do is buy me a decent pair of slipper for say £40 and i would save a hell of a lot of money hehehe :hurray:

do i seal the porcelain tiles on the top and sides before i lay them down?

 

[Deleted member 1779]

2nd do i need adhesive specifically for porcelain... as it dries differently becuase of the porcelain is that right?

Just to let you know that something special you do need for porcelain (when cutting holes) is diamond. Only diamond drills are capable of boring holes into very hard stone. The diamond drills are actually grinders (rather than drills) are wear away the porcelain.

 

[beanz]

do i seal the porcelain tiles on the top and sides before i lay them down?

You can either seal them before laying, or lay first (working very cleanly) and seal after laying. You'll want to seal again after grouting whichever method you choose.

 

[rudimm]

thanks for that beanz. i think i will go for sealing them 1st becuase i will probably kick myself if i stain them.