any posts explaining tiling lingo or does anyone know of a website? - Tile Advice

[leec]

anyone help me there folks im reading a lot of posts to get a better understanding of tiling im getting there albeit slowly, was wondering are there any lingo websites out there for tiling or anything within this website just so i can have a better understanding of what you lot are going on about!!:smilewinkgrin:

 

[DHTiling]

Ask the question and it shall be answered..


wot lingo..?

 

[Rich]

What do you need to know? Just ask

 

[doug boardley]

from Oli's Bible

Re: All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

One minor thing I took a while to get to grips with was the abbreviations we use, these are the ones I could think of from the top of my head....


SLC - Self levelling compound
PTB - Pourable thick bed
SPF - Single part flexible
2PF - 2 Part flexible
UHF - Under floor heating
WBP - Weather and boil proof ply (also reffered to as exterior grade)
SBR - (eg Bal Bond SBR), A priming and bonding agent)
I cant think of any more of the top of my head at the moment,​

 

[leec]

just things like screeds, tanking, now i may sound dense which sometimes i am but when peeps talk about joists they are mentioning the supports under the floor boards?? :confused_smile:

 

[leec]

ok ta doug makes a bit more sense! i do sometimes wish i learnt a trade at college oh where i'd be now!!, im hoping i have the right adhesive for my no more ply i have rapid set flexible?

 

[Rich]

No such thing as a stupid question. Joists are the supports under the floor.

I think the best thing you can do is to search the forum, do a search for whatever your not sure about and you should come up with an answer.

 

[Rich]

Thats the right stuff. Just be sure that the boards are fitted correctly. Are you fitting them yourself or are you just tiling over them?

 

[leec]

yep the fllor boards are pretty sound apart from the one i removed it had to go as it was next to the entrance, its screwed down but i think ill remove the screws and nail it, the other one is half under the toilet ive tried pulling it out but no go and am no way good enough to remove a toilet, so ive nailed it down its about 2 or 3mm or so below the rest of the fllor boards but it isnt in a much walked on part of the bathroom if you get me drift, if i have to though can i use wood filler or something similar to bring it flush with the rest of the flooring. ok thanks dylante i also have bal superflex grout. just one more question i have 4mm tile spacers now do i lay them flush with the tiles to create the 4mm gap or do i as ive seen in some peeps pics on this site stand them up?. thanks!!

 

[leec]

another question im afraid, whats best to use at the edges of the tile for the entry i have some tile trim but around the wall edge is it best to use a sealant??

 

[White Room]

Any boards screw down if you can, I stand the spacers up so they can be removed when adhesive is set

 

[White Room]

Leave a small gap at the edges and silicone leaving a small clean bead

 

[Alan.P]

Don't use any type of wood filler, or any filler for that matter, make up the difference with your adhesive, spacers can be stood up to re-use, but if your not that experienced yet I would suggest fixing them properly so that you get the spacing right between tiles, they'll need to be recessed below the top of the tile, by at least half, try and keep them all the same depth as the tile edges can vary and different depth of spacers can cause different size grout joints.

 

[leec]

ok cheers whitebeam, with these spacers is it a case of one in each corner

 

[leec]

ok alan thanks, the area i wrote about next to the toilet is probably no bigger than 4 or 5 cm2, but ok no wood filler to be used