How best to Tile a room?

[Old Mod]

if you can't attach a hose pipe to a neighbours outside tap, go to B&Q and buy 10 buckets for £10.
That'll be enough for your slc.
And as Andrew says, block up every escape route you can find. Esp doorways.

 

[Spare Tool]

I use damp sand to build dams and block the leveler going where it shouldn't, just brushes up after leveler goes off..

 

[Flintstone]

I have a feeling your gonna use a lot of slc here to get it all covered properly

 

[mp3wizard]

 

[mp3wizard]

I've laid out the 16 metres of mats avoiding future cabinets and where sofa will be and not going to close to door, and from my current layout I am about 3 metres short, I don't have enough matting to go in bathroom and near the start of the room, if I space the main runs of mats further apart I could probably make it work, would there be adequate heat coming threw the to the tiles if say I double the space inbetween mats in the main room? Or should I just bite the billet and order a bit more? There's already 6 wires from the 2 mats for electrician to wire in I doubt know if 9 wires would be too much...

 

[mp3wizard]

Seems like a junction box is needed for more than 2 mats, I'll see if I can rejig the layout

 

[Flintstone]

Imo if you start spacing them out a lot to stretch it you will have cool spots and reduce the over all effect, I would just get another kit and get the floor properly covered.

 

[widler]

Me, i would just leave it , how often are you going to be stood in one spot? You probably will have a mate who will say " oh its 2 degrees colder here, just kick him out 😉
Also the heat will spread around im sure , the whole tile will warm up .
Just sod it and slc it, or your gonna be here next new year 🙂

 

[Flintstone]

Can tell your a plasterer!

 

[widler]

ok, id even do away with the eufh, its *****, Absulute bag of *****. Ive got a 45 m2 tiled floor in my extension, just put woodburner on and its boiling , and it aint costing me £15 a day to runthe bloody thing.
Can you tell im a northern plasterer as well 😉

 

[widler]

Ps are you telling me the tile will not warmup ? The heat spread around ?

 

[Andy Allen]

Could always buy a pair of slippers..🙂

 

[Flintstone]

it won't warm up in the downstairs bathroom with no heat mat!

 

[Spare Tool]

This is why its so important to measure and set out your mat before you go cutting it up, eg..a ten sqm mat will give you 20 linear metres of mat, this should all be marked out on the floor before you even get it out of the box..

 

[Spare Tool]

ok, id even do away with the eufh, its *****, Absulute bag of *****. Ive got a 45 m2 tiled floor in my extension, just put woodburner on and its boiling , and it aint costing me £15 a day to runthe bloody thing.
Can you tell im a northern plasterer as well 😉

Think you need to edit that mate...elec ufh is the best thing ever, that's what I'm telling all my customers...







Since I got my gold account 😉

 

[Flintstone]

We're not in the arms here ya know.
I don't measure out the mat before hand but I do always measure the floor area and check mat size and work it from there.

 

[Spare Tool]

We're not in the arms here ya know.
I don't measure out the mat before hand but I do always measure the floor area and check mat size and work it from there.

Simple space then yeah, did one the other week though..32sqm of ufh, through three areas round an L shape dining room and round an island, 3 mats 2x 10m and a 12, you try laying that without marking it all out first 😉

 

[Flintstone]

Easiest way is to shove the excess under the kick panel😀

 

[J Sid]

loose wire kits are much easier for completed area's

 

[widler]

it won't warm up in the downstairs bathroom with no heat mat!

Some people want to much pampering in this world , ufh in a bathroom , people will want hot water and indoor toilets next 🙂

 

[Spare Tool]

Some people want to much pampering in this world , ufh in a bathroom , people will want hot water and indoor toilets next 🙂

Think we need to move a bit further south for those luxuries mate 😉

 

[Flintstone]

My Mrs will be glad when the day comes she doesn't have to wesh me back

 

[Old Mod]

I think that as this thread wasn't started by one of the regular professionals, we should really stay on topic, don't you. 🙂

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I wonder if it should've been in the DIY forum.

 

[Old Mod]

Happy!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I wonder if I will win the lottery?

 

[Bill]

I wonder if I will win the lottery?

At least buy a ticket John........

 

[mp3wizard]

i ended up spacing it out a bit more in the end, not ideal but I got the small covering in the bathroom which I wanted, kept all wires away from each other at least 50mm and no crossovers, so should be ok hopefully. SLC will go down tomorrow hopefully.

 

[mp3wizard]

So my brother and I put down the compound, used all 8 bags, it wasn't enough, I had to go out and buy an additional 5, used the spiked roller, tried to use the trowel as little as possible. so I have covered 70% of the surface i'd say, it was definitely difficult trying to keep it level, I found the sticky adhesive came off a bit whilst rolling, and by using the spiked roller, quite a few threads of the mat came off, but I don't believe any wires came lose or moved too much. unfortunately the cold tail lead is sticking up a bit, and also the powerleads are still above the service here and there, i'm planning to do the rest of slc tomorrow, a couple of areas I can see that the electric wires aren't so covered as others, but i'll just have to do what I can tomorrow. i'm feeling average about things, I don't think it was a complete disaster but it definitely wasn't as perfect as i'd hoped.

 

[mp3wizard]

 

[mp3wizard]