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Bill
Jeepers............
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mp3wizard
Yeah well done Tom, see you next Tuesday,
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Bill
I have no sympathy for you - you have totally ignored tilers with eons of experience to try and justify your ability. Well, your ability isn't good enough.
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mp3wizard
jog on
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Italy
remember that you are a guest here.
and many tilers, have spent time for you.
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mp3wizard
before everyone jumps on me for speaking like that, lets not forget this is a chap who has contributed 3 times to the thread, each time with nothing but negativity and contempt. I obviously have listened to advice as initially I was going to tile straight over the heating mats with no insulation, so I have done my best so far.
Yes I accept things didn't go to plan today, but what I need now is constructive advice for how to try and resolve tomorrow, not someone with a told you so attitude waiting to pounce on my every mistake.
Yes I accept things didn't go to plan today, but what I need now is constructive advice for how to try and resolve tomorrow, not someone with a told you so attitude waiting to pounce on my every mistake.
I know you don't want to hear this but, I think you need to pay someone to come in and at least sort the slc, it's a bit of an art form to get perfect dispute the name it doesn't just self level, and your going to be attempting to put large format tiles on this, of the floor isn't right you will have NO chance of getting a good finish. I still agree with early comments about getting someone in to do the whole job, you aren't going to do that. Bit I would really consider paying someone for this bit at least because of the prep isn't right the tiles won't be, regardless of who you are, pro or not
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mp3wizard
so tomorrow what if I attempt to do the rest, and I can put a bit more of the slc on the areas that are too thin?
Yes you can, you can go over the whole floor again with another coat, SLC over ufh matts is even more difficult as the wires and matting can float and drag levels off, but please do take head of the words that if the prep isn't right, or the floor isn't flat and level before you start laying tiles then you don't have any chance with tiles this big
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hmtiling
Is Tom coming to help you out? 😀
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Flintstone
The only way to sort it is to give the whole floor one good coat of slc over what's there, it needs doing right next time, if your not confident just swallow your pride and pay some one to do that for you, it has a massive bearing on how the finished floor turns out. Your gonna need another 10 bags
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mp3wizard
ok, Can you please tell me what exactly is wrong with what's been done so far? I really did follow everything advised to the letter, spiked roller, pouring equal amounts, only trowlling a little bit on the edges.
I don't think Tom would help me lol
I don't think Tom would help me lol
This is not easy job.Bear in mind not all slc stick over slc and can crack everywhere.
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Flintstone
You have probably mixed it too thick, and over troweled it with a hand trowel. You need to make extra care that everything is well stuck down so the wires don't pop up when your levelling, which is what's happend, and any extra thick wires such as the cold tail, usually you chop that into the insulation a bit to keep the height right
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Flintstone
Is that the end of the probe sticking up in the bottom of the 1st picture
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WetSaw
It looks like not enough SLC and pouring too slowly. You will probably find a second layer easier as you've now got a relatively flat surface to go over. Buy more SLC than you need, you can usually take back what you don't use.
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mp3wizard
it was 2 different brands of slc, first batch of 5 felt good, the 2nd batch didn't have the same consistency, the correct water levels were followed, my bro trowled it a tiny bit on the sides, but where it looks rough, it was literally just a spiked roller, I think the heating mats are still stuck to the floor, but the slc is not think enough in places, yes it's the cold tail that is sticking up, the power leads were really thick, so it was a bit thicker there to try and cover them,
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mp3wizard
so you shouldn't be able to see any outline of the mats at all?
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Bill
I have already helped you but you ignored me.
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Flintstone
Here's one I levelled last year, you can still see the wire outlines but they are fully covered
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mp3wizard
He has lost the *** packet so all measurements are in his head.
But if you would have a got a pro tiler in, just to look at the job he/she would have told you from the getgo about height tolerances.
Get an artist (a pro one) to paint a tile effect 1 metre from the bi-fold doors........
At least buy a ticket John........
Jeepers............
That's help is it Tom?
But if you would have a got a pro tiler in, just to look at the job he/she would have told you from the getgo about height tolerances.
Get an artist (a pro one) to paint a tile effect 1 metre from the bi-fold doors........
At least buy a ticket John........
Jeepers............
That's help is it Tom?
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mp3wizard
nice job, I see what you mean
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mp3wizard
well if I use the 5 bags to complete the rest of the unfinished area and let it dry, then buy an additional 10 bags to pour over everything I have already covered, it should be a lot easier without all the mats and wires.
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Bill
Here is a job I am 'sorting' out for a customer who tried to tile and use SLC themselves..... notice the difference in my finished SLC to theirs?
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mp3wizard
yeh it's much better, I mean by the time I put another 5 bags down that's 13 bags in total, if that's not been enough to cover the area adequately, then I would of needed to buy an additional 5-10 bags anyway, so it's obviously more work but I guess it's not additional cost is it.
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Bill
but you should have read the earlier posts that told you to do it in one go so that the next batch of SLC would seamlessly bond with the last batch - now that you have dried SLC next to wet stuff, it will be 10 times harder to get right.
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mp3wizard
yeah I saw a minimum of 8 bags on an earlier post, so I should have ordered more than I needed, maybe 15 bags but I thought that would of been enough, by the time I put tomorrows batch down that will be 3 different brands of compound, in hindsight yep I would of ordered more and all the same brand.
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mp3wizard
I absolutely wanted to do it in one go, but the amount of bags weren't right
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Bill
This is why distance advice is wrong on this type of project. Over and out.
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mp3wizard
ok cheers
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Flintstone
I would check with whoever you get it from but It will most probably need priming again before levelling on top, you might have more luck with a slow set leveller
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