How best to Tile a room?

[gamma38]

Natural daylight will pick up very minor faults and exaggerate the surface flow 🙂

How kind.

 

[dave l and l]

the guy is trying.
good luck with rest of it , when is it getting levelled again

 

[average]

View attachment 87450Once it's dry I'll do the packers, probably tomorrow now.

Wizard, it looks like the surface of the moon lol. What have ya done. Did you not buy a large eze spat?

Can you take few pics of it dry please.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Natural daylight will pick up very minor faults and exaggerate the surface flow 🙂

Wait till the tiles are down, the natural daylight will cast shadows that have us all saying where did that come from.

 

[John Benton]

Don't think the next batch of slc is down yet, still needs to set packers up for height to work to

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Yeah but it shows how the light doesn't just shine down . That early morning or sunset light is a killer for lots of floors.

 

[John Benton]

Yeah but it shows how the light doesn't just shine down . That early morning or sunset light is a killer for lots of floors.

Just keep the curtains closed - problem solved 😉

 

[WetSaw]

To be honest, I've tiled over worse than that. As long as he gets the next batches mixed quick enough at the right consistency I think he'll be alright.

 

[gamma38]

Move Stevie Wonder in would be the best thing to do

 

[dave l and l]

something a bit snide with this thread at the moment

 

[Martyn Leeds]

quick lick of SLC and with the use of the clips, the job will look as good as any other I reckon.
Obvs time and effort will have cost more, but the end result will be fine.

 

[gamma38]

I don't think the use of clips should be seen as a saving point. They can do far more harm than good in the wrong hands.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Indeed, you're right.
But the clips will do the job they've been designed for

 

[Flintstone]

They won't If there are lumps of 10mm in the floor!

 

[gamma38]

Indeed, you're right.
But the clips will do the job they've been designed for

Yes but that's the problem. If you don't know how to tile and understand how to get full coverage etc then massive voids can and will be left. Which in turn can cause the ufh to overheat and fail.

 

[mp3wizard]

Nice to see everyone in high spirits lol, silly question.. Which way is best to Silicon packers, flat edge to floor or the underneath?

 

[Old Mod]

Makes no odds. Cut them down tho.

 

[mp3wizard]

The highest point of the room I've choose is by the power cable which is proud, so I've put a packer 1-2 mm higher next to it, so I'm using that as my starting point, the highest difference is about 10mm, so that's quite a bit more than a light covering, I used 11 1/2 bags first time, and I've got exactly 11 1/2 bags now, keeping in mind my initial pour and my proposed pour next time, is it going to be to thick for the mats to produce adequate heat? The only change that I can make to my approach is to not cover the power leads fully and change my starting height which will be 2 hours work wasted. What do you think, keep going as I am?

 

[mp3wizard]

 

[gamma38]

You need to answer the question you have avoided all along regarding height issues. Work backwards from what height you have to work with. This will tell you if you have extra to play with or you may already be too high.

 

[mp3wizard]

 

[mp3wizard]

That's 5 hours I won't get back, hopefully it won't look like the moon tomorrow!

 

[Old Mod]

That's 5 hours I won't get back, hopefully it won't look like the moon tomorrow!

And think of the smug look you can have on your face tomorrow if it works. 🙂
Don't forget mix to max water content,
LET IT STAND for 2-3mins
and re mix with mechanical mixer
and good luck.

 

[mp3wizard]

Thanks, I'll just have to use the spiked roller in the gaps I guess

 

[Old Mod]

Your first set of images when you first latex'd the roller marks were visible.
You either waited to long or you over used it.
Use roller immediately and don't return to that area, only along edges of the join. As soon as the latex starts to go, the roller will pull it out if you keep going over same spot.
This is why it was suggested earlier that you have everything ready to go, even the buckets of water. There's no down time, it's full speed from min you mix first bucket.

 

[mp3wizard]

I'd say I over used it then, ok cheers.

 

[mp3wizard]

Wasn't the best day but it is better, so we used up all of the 10 bags, ran out, spiked roller was seized so troweled it, there are some ridges but at most they are a few mm, so another 10 bags turning up today, I will use the spirit level to push a little bit in centre, doesn't look great but the cables are fully covered and it's pretty level apart from a slight ridge which I hope to sort out today.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

So you've used about 22 bags so far and another 10 to go. And if I'am correct this was to cover 3mm UFH cable. Excluding any labour costs it must be about £500 and rising. For those planning to do it themselves it's certainly worth making a note.

 

[Bill]

Spiked roller was seized by who?

 

[widler]

Im guessing set slc

 

[mma]

Spiked roller was seized by who?

The Roller Police?