how to tackle tiling around a shower tray

[danmasey]

how would you lads tackle this? it taken a while but im nearly there. ps the shower tray was already fitted.

 

[Tony73]

Hi, first i would have layed Ditra Matt on ply

 

[EverDon Tiling]

ditra or hardiebaker to start like tony, always cover ply now and its gonna get wet next to shower imo.

 

[White Room]

Hardie for me...

 

[danmasey]

Well that was helpful. Ditra Matt is too expensive and customers wont pay for it and why will the ply get wet just because its next to a shower? Isnt that the point in the tiles in the first place?

 

[EverDon Tiling]

Here is a tray i tiled round on wednesday i just used my nippers and filled my boots up with tile chippings.

 

[mattle40]

No that's what tanking is for, like ditra or hardie, water gets through the grout

 

[Fliselege]

Tiles & grout are water resistant mate, not water proof

 

[The D]

Tiles & grout are water resistant mate, not water proof

?????????

 

[EverDon Tiling]

tiles will let water through god knows how many times i've ripped out bathrooms and its soaked behind tiles floor or walls.

 

[martin1c]

If you are talking about the cuts then use a diamond blade (montolit for example) on a small angle grinder

 

[The D]

no no no no tiles are water proof the grout is not

 

[Fliselege]

no no no no tiles are water proof the grout is not

I've always been lead to believe that tiles are porous?

 

[The D]

Well that was helpful. Ditra Matt is too expensive and customers wont pay for it and why will the ply get wet just because its next to a shower? Isnt that the point in the tiles in the first place?

How thick is the ply and is it primed on the edges and the underside ???

 

[The D]

I've always been lead to believe that tiles are porous?

With some tiles the backing is but the glaze makes them water proof and porcelain is impervious

 

[mattle40]

Tiles are porous but the water ingress due to this would be negligible, water through the grout is where the damage is caused

 

[The D]

Tiles are porous but the water ingress due to this would be negligible, water through the grout is where the damage is caused

no it is not!!!

 

[The D]

I have no idea where people get this rubbish from. the water ingress trough a tile will be non existent the water ingress trough the grout in a domestic shower will be negligible if there Is water damage it could be a number of things like poor grouting , grout cracking in the corners , or poor silicone
sorry i have gone of topic