How To Tile, Advice & All the questions I asked when i joined

[wildcard]

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Thanks for this,picked up alot of tips.Not sure what is meant by a wet wall & dry wall though.
Back to ableskills for week 2 tomorrow,got to start asking more questions,especially tiling around a window.

 

[luket]

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Fantastic post - well done everyone for posting

 

[wally1602]

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Excellent thread for someone like me who is just starting out in the world of tiling ..really appreciated ..Thankyou :hurray:

 

[leeroberts636]

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Great post this is now in my favourites folder, it will def be needed!!!!

cheers Oli

 

[mmmadman]

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Belting post Oli, great for a newbie, many thanks..............

Cheers................:8:

 

[Graham100]

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Great thread, thanks.

 

[steve84]

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cherrs oli av just started out great help

steve

 

[steve187]

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Just came across this thre3ad. well done very useful

 

[russ1980]

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One word for this thread.EXCELLENT

 

[davemul]

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Great read, thanks Oli!

Quick question on trowels... will I need 4 for my bathroom? as follows

1) Thin solid bed trowel for the two walls around my wet room tray
2) 10mm notched for the rest of the walls (all boarded but studs are old and wont be plumb straight
3) 4mm mosaic trowel for laying 30cmx30cm mosaic sheets on a wet room tray
4) 12mm notch for the floor

that right?

cheers
Dave

 

[stavross]

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my bathroom walls have been painted some of which was flakey ive scraped all the really loose stuff then pva'd[before id read the great advice on hear] should i paint then prime or rub and sand back to bear plaster or just cry? ive had problems with the paint blowing in other rooms which is why i pva'd! any advice of course would be truely welcome.

 

[chille]

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Are you going to tile the walls and if so what size and type are you proposing? Tiling onto paint isn't good it should be at least cross hatched scored off to ensure a good adhesive bond then primed with acrylic bonding ready to accept the tile adhesive.
I hope this helps

 

[Dougalogic]

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Cheers Oli! this is a superb effort, really helpful. well done for taking the time to write it! :hurray:

 

[JC tiling]

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great post and help greatly when firat starting out

 

[Dan]

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I've promoted this to an article Tiling Forum | Tilers Forum | Tiling Forums - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered
Brilliant thread. Find it in the tiling guides section: Tiling Forum | Tilers Forum | Tiling Forums - Tiling Guides

 

[andyq]

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fantastic post Oli lots of important information that you just don't get anywhere. Just go's to show that the tillersforum is THE place to go for anything and everything to do with tiling. Thanks again

 

[cass]

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Good post , will jot that down for future ref, very handy.

 

[smudger85]

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This post has been very helpful to me. As above I'll be writing this down tonight. Thanks

 

[Mr Tiler]

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2kg of grout per m2..... Is that real? In what size joints? Seems unreal to me.

 

[afright]

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Never to old to learn.

 

[ceramicknight]

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great post this oli,brilliant advice for the rookies like myself wanted to ask a lot of questions since joining but didnt want to come across as an idiot, a lot of it has been covered in this thread, just one thing if i am tiling a shower are you saying i use a thin bed with a gauging trowel and not a notched trowel? loving this forum so so helpful:hurray:

 

[Hgdavec]

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Very useful post. Can see why it's recommended. Thanks

 

[jaydebruyne]

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What an great post! Many thanks for this Oli

 

[dan69]

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Great post Oli this forum is great for someone willing and wanting to learn.

 

[David Rowell]

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Could i ask what a flat bed trowel is please?

 

[Old Mod]

Bump!

 

[Old Mod]

Great thread @Olii!
One or two things could probably be updated now since this was posted, and maybe even get a few of the unanswered questions answered.
If anyone would like to add anything that would be good to!
Then we can collate the information and produce an article from it, then the newbies will have something to refer to at their fingertips!

 

[Olz]

I had loads of messages stacking up in my pm inbox on the old style forums when I couldn't get on as much. Anyone should feel free to update this as they see fit and jump in to answer questions.

I think I got more likes on this thread than all ,y other posts over the years put together lol.

 

[bcd-87]

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One day i'll stick the 'bible' on ebay, i should just about cover the £3 i paid for the note pad, I'll have to get past 5 pages of usefull info in it mind. :lol::lol:

hi oli

god bless

 

[dynamictiling]

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Replacing a Damaged / Broken Tile

Obviously there are a few ways to go about this, this is how I go about it.

For safety wear goggles and gloves.

Start off by scraping the grout from the sides of the tile in question, use a grout rake, or a fein or similar, the drill 4 holes in the tile, in a square formation.

Use a hammer to crack the tile, gently, no need to go mad with the hammer, remember your replacing a damaged tile not trying to make the good tiles match the damaged one.

Hopefully you will now have 4 pieces, assuming the tile had not lifted already, chisel out the pieces, start in the middle working outwards minimising the risk of damage to surrounding tiles.

Once youve got the bits out, get rid of the adhesive that was behind the tile, being carefull not to take chunks out of the substrate.

Depending on the size of the tile, you may not be able to get the trowel in to apply fresh adhesive to the wall, if this is the case, back butter the new tile, replace, allow to set and regrout.

Oli

Sorry oli. Your post is great. This is the only thing I disagree with. Replacing tiles I dig all 4 corners out( grout lines, top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right)with a flat head screw driver. Then middle of each joint with flat head. Then batter with a hammer (concrete floor) if gyprock (for example) I make my snips the hammer and lightly batter. Generally speaking at least one point of the tile will give way and I work from there.