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Hi All,

First time poster and tiler here. Hoping to get a bit of advice on tile a wet room shower tray using hexagonal mosaic (30cm x 30cm sheets - individual tiles are probably 2.5cm x 2.5cm or so). The shower tray is level to the floor, I've used cement board on the walls and floor and tanked and taped the whole place. I've dry-layed and cut all the mosaic that I need and ready to go. The issue I am having is that I am using a nassboard tray (Wetroom Shower Tray Kit Aqua Tanking Kit - Nassboards - https://nassboards.co.uk/product/wetroom-shower-tray-kit-aqua-tanking-kit/) and it has a 15mm upstand around the drain and the mosaic tiles themselves are only 4mm high. Based on my significant levels of google research, I should only be using the V-notch trowel for mosaic so it doesn't leave me with much height on the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/. Net result is, the tiles are sitting below the top of the drain which is bad news.

Any advice on how I could counteract this with https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/? I have seen some examples of using a 10mm or 12mm notch trowel and slightly flattening out the top of the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ and laying the tile on that. Would that work or be something that would be recommended? Any other suggestions (outside of call a professional!) would be much appreciated.

Thanks very much!
 
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Gazzawade

As you are attempting a difficult job in itself ... put a layer of rapid set (flat) to make up the discrepancy following the falls ... and let it go off.
 
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I would also reccommend self leveling to bring the level up slightly. If you use Ardex WA https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive//grout, you can put a deeper bed of https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ 6-8mm and press the tiles down to force the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ through the gaps and grout as you go. I've recently used it on a swimming pool and it works well with mosaics. It's a two part mix and a bit sticky but its waterproof.
 

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