Sand And Cement As Adhesive? - Tile Advice

[One Day]

What can I say? Times change, technology moves on. What worked 2000yrs ago for Roman floors would still work today. What wouldn't work today is the time it would take!
Far faster and easier to fix down Ditra. It costs more in materials but less in time.
The places you've observed s&c fixing - it almost certainly wasn't porcelain.

 

[Bill]

I can tile a floor in sand and cement while you 'non belibers' are still waiting 3 weeks for your screed to dry out.............horses for courses.

 

[One Day]

I can tile a floor in sand and cement while you 'non belibers' are still waiting 3 weeks for your screed to dry out.............horses for course.

I'd wait the 3 weeks and go do something else!

 

[assegayer]

I can tile a floor in sand and cement while you 'non belibers' are still waiting 3 weeks for your screed to dry out.............horses for courses.

out of interest how exactly do you do that?

 

[Bill]

out of interest how exactly do you do that?

A bit like that video posted above but quicker and making sure my S&C mix was better!

All this 'self levelling' stuff does not help your tile laying skill.

 

[assegayer]

A bit like that video posted above but quicker and making sure my S&C mix was better!

All this 'self levelling' stuff does not help your tile laying skill.

what is that wet slur he then pours onto the semi dry mix?

 

[mma]

thats true....like i was having a look at this vid here if your free take a look he seems an excellent tiler View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtqLTn2gdkQ

Day rate!

 

[Bill]

Day rate!

No, on a price - remember I am getting the floor level too...this could be 5 inch screedbed.....can you imagine pricing that up in SLC.

the price would include the laying in S&C .... I reckon I could lay 15m a day (no labourer) using 600m x 600m

think of the time saved against money spent when building. It is a shame we have left this method behind.

 

[assegayer]

No, on a price - remember I am getting the floor level too...this could be 5 inch screedbed.....can you imagine pricing that up in SLC.

the price would include the laying in S&C .... I reckon I could lay 15m a day (no labourer) using 600m x 600m

think of the time saved against money spent when building. It is a shame we have left this method behind.

what im trying to understand is how does the tile pyhsically grip to the bed of sand ?

 

[Chazz Unrau]

30 minutes and just when you think he's going to lay a tile the video stops

 

[assegayer]

30 minutes and just when you think he's going to lay a tile the video stops

hahaha same happened to me when first watching, the second one i think shows the actual laying

 

[The D]

what im trying to understand is how does the tile pyhsically grip to the bed of sand ?

not to the sand but to the cement and with porcelain it will be to the added polymers

 

[Andy Allen]

No, on a price - remember I am getting the floor level too...this could be 5 inch screedbed.....can you imagine pricing that up in SLC.

the price would include the laying in S&C .... I reckon I could lay 15m a day (no labourer) using 600m x 600m

think of the time saved against money spent when building. It is a shame we have left this method behind.

Would you need leveling clips using this method..

 

[p4ulo]

Blimey, I'll never get that time back, watching that fella in the videos....
Like watching some crazy old school alchemist at work; tubs, bags, pots and ladles all over the place!
Don't fancy trying to move that massive "grab-bag" full of dry mix when he needs to tile in that corner!!

 

[Italy]

Last year I also did a garage sand concrete, the size 300x300. but this trend I do not understand if you're joking, or you believe you can do that job in the video ..... tilers without consciousness there are still around is the type of video will have scored at least 4 tiles, that guy in there works 3 world. update which is better. no hard feelings