tiling a kitchen for a friend. advise needed please

[grumpygrouter]

I would get 2 20kg bags, look to use a 10mm half round trowel and you must get a solid adhesive bed.

Try Tile Giant or CTD for the adhesive if you have one near. Failing that, Buildfix flexible from B&Q is made by Mapei!!

 

[bigclive]

cheers for that tip, we do have a tile giant in MK :¬)

 

[bigclive]

sorry to keep posting questions lol,
i have noticed that the white addy is a lot more expensive than the grey addy, the tiles im laying are white, would i get away with using the grey addy and then using white grout?
I know this may seem like a stupid question lol.

 

[Ian]

Unless you can work very cleanly and ensure no grey adhesive is left in the grout joints, use white, or you may end up with spots of grey showing through in the grout. As a rule of thumb, dark grout use grey adhesive, light grout use white adhesive.

 

[bigclive]

kk, thanks very much for that, i shall get the white as i want this job to be perfect.
one last final question lol, ive just been loking for 10mm half round trowel but none of the sites ive been looking at state half round lol.

I have found this in b&q, though im not 100% this is the type your recommending lol

Ragni Notched Tiler's Trowel 10mm

 

[diamondtiling]

That trowel will be fine, just check for 100% coverage by lifting a tile and having a look, you dont want to have any voids when you have finished.

 

[bigclive]

cool, thanks everyone for all your help. this is a great forum with great members. if i have any problems i shall be back to pick your brains lol.
once again many many thanks to everyone who has helped me on this project.

 

[diamondtiling]

No problem at all Clive, just pass the forum details onto your friends, if we can help them to avoid problems or a dodgy cowboy tiler then we have done our job.

 

[White Room]

kk, thanks very much for that, i shall get the white as i want this job to be perfect.
one last final question lol, ive just been loking for 10mm half round trowel but none of the sites ive been looking at state half round lol.

I have found this in b&q, though im not 100% this is the type your recommending lol

Ragni Notched Tiler's Trowel 10mm

I bought one from B&Q and find I use it for bigger wall tiles rather than the floor.