Geraldine

[Geraldine]

New member saying hi to every one.

 

[jay]

:welcome:

 

[stevee]

ello:welcome:

 

[diamondtiling]

:hurray::welcome: hi

 

[mags]

:welcome: Ello love tell us , where do you come from and what do you do (in my best cilla accent).

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

:welcome::welcome::welcome:

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome...

 

[Geraldine]

Yaye ! hi every one, you're all so friendly with loads of welcomes.
What can I say...I live in Weston-super-Mare (born and bred) with my hubby. we both like to do diy stuff, ours and help friends with theirs. I spose we're quite handy gardeners as well. Our project at the mo is our kitchen. Total refit going on.....so far so good but was wondering about glass mosaic tiling. Usual questions - do I or don't I. Is it really hard or easier than ceramic cos of big sheets of it.
So I'm still undecided. Any views or thoughts are good.
Cheers everyone !! Thanks.

 

[davy_G]

Welcome Geraldine,

Glass mosaic is OK as long as you set out correctly and there are not too many objects to cut round. If its just a matter of trimming sheets then its alot easier

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome:Geraldine - My wife and I have fond memories of Western super mare - 28 years ago! A lovely place.
Glass mosaics - small of large - how big an area - kitchen splashbacks- need a glass cutter, tile cutter or wet wheel.
Must use ultra white adhesive and the skill is not to make the tiling look as though it comes on sheets.
You'll need a rubber squeegee to push the tiles flat onto the walls and also to grout and an adhesive trowel that will not put more adhesive on the wall than necessary ie.4mm depth ( clean all joints before grouting).
With mosaics the preparation of the walls is essential - the smooth/flat surface to tile on will provide a smooth/flat tiled wall.

Timeless John.

 

[user123]

Hi Geraldine and:welcome: :hurray: - yes to all of Joh's advise, but also keep in mind that if you use glass mosaic in a kitchen it means lots of grout lines which, depending on the colour you chose, can get stained / look dirty pretty quickly, unless you use epoxy grout...

 

[White Room]

Welcome to the forum Geraldine

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

hi :welcome:to the forum G

 

[faithhealer]

hi geraldine welcome aboard. I would say flatness of the walls is up there amongst the top tips. On a splashback, if you have downlighters under your units it makes any uneven tiles stand out.

 

[Geraldine]

Hey thanks you guys for all my welcomes. The advice Mosaic girl, faithhealer and not forgetting timeless John, fabulous. You are so helpfull. Will do our best and let you know how we get on. (maybe couple of weeks yet) Tis so good to know so many bods are out there to offer help. Again many thanks. :8:

 

[richie b]

hello

 

[Hawkofeagles]

Hi and :welcome: to the forum