How best to Tile a room? - Tile Advice

[Spare Tool]

Have you got a long straight edge/ 6ft level?

 

[mp3wizard]

I do yes

 

[Spare Tool]

Well id be using that more than the spiked roller. Mark the dips out and use the straight edge to pull the leveller over them..

 

[mp3wizard]

Thanks for the tip, excuse my ignorance, but do you mean use the straight edge of the level to pull over the dips?

 

[Spare Tool]

Thanks for the tip, excuse my ignorance, but do you mean use the straight edge of the level to pull over the dips?

Yes, go over your floor with the straight edge and mark out the dips first, its hard to tell from a picture how bad your highs and lows are, it was flat in the first place so surely cant be that bad..

 

[average]

OP, the longer the straight edge the better because if you use a smaller stright edge, you might think youve a bump but infact its actually a dip and can make it worse. Ive seen before some tilers chasing their tale filling with slc rather than removing a bump with a grinding disk.

 

[Flintstone]

What Andy is saying is to pour the slc down and lay the straight edge on the floor and drag it over it so it essentially drags all the slc and it will fill the low spots.
Your second pour looks better but it doesn't look like you have used the spiked roller a lot!
Where you get the tidal lines they are the areas you really want to be rollering

 

[Spare Tool]

OP, the longer the straight edge the better because if you use a smaller stright edge, you might think youve a bump but infact its actually a dip and can make it worse. Ive seen before some tilers chasing their tale filling with slc rather than removing a bump with a grinding disk.

Grinding disks and ufh cables won't end well, if there's a gap under the straight edge it needs filling. Mp3 has never leveled a floor before and the first attempt using the spiked roller didn't go too well, so what's the point in going through all that again. Imo after marking all the dips out a long straight edge is the best chance he's got at getting this floor tileable..

 

[average]

Grinding disks and ufh cables won't end well, if there's a gap under the straight edge it needs filling. Mp3 has never leveled a floor before and the first attempt using the spiked roller didn't go too well, so what's the point in going through all that again. Imo after marking all the dips out a long straight edge is the best chance he's got at getting this floor tileable..

No im not saying he should grind. Was just pointing out about other tilers ive seen thinking it needs more SL rather than grinded.

 

[average]

OP, buy a large eze spat for spreading your leveler. Its a lovely tool for this

 

[mp3wizard]

Yeah there were a lot of lose wires around my 2nd pour, I glided over with the spiked roller but I didn't feel comfortable putting force to roll as I think the wires would of came up.

So I need to check the top level only on the level, I'm a bit confused on what method I'm using to spread it, am I pouring a thick layer by the bifolds then scrapping along the floor, or gliding it? Won't it leave a juddering effect on the finish?

Or should I just pour the entire area then glide over it afterwards? Until now I've not been stepping on the compound once, so by getting on hands and knees to scrap it's a big change.

 

[Flintstone]

It's impossible to say the best method without being there with the spirit level

 

[mp3wizard]

Ok cheers, I'll see if I can watch some videos

 

[Spare Tool]

Survey the whole floor first with your longest level, get right down and look under it for dips, mark the dips with a permanent marker, pour some leveler in and drag your level over it...like this

 

[Flintstone]

Plenty on YouTube, they all make it look simple