So How Was Your Day? - Tile Advice

[Andy Allen]

Still tiling though (im no snowflake )
Even on a Friday !....

 

[Boggs]

Painful!
After the rain finally stopped I managed to make a start on these.



Only managed this much after 3.5 hours, although I am mixing by hand.

Massive respect for all you stone/large format chaps that do this kind of lifting day in day out.

More tomorrow, if I can get out of bed.

 

[Unused Account 1]

Whats the base u tiling onto

 

[Unused Account 1]

Evening ,,looked at five jobs today ,very unusual ,enjoy relaxing evening

 

[Boggs]

100mm MOT, 5/1 sharp sand/cement mix at around 30mm, I’m too tight to buy the calibrated stone, slabs primed with Tilemaster Prime Grip.

 

[Unused Account 1]

Cheers

 

[One Day]

100mm MOT, 5/1 sharp sand/cement mix at around 30mm, I’m too tight to buy the calibrated stone, slabs primed with Tilemaster Prime Grip.

No SBR in the mix?

 

[Boggs]

Not in the mortar mix itself, priming each piece with prime plus grip.

 

[Boggs]

No SBR in the mix?

Do you think it best to add some?

 

[One Day]

Do you think it best to add some?

I always do. It's like adding polymer to tile adhesive I'm told.
Basic but helps with water, frost, bond, bit of flexibility...

 

[Boggs]

I always do. It's like adding polymer to tile adhesive I'm told.
Basic but helps with water, frost, bond, bit of flexibility...

Cool, thanks for the advice.
Would you do the same with pointing mix?
Can’t stand that brush in stuff.

 

[One Day]

Cool, thanks for the advice.
Would you do the same with pointing mix?
Can’t stand that brush in stuff.

I have done, but beware that it can change shade and colour of your mix so dose accurately and it tends to make it go off much faster and risk staining, so if you do, work cleanly.
Maybe go 3:1 for pointing?
(I'm no expert at external work)

 

[widler]

I don’t know if @Andystiletiling has mentioned it but we are over halfway through a 77 room hotel, brand new.
Quite enjoying it really , bit repetitive, but a lot of singing and dancing mskes the days move quicker.
Earning good money , we put invoice in and gets paid in hours , best bit is i can see it from my house

 

[Dumbo]

I don’t know if @Andystiletiling has mentioned it but we are over halfway through a 77 room hotel, brand new.
Quite enjoying it really , bit repetitive, but a lot of singing and dancing mskes the days move quicker.
Earning good money , we put invoice in and gets paid in hours , best bit is i can see it from my house

77 room hotel paid in hours and some jumped up builder doing a small extension wants to pay end of month 30 day invoice

 

[J Sid]

I don’t know if @Andystiletiling has mentioned it but we are over halfway through a 77 room hotel, brand new.
Quite enjoying it really , bit repetitive, but a lot of singing and dancing mskes the days move quicker.
Earning good money , we put invoice in and gets paid in hours , best bit is i can see it from my house

funny enough Craig, Andy has mentioned it. It appears his doing all the work, your taking the cream and having a few holidays. Good work if you can get away with it