just thought i'd stick this clip up for any newcomers who needs some tips on checking a floor with a straight edge for flatness prior to tiling. this is a very important procedure!! its 6 minutes but bear with it!! its not perfect but it will help

I tend to mark a floor with a.....
+ for the high spots and a -for the low spots

there are other ways to check floors ie dots (tiles laid on a bed of adhesive set at points through out the floor area..
or you can use a laser level with a staff or tape measure to take reference measurements that will determine the different depths around the circumference and over the area of the floor....

feel free to add any tecnniques that you use it all helps!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku61hEOMU74&feature=related]YouTube - How to float a concrete floor before a hardwood floor installation.[/ame]

Ed that is uncanny, that is exactly the way I survey a floor. No one taught me just kind of evolved, you are not far away from me geographically, this guy is 3,000 / 4,000 miles away. Amazing how we all come up with the same soloutions. I sometimes do a grid of levels using laser every m2. Good tip mate

Originally Posted by Phil Hobson

Ed that is uncanny, that is exactly the way I survey a floor. No one taught me just kind of evolved, you are not far away from me geographically, this guy is 3,000 / 4,000 miles away. Amazing how we all come up with the same soloutions. I sometimes do a grid of levels using laser every m2. Good tip mate

Another TOP tip from a trusted advisor to tilersforums.co.uk

hi phil
the simple things always work and always will ..theres genius in simplicity
i was talking to gary the tiler on friday about how things in the trade get made bigger than what they are.
its good to see the likes of you and dave using this method because it proves it works and the others on here look for that confidence ;0)
ed...

Originally Posted by Dave

Another TOP tip from a trusted advisor to tilersforums.co.uk

Top people on this forum, eh Dave again thanks Ed for this post

It is posts like this that we take for granted... but new comers as Ed says .. need posts like these.....

Another tip when a floor has no covering and looking for dips , is to look at the bottom of the skirtings if they are on.. tell tale signs is gaps under the skirting...

how about the penny test on worktops thats a goodun

Great post Ed

tbh, altho I could see what he was doing, I couldn't hardly hear a word for the noise he was making dragging and banging his straight edge about

Originally Posted by doug boardley

tbh, altho I could see what he was doing, I couldn't hardly hear a word for the noise he was making dragging and banging his straight edge about

your right doug
the audio isnt too good but it gives a newcomer you the general idea

Very good ed, i use this method too.

Another tip if you are worried about bounce vibration on a wooden floor, what i do is.
I put my laser level in the middle of the room and i put a piece of masking tape on the wall where the red line is and then walk all over the floor keeping an eye on the laser line and you can see if it is moving up and down, this can give you an indication to how much the floor is moving.

Or if you want to see if there is more movement in different areas then you can mark a reference point on a batton and hold this in different areas of the room and get the customer to walk up and down and you can watch the line.

just a way of seeing how much deflection there is in a wooden floor it works for me.
steve..

good tip pecks
thats what makes these threads better, people in the trade coming on and adding advice and expanding on whats been started...
ed..

Originally Posted by peckers

Very good ed, i use this method too.

Another tip if you are worried about bounce vibration on a wooden floor, what i do is.
I put my laser level in the middle of the room and i put a piece of masking tape on the wall where the red line is and then walk all over the floor keeping an eye on the laser line and you can see if it is moving up and down, this can give you an indication to how much the floor is moving.

Or if you want to see if there is more movement in different areas then you can mark a reference point on a batton and hold this in different areas of the room and get the customer to walk up and down and you can watch the line.

just a way of seeing how much deflection there is in a wooden floor it works for me.
steve..

Got the masking tape, now wheres that laser level...........

if you havent got a laser level, then put a glass of water on the floor with masking tape on that, when you walk around the floor you can see how much the water moves up and down the glass

Originally Posted by AstonTiling

if you havent got a laser level, then put a glass of water on the floor with masking tape on that, when you walk around the floor you can see how much the water moves up and down the glass

Nice one ed.
and dont get first before you have completed the inspection of the floor

I use a bucket of water and jump around a bit but like the laser option and have been looking into the laser option but only do bathroom and kitchen refits so wasnt sure if i really need it. Im a bit of a tool whore and buy anything that makes my life eaier (except the D24000 as i talked myself round ont that one!)

only laser