I think the bathroom i was in today was one of the worst bathrooms I have ever had the displeasure to be in, I ended up chopping out layers of old bonding back to an old lime mortar render that just crumbled up between my fingers , some of the other walls were leaning back 40-60mm out of plumb on a corner that needs a slow mitre, completely replastered 3 walls and ran out of one coat so had to try and straighten out a badly bowed wall with powdered tile adhesive left work today looking like frosty the snow man covered in dust and muck ,still going to need another few hours prep and will have reducing mitre tiles when the bathroom is finished so I am glad to home and need a beer

Would it have been just as easy to rip off and dry line Gary

it's all in the preparation Gary

Been the same here gary... covered in white dust as i have been bull nosing tiles on piece for days ..

a well deserved

Never a dull moment in this game Gary, eh!

todays bathroom, three walls not bad, good plaster to tile on, the fourth wall ended up on the floor in a pile of dust like Garys. Got the plasterer coming first thing thankfully

Gary, what do you mean by 'reducing mitre tiles'! Do you just mean not parallell

Originally Posted by whitebeam

Would it have been just as easy to rip off and dry line Gary

it probably would have done and I would get a better finish dry lining but the budget on the job wont cover it

Originally Posted by faithhealer

todays bathroom, three walls not bad, good plaster to tile on, the fourth wall ended up on the floor in a pile of dust like Garys. Got the plasterer coming first thing thankfully

Gary, what do you mean by 'reducing mitre tiles'! Do you just mean not parallell

'reducing mitre tiles'
if the 2 walls lean back and you meet a mitre as the mitres meet the cuts need to to reduce in size raking back against each other ,if the wall leans out at the top the mitres gain in size from floor to ceiling ,not very nice to look at hence the need for nice plumb walls when mitring is required

i had bathroom from hell too,covered in old adhesive which had paint under!!!!!! the tiles had been on over 20 years and none loose! floor had been cut to pieces by a plumber and over filled! between filling a 1.5" gap in shower corner,tanking the shower,scraping walls,chipping floor,waiting on millionaire customer to decide on layout,lol.it was half 12 before i started tiling! no brickbonding no fancy floor bad looking border horizontal between window and bath yuk.
i'll be there till wednesday.

Originally Posted by garythetiler

'reducing mitre tiles'
if the 2 walls lean back and you meet a mitre as the mitres meet the cuts need to to reduce in size raking back against each other ,if the wall leans out at the top the mitres gain in size from floor to ceiling ,not very nice to look at hence the need for nice plumb walls when mitring is required

cheers for that Gary, not come across that one , yet.

You can't beat a good mitre, much nicer looking than trims imo.

I had a great day!
Fibreplan on the floor on Friday meant it was lovely and level for tiling today.
Mind you its just a back passage utility room with 5 tread staircase and landing.
But it is in Victorian black/white geometric so life is good.