floors meeting with diff tile depths.

[hillhead]

Hello folks,
i have a nice marble job coming up on 10th Nov,
95m2 of 600x400 x 20mm,kitchen/dining area.
30m2 of hallway meeting at doorway to kitchen,
the hallway tiles are 600x600 x 15mm marble.
as you see there is a 5mm difference in thickness'
i have to get them level,
what woul be the best method of doing this???
i'm wondering should i just use different trowels or is there a better way?
5mm aint too much but this has to be perfect.

[GazTech]

Joe ...just bed your last few rows up by a mm at a time

[grumpygrouter]

...or put ditra under the thinner tiles first, that will accommodate most of the difference.

[Dave]

Why not just use a leveller......

[deanotile]

I agree with Dave self-levelling compound is the natural selection for me.

[hillhead]

the floors are very very level,i could level up to 5mm and use same depth trowel but thought there might be an easier way and cheaper too.

[Dave]

Just pour leveller up against the 5mm lip and then feather it back to nowt.....cheap as chips and quick to do..

[pjc]

Just pour leveller up against the 5mm lip and then feather it back to nowt.....cheap as chips and quick to do..

how long before you can tile on it ?

[Dave]

how long before you can tile on it ?

depends upon make petey.....


or you could just use rapid set...depends how good you are with a float..

[pjc]

he he sorry dave just being naughty

[grumpygrouter]

Ditra would be tileable a bit quicker...........though more expensive!

[pjc]

or PTB rapid: lol:

[paulmsd]

i would use a 2m dog ear with some rapid or ptb

[whitebeam]

I've just built up addy to get a flow which dos'nt notice