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Default Re: A bit of advice from a more experienced tiler

Just to add my two pennies worth, I think 6 days is ambitious for this project if you have little experience, certainly if you don't recruit some "experience" to work along side you.
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[quote=grumpygrouter;151293]Just to add my two pennies worth, I think 6 days is ambitious for this project if you have little experience, certainly if you don't recruit some "experience" to work along side you.[/quote]



makes a load of sense,you might be looking at the job thinking oh its straight forward,but as you mentioned in your earlier post the floor has lumps in it,these must be taken out/levelled out.and perhaps a more experienced tiler may be able to point out where you might run into other bits of problems.

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end of the day we can only advise which course did you go on hunty? best of luck with your job
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Default Re: A bit of advice from a more experienced tiler

For me Bathroom Boy said it best.

I too have quite a bit of tiling and a few bathrooms under my belt, but not as many as Bathroom Boy.

I have more tiling experience than the OP but I wouldn't take this on on my own. However he has taken it on and I say good luck to him. He will probably do very well.

A few issues here though.

1) Take as long as the job takes. Don't rush yourself into taking short cuts. Take your time and do the job properly. If that means you're working for £5 per hour, put it down to personal development. The next such job will have you earning £10 per hour.

2) You say there are a few lumps in the concrete. Have you considered what it will take to level this out. Is it just a SLC application or is there more to it? I'm ashamed to say that I'm looking at my kitchen floor at the moment which is not as level as I would like. I should have spent longer on the SLC stage, even if I applied it up to 3 times or more. This is for the largest part, straight onto concrete.

Don't be afraid to take a bolster chisel and hammer with you.

Best of luck.
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[quote=cornish_crofter;151328]For me Bathroom Boy said it best.

I too have quite a bit of tiling and a few bathrooms under my belt, but not as many as Bathroom Boy.

I have more tiling experience than the OP but I wouldn't take this on on my own. However he has taken it on and I say good luck to him. He will probably do very well.

A few issues here though.

1) Take as long as the job takes. Don't rush yourself into taking short cuts. Take your time and do the job properly. If that means you're working for £5 per hour, put it down to personal development. The next such job will have you earning £10 per hour.

2) You say there are a few lumps in the concrete. Have you considered what it will take to level this out. Is it just a SLC application or is there more to it? I'm ashamed to say that I'm looking at my kitchen floor at the moment which is not as level as I would like. I should have spent longer on the SLC stage, even if I applied it up to 3 times or more. This is for the largest part, straight onto concrete.

Don't be afraid to take a bolster chisel and hammer with you.

Best of luck.[/quote]



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Just finished a floor 30m2 with 600x600 band q tiles, not great tiles to work with. My back is still feeling them and i had a labourer
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What was the outcome of this job???


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well ive been tiling 30 odd years and i have an 85 metre floor to do in 600x600 and even i am a bit wary of it. screed high points,especially around staircase,door openings etc, people will expect no lipping or colour /shade variation,and if you do decide to do it make sure you use the right adhesive and grout, as ol matey says, dont ruin your reputation before you have one....it will stick like bal-flex
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when i started tiling with my dad a few years back he gave me a 60m2 900x900 slate floor to do and it was a real arse twitcher for me. he helped me to set it out and was only on the other end of the phone if i had problems which took a lot of pressure off. the main of it is to follow your gut instinct and if you think its too much your better off to turn it down and walk away than start it and wish you hadn't mate.
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