Tiling below the batten, preventing slip

[jrm]

Hi guys,

More progress made this weekend on my bathroom, it's looking good

I'm just thinking about how to tackle the lower part of the wall when the battens come off. Since there will be no support underneath the tile, how do I prevent the tile from slowly slipping down the wall whilst the adhesive is still wet. I'm using BAL SPF adhesive.

Would I be better off using BAL whitestar? My tiles are 400x250 ceramic.

Cheers for the advise

[CJ CERAMICS]

Hi guys,

More progress made this weekend on my bathroom, it's looking good

I'm just thinking about how to tackle the lower part of the wall when the battens come off. Since there will be no support underneath the tile, how do I prevent the tile from slowly slipping down the wall whilst the adhesive is still wet. I'm using BAL SPF adhesive.

Would I be better off using BAL whitestar? My tiles are 400x250 ceramic.

Cheers for the advise

stick with spf mate the tiles you are fitting are on the border for size of tiles to be used with tubbed addy. as for removing battons how far up the wall have you set them.

[Daz]

Stick with the SPF.
How many rows below the battens do you need to do?

If your cuts are not too small, then comb the adhesive onto the wall and leave for a minute or two. Firmly push and twist the tile into place and it shouldn't go anywhere.

[jrm]

The battens are around 10" below the centre line of the wall.

[Daz]

LOL - posted same time CJ!

[jrm]

Stick with the SPF.
How many rows below the battens do you need to do?

If your cuts are not too small, then comb the adhesive onto the wall and leave for a minute or two. Firmly push and twist the tile into place and it shouldn't go anywhere.

Around 3 rows left to complete the wall, great idea about letting the adhesive go off slightly before fixing the tile, why didn't I think of that! I was thinking about using small panel pins to keep it tight against the spacers.

[CJ CERAMICS]

LOL - posted same time CJ!

i must be getting quicker at typing... wonder if i can get a job as a p.a...lol
have to agree with the captain allow addy to go of slighty..but dont leave it too long.

[Daz]

Around 3 rows left to complete the wall, great idea about letting the adhesive go off slightly before fixing the tile, why didn't I think of that! I was thinking about using small panel pins to keep it tight against the spacers.

That's an option, but why make work for yourself?

Good luck and don't forget some pics for us!

[whitebeam]

Could try low tack masking tape to hold up the tile your fixing

[TJ Smiler]

Agree with captain slow but if you find its still slipping you could always use duct tape to hold it up (i sometimes have to do this if i need to put a bit extra under or something) simply tape to the tile that has already set above

TJ

[whitebeam]

Snap TJ

[CJ CERAMICS]

Could try low tack masking tape to hold up the tile your fixing

good idea never thought of that myself ....but it makes good sense and so simple to do.

[Alan.P]

I just work in columns to the floor putting my small screwdriver under the last tile each time until the cut then use a wedge to nip up to the spacers, repeat for all columns, either that or let the sticky tack up a bit as has been said, or just work faster

[doug boardley]

I just work in columns to the floor putting my small screwdriver under the last tile each time until the cut then use a wedge to nip up to the spacers, repeat for all columns, either that or let the sticky tack up a bit as has been said, or just work faster

that's the way I do it too Alan

[Daveyboy]

great advice...but why not just batton down lower so you only have one tile below the batton? it's not difficult to work out where batton needs to go and it enables you to tile quicker...works everytime for me

[timeless john]

JRM.

Why would you want to start tiling the top half of the bathroom first!

John.

[david campbell]

would it not be easier to start tiling from the first full tile up then you could just remove the baton and put in the last cut at the bottom,or tile the floor first then mark a datum round the room and put your first cut tile on,creating a level to work up from!

if still struggling why don't you try using a rapid-set adhesive or measure down say x amount of tiles and put the baton on there leaving only the bottom cut