its the future

[tiling spread]

you think youvseen it all ha ha ha i have poped over to see a frend the weekend and help him out with some tiling just the cuts at the top set up the cutter in the hall way walked in to the bathroom and there he was sticking 450mm/450mm white b&q tiles on the wall with hard as nails well thats not all he was useing the cheep b&q tile adhives and grout in one
why didnt i think of that one
he said can i give him a price for some more wall tiling and some floor tiling
see the problem i have is if he ok's the price do i turn up with a box of no more nails or do i take the proper gear i just give up now maybe ill go with pink grip insted

so come on what have you seen or uncuverd when on a job or pricing up

[Rich]

Why do people do it? I wouldnt dream of painting with jam!!!

[doug boardley]

as a professional, you should turn up with the tools and adhesive to do the job properly!!

[TheWrightTiler]

as a professional, you should turn up with the tools and adhesive to do the job properly!!

quite rite doug

[Dave Ramsden]

as a professional, you should turn up with the tools and adhesive to do the job properly!!

... or borrow them from someone who has them

[doug boardley]

, no problems Dave

[mikethetile]

ive seen this on council work

wall gets wet and tiles drop off

only an idiot would even consider such a method

[paulyoung666]

nowt wrong with pink grip , it has been a month or so and my tiles aint fallen off yet , mind you i did use it in a kinda unusual situation for a specific reason , i have no fear of them falling off , infact i am beginning to dread having to take them off in the future

[doug boardley]

nowt wrong with pink grip , it has been a month or so and my tiles aint fallen off yet , mind you i did use it in a kinda unusual situation for a specific reason , i have no fear of them falling off , infact i am beginning to dread having to take them off in the future

were they carpet tiles???

[mikethetile]

were they carpet tiles???

[paulyoung666]

were they carpet tiles???

no , they were porcelain mosaic

[doug boardley]

just to reiterate, pink grip etc is not a suitable tile adhesive

[paulyoung666]

just to reiterate, pink grip etc is not a suitable tile adhesive

agreed if you were going to be doing fulls walls or floors , it had its use in my kitchen however , i am 1000% confident it will not fail , if i wasnt then i would not have used it , simple as that

[doug boardley]

so is it ok to do a repair job in a bathroom with it Paul?, after all, it's not a full wall is it???

[paulyoung666]

so is it ok to do a repair job in a bathroom with it Paul?, after all, it's not a full wall is it???

i never said it was , well at least i dont think i did , in fact , no i didnt , not sure what you are trying to prove to be honest

[doug boardley]

agreed if you were going to be doing fulls walls or floors , it had its use in my kitchen however , i am 1000% confident it will not fail , if i wasnt then i would not have used it , simple as that

[doug boardley]

i never said it was , well at least i dont think i did , in fact , no i didnt , not sure what you are trying to prove to be honest

I don't have to prove anything Paul, but as a professional tiler I feel it my duty to give sound advice

[paulyoung666]

ok , i get it , what i should have posted was , ' it hads it use in my kitchen to do 2 small areas of tile where i wanted to tile onto the end cheeks of a kitchen cabinet and i was less than happy to use mapei p9 adhesive as i didnt think it would be good enough for the purpose ' , is that good enough for you

[paulyoung666]

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I don't have to prove anything Paul, but as a professional tiler I feel it my duty to give sound advice

fair play , what would you have used to stick tile to formica then ??

[timeless john]

agreed if you were going to be doing fulls walls or floors , it had its use in my kitchen however , i am 1000% confident it will not fail , if i wasnt then i would not have used it , simple as that

Paul - the problem is in an open forum an enthusiastic diyer may read your reply and consider this an acceptable way of fixing tiles!
To repeat - we would recommend that a proprietry brand of Tile adhesive be used for the installation of ceramic tiles.

[doug boardley]

ok , i get it , what i should have posted was , ' it hads it use in my kitchen to do 2 small areas of tile where i wanted to tile onto the end cheeks of a kitchen cabinet and i was less than happy to use mapei p9 adhesive as i didnt think it would be good enough for the purpose ' , is that good enough for you

you could have posted whatever you wanted Paul, still doesn't alter the fact that pink grip etc is not suitable as a tile adhesive

[paulyoung666]

tell you what , just to save confusion and heartache i will get a mod to remove my posts , i am still curious as to what is the best way to stick porcelain to shiny formica however , over to the pro's

[doug boardley]

tell you what , just to save confusion and heartache i will get a mod to remove my posts , i am still curious as to what is the best way to stick porcelain to shiny formica however , over to the pro's

Paul, I am a mod

[mikethetile]

you havent stuck tiles to formica paul

you have stuck them to the vinyl coating to chipboard, we had this conversation at the time

[paulyoung666]

Paul, I am a mod

, missed that one

[paulyoung666]

you havent stuck tiles to formica paul

you have stuck them to the vinyl coating to chipboard, we had this conversation at the time

quite right we did , anyway the tiles are still on the vinyl or whatever it is

[Scott]

Im gonna have to read back to see what this post was all about!

[mikethetile]

Im gonna have to read back to see what this post was all about!

ita about sticking tile with pink grip