large glass tiles

[dick turpin]

evening all, i have a job next week fixing large ( 600* 300) glass tiles to plaster board. any tips on cutting, adhesive, and priming....cheers

[sc24]

Try bal mosaic-fix, prime with apd, you can cut them with a manual cutter but it can leave a chipped edge use a wet cutter, but get a special blade for glass

[Dave]

hi mate....use an spf adhesive and lightly back skim the tiles to avoid shadowing through the glass's back...straight cuts as usual and wet cut any shapes...i use a blade designed for wet cutting glass called a CVG blade and these can be obtained from rubi....If using in a kitchen check the instructions that come with them or manufactures..because not all glass tiles are suitable for use behind gas cookers as they can shatter with the heat..when grouting use a fine sanded grout specifically for glass etc..as some grouts will scratch the glass...and it needs to be flexi to adhere to the tiles edges.....good luck and post us some pics in the gallery..i would like to see these as i use glass quite a bit and like to see what applications it used in... ......dave...

[dick turpin]

cheers, guys......informative replys as always...tiles are going on the back wall in a shower....would this make any difference to adhesives???? you say you can cut as norm dave, i have a ruby and all the cuts will be straight, so do you think i can save a few bucks by not buying a blade for the bricolina.

[Dave]

no probs use the adhesive as i mentioned and leave a small gap in the corner for expansion and silicone ..when cutting straight cuts apply light pressure to the scoring wheel this will minimise chipping.........dave..

[sc24]

any small chips you can cover with silicone in the corners

[dick turpin]

there are white ceramic tiles on both ends of the shower with the glass on the back wall.....so i should be able to hide any chips with the ceramics......i wil post some pics if i dont break all the tiles and have to leg it down the road with my ruby under my arm.
dave......i did the pebble floor with mosaics on the wall last week, turned out nice, will post some pics of that.....have to go back next week to grout up...customer not sure what colour they would like....changed there mind every day, bless

[Dave]

spot on DT mate tile the glass wall first and then tie the ceramics into that...this sounds like a nice project so cant wait to see the pics...good luck........dave..

[dick turpin]

cheers...of for a few beers now, will let you know how it goes.

[Dave]

have a few for me...

[NickH]

Dave, would appreciate a bit of advice on a small repair job I've got to do for an old client. They had a new kitchen fitted including tiling (not by me). They used glass tiles about 150 x 75, not particularly well done but ok, problem is that the tiles on the window cill have lifted due, I think, to expansion. They have come of the cill and bowed upwards, several have cracked. So whats the fix ? reset with SPF ? Leave expansion joint at each end ?. Appreciate your comments mate.
Cheers, Nick

[Dave]

hi nick..you will have to check the cill and see exactly why this has happened..it could well be expansion with it being a cill which will get direct sunlight or if behind a sink could well be moisture ingression...strip the tile off and examine the cill too see if its swelled..if not then yes tile with a flexi adhesive and use silicone expansion to sides and back of tile where they meet the window frame...if the cill has blown then i would remove and rebuild with backerboard and then re-tile as above.....good luck and let us know how you get on..........dave..