Splashbacks and wall

[bunnycd]

I am going to attempt a small tiling job myself in the bathroom of bath and basin splashbacks, plus shower splashbacks. Any recommended materials to use for a novice women tiler - or advice? Thanks peeps xx

Are larger tiles easier to work with, anyone recommend the best tile cutter?

[Bri]

Smaller tiles are easier to work with but big tiles look the best IMO. If you are only doing this job you dont want to be spending a fortune on a cutter so get a little wet saw from one of the DIY places, you will be able to do everything with it, a manual cutter will only allow you to do straight cuts. As for the adhesive, get a cement based powdered adhesive that is slow setting, this will allow you to work at your own pace.

[Del W]

Hello,need more info,what tiles are you using? Size?Thickness?What surface are they going on? Small tiles would be easier to start with. Type of cutter depends on tiles.

[Alan.P]

The basin and bath are the easy parts, when you say shower splashback, that sets off alarm bells, what do you mean by it, are you tiling a shower cubicle or is it an above bath variety ? Also, as mentioned, what wall types are you planning on fixing to, plasterboard / plaster / other. Thanks, a few more details needed, about this and what tile your thinking of.

[CJ CERAMICS]

If you are using your bathroom as practice to say hopefully build a business in tiling then i would agree with the advice about a wet cutter etc etc, if on the other hand you are just going to tile your bathroom and not go in tile installation you will probably be better off having a tiler come in and price it up for you, By the time you have payed out for all the materials and tools you will probably only be saving a few pounds, and you still have to tile the area.

chris

[bunnycd]

Thanks for the info. It is a very small area 6ft x 6ft if that but quotes (I have had 5) are comig in about £4 per tile of 15cm x 6cm square to fit which I as hubbie lost his job we cany afford, so I am going to attempt myself. I am going to take off old tiles first to see what is underneath and post pictures :-) I will upload pictures later. Do I need to fit plasterboard? any advice will be appreciated x

[Del W]

Until you remove old tiles you wont know the next step.
Dont go mad with a sledge hammer though.
When the tiles are off, pics and more info will get you the right answers