solid bed

**terry the tiler** · 03-10-2011

Hi iam having a tilers forum night tonight trying to put right all of my basic tiling questions i should be but iam not 100% clear on . one question is would it be a crime to solid bed all floor tiles ? i normally use a solid bed trowel on all floor tiles and back skim the back of the tiles regardless of size of the tiles to get 100% coverage.

**whitebeam** · 03-10-2011

Originally Posted by terry the tiler

Hi iam having a tilers forum night tonight trying to put right all of my basic tiling questions i should be but iam not 100% clear on . one question is would it be a crime to solid bed all floor tiles ? i normally use a solid bed trowel on all floor tiles and back skim the back of the tiles regardless of size of the tiles to get 100% coverage.

No........

doug boardley · 03-10-2011

I solid bed and back skim all floor tiles

**pjc** · 03-10-2011

been doing the same for the last 30 years

**Daz** · 03-10-2011

What like this?

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No not a crime.

Daz

**Stewart** · 04-10-2011

Good practice in my opinion..... I back skim all my floor tile's and quite a few of my wall tiles too.

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**Tabby Cranks** · 04-10-2011

It's the only way a floor tile should be installed, whether you need to back skim or not, you should always aim to get 100% coverage as Daz's picture shows.