Concrete panels on bathroom walls? - Tile Advice

[Jonathanb]

£40m2 for 120 x 60’s is good.
10mm tho
Better get down gym

Still be a bit lighter than humping around 3m kitchen worktops all day, or climbing around scaffold with a 4.8m length of 200x50 timber on my shoulder

John...

 

[Old Mod]

Still be a bit lighter than humping around 3m kitchen worktops all day, or climbing around scaffold with a 4.8m length of 200x50 timber on my shoulder

John...

Let’s see if you say the same thing once you’ve troweled adhesive on the back and you’re lifting them above shoulder height!

 

[Jonathanb]

Luckily the rooms not very big. I have worked it out that the top cut will be around 300mm high, so not to bad for lifting.

John..

 

[Jonathanb]

Let’s see if you say the same thing once you’ve troweled adhesive on the back and you’re lifting them above shoulder height!

Just looked at the weights, tile 18kg, 18mm ply 29.5 kg, worktop 45kg.. a tile in each hand should be fine

John..

 

[Jonathanb]

The Porcel-thin tile samples came today.. I liked them so will be going with them. Any advise would be appreciated with fitting them would come in handy. Trowel type, spacer size etc.

Cheers
John..

 

[Old Mod]

The Porcel-thin tile samples came today.. I liked them so will be going with them. Any advise would be appreciated with fitting them would come in handy. Trowel type, spacer size etc.

Cheers
John..

What have you chosen John?

 

[Jonathanb]

Either the zement or Cinis in the Cemento range (1200X600)
The wife is making the decision this morning

John.

 

[Old Mod]

The wife is making the decision this morning

John.

Kool
Is she going to fit them too?

If you can manage a day off before you fit them and travel down to Rays for the day he’ll happily give you a day’s training on fitting them f.o.c.

And the best bit of advice I can give you is that do whatever it takes to make all your substrates as perfectly flat as you can.
Go above and beyond what you would class
as ‘good enough’
If you can achieve + or - 1mm on all surfaces to be tiled, your job will be simplified 10 fold.
And make sure you buy spare pieces, the likelihood is that you will need them.
If it’s a stock item, you can normally make an attangement to return unused pieces, but if you don’t ask, you won’t get.

 

[Jonathanb]

I would love to go on the training course, but it’s around 250 miles away from me.
Getting the walls flat shouldn’t be a problem. I’m pulling the bathroom to bits. New stud work and the external wall I’m taking back to brick.
The only walls I will leave are about 600mm wide paramount wall, so should be flat.
I’m going to order a few extra, hopefully I won’t need them.
One question, what size tile trim to use? 6mm

Cheers
John

 

[Old Mod]

I would love to go on the training course, but it’s around 250 miles away from me.
Getting the walls flat shouldn’t be a problem. I’m pulling the bathroom to bits. New stud work and the external wall I’m taking back to brick.
The only walls I will leave are about 600mm wide paramount wall, so should be flat.
I’m going to order a few extra, hopefully I won’t need them.
One question, what size tile trim to use? 6mm

Cheers
John

Trim

How many concrete walls do you see with metal trim?

Select my avatar (pic), top left of rhis post, and when pop up appears select albums page.
First two albums demonstrate thin tile mitring.

 

[Jonathanb]

Just looked at your pics, looks excellent but there’s no chance I’m trying that . First attempt and trying to mitre around my window reveals.. ..
I wasn’t going to get chrome trims, I was looking at the Schluter trims in one of the grey colours.

John

 

[Old Mod]

I was looking at the Schluter trims in one of the grey colours.

John

Practise on some off cuts. Leave a 1-2mm gap at mitre with a small wedge and round off the grout when nearly dry
Not sure what colours Schluter do in 6mm trim.
Look at their ‘trend line’

 

[Jonathanb]

Practise on some off cuts. Leave a 1-2mm gap at mitre with a small wedge and round off the grout when nearly dry
Not sure what colours Schluter do in 6mm trim.
Look at their ‘trend line’

I will give it a try, when I start. A grinder is not something I use very often. I might try my block plane instead

John..

 

[Old Mod]

I might try my block plane instead

John..

 

[Jonathanb]

One more question. I am fitting a wall hung toilet and vanity unit. What thickness Kerdi board would be best to use under Porcel-thin tiles?

Cheers
John..