Does anyone notch trowel both the tile and the substrate? - TilersForums.com

[widler]

I remember ray at porcalthin telling me to trowel floor one way then trowel the back of the tile the opposite direction ? Has it changed now
I back butter all porcelain, but never have notched both
[automerge]1562423466[/automerge]
Has anyone tried the ‘artex’ Method and lifted a tile and a ‘tile in straight lines’ and lifted the tile themselves ? Try it, you will be surprise.
I remember a lad saying that you have to trowel in one direction so the water runs down the wall and doesn’t get trapped , oh what people get suckered into on the net

 

[Flintstone]

That's a bit of bad advice, @Dan
Back butter all porcelain tiles, unless there a 4 inch kitchen tile. Back butter all large ceramics and back butter anything made of stone or natural material. You can double notch in areas if you require a bit more bed depth. It also helps to get good coverage.

 

[Spare Tool]

I remember ray at porcalthin telling me to trowel floor one way then trowel the back of the tile the opposite direction ? Has it changed now
I back butter all porcelain, but never have notched both
[automerge]1562423466[/automerge]
Has anyone tried the ‘artex’ Method and lifted a tile and a ‘tile in straight lines’ and lifted the tile themselves ? Try it, you will be surprise.
I remember a lad saying that you have to trowel in one direction so the water runs down the wall and doesn’t get trapped , oh what people get suckered into on the net

That was me that told you about the water, used to do work for a bathroom guy in Bolton and he said you MUST trowel vertically so any water behind the tiles can run down the wall...
he was a right clown

 

[Dan]

That's a bit of bad advice, @Dan
Back butter all porcelain tiles, unless there a 4 inch kitchen tile. Back butter all large ceramics and back butter anything made of stone or natural material. You can double notch in areas if you require a bit more bed depth. It also helps to get good coverage.

Pisser. You must be an adhesive reps dream pal.

What year was it you took a course in tiling again?

 

[Dumbo]

That was me that told you about the water, used to do work for a bathroom guy in Bolton and he said you MUST trowel vertically so any water behind the tiles can run down the wall...
he was a right clown

I have heard that a few times.

 

[Flintstone]

Pardon ? I haven't been on a tiling course.
All of what I said is best practice, I'm sure most members do the same.

 

[Qwerty]

That's a bit of bad advice, @Dan
Back butter all porcelain tiles, unless there a 4 inch kitchen tile. Back butter all large ceramics and back butter anything made of stone or natural material. You can double notch in areas if you require a bit more bed depth. It also helps to get good coverage.

Absolutely essential for porcelain. The amount of times I've removed porcelain floor tiles in one piece at the rip out stage and then the one tile where the tiler has bedded out to make up the height and its taken me 5 minutes to remove one tile.

I back butter nearly everything same as Andy, using a notched trowel on some of the bigger tiles, maybe a 4-6mm instead of a usual skim

 

[Dan]

Porcelain. One of the most dense man made materials on earth. Is translucent?

 

[Old Mod]

Porcelain. One of the most dense man made materials on earth. Is translucent?

Don’t understand the question mate?

 

[Dan]

I'll not continue this lads. You carry on.