Dot & Dab travertine?

[redeye1979]

i can't wait to hear teh way this turns out, i genuinely wish you all teh best spanky and i'll be glued to the thread checking how you're getting on. (thankfully the two and a half hours it's took me so far won't have to be repeated)

All the best and i hope you get the outcome you dseserve!

 

[The D]

i have to cut one of these out tomorrow due to the sparky drilling a 30 mm hole in the wrong place
the slab was dot and dabbed on
so we will see how easely it comes off
i bet it brings most of the concreat block with it

How did it go getting that tile out? Have you got any pics m8?

 

[andy-p]

I do think that there is merit in the method you are talking about but that is not dot and dab. I will concede that if you are achieving eighty percent coverage and you are within the adhesive manufacturers recommended bed depth and the weight limits for the sub-straight then it doesn’t really mater whether you apply the adhesive with a notched trowel or a gauging trowel. If you will concede that dot and dab is not an acceptable method of fixing tiles of any kind.

You obviously know your stuff and I have a lot of respect for tilers who do a good job but I have no respect for people who try to defend a job that is clearly sub-standard.

dean , there is a difference between dot dabbing and gauging the back of the tile, you dont necessary have to use a notched trowel to achieve the correct bed of adhesive...

 

[pjtiler]

How did it go getting that tile out? Have you got any pics m8?

a lumb hammer and bolster would,nt touch it
the lad had to get the kango out
now the main contractors haggling over the 4 hours day work:mad2:

 

[GazTech]

a lumb hammer and bolster would,nt touch it
the lad had to get the kango out
now the main contractors haggling over the 4 hours day work:mad2:

PMSL....that wouldn't have happened if you didn't have 90/100% coverage and the adhesive gauged to the tile well....

 

[pjtiler]

PMSL....that wouldn't have happened if you didn't have 90/100% coverage and the adhesive gauged to the tile well....

:8::lol:

 

[GazTech]

Paul, you only have yourself to blame for making such a sturdy job of it in the 1st place...lol :lol:

 

[pjtiler]

Paul, you only have yourself to blame for making such a sturdy job of it in the 1st place...lol :lol:

lol
you would,nt beleave the amount of adhesive we,ve used
i think ill use sand and cement next time

 

[Olz]

Any pics mate, of the repair, and of the finished job?

 

[pjtiler]

Any pics mate, of the repair, and of the finished job?

ill take some next week if i think on