First attempt at a envelope cut into a linear drain - TilersForums.com

[Wayne Brown]

Hi guys what's the best way to finish off this and get the tiles back into bond ? Cheers w

 

[Spare Tool]

The envelopes should be cut out of the bond you already have on the main floor, looks like you've got a 100mm cut running down rh side, this should be followed through to the tray, is it all stuck down or could you rethink the whole floor set out?
Can't see much evidence of tanking around the wet area?

 

[Wayne Brown]

I have not stuck em all yet this is as far as I have got alot of work gone into the floor so want it looking good I am a trusted advisor on the ukplumbing forum been on there for a good few years but got directed to you guys for a bit of proffesional advice regarding this cheers Wayne (aka kop)

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Kop - I think you may have lost the slopes of your tray with your covering layer of levelling compound!

 

[Wayne Brown]

Sorry guys still there i didn't flood that area slopes are still there you can see em on the marked out picture confident on the tiling just need to get back to the bond in the nestest way thought you guys may have few ideas ? if not will do the the remainder first and work out some cuts to get me back ? All the best Kop

 

[Waluigi]

This is where a DCM pro type of system rises above the rest.

 

[Spare Tool]

The bond should be exactly the same as on the rest of the floor with the envelopes needed to make the falls cut into them..

 

[Wayne Brown]

Ok guys can re cut the tiles to the left to get grout lines to work . cheers kop

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Yes I see your predicament now - you’ve centred the outlet with a joint!
So as you say you’ll have to recut away to the side to continue the bond line of the tile widths. May have been a larger cut to both side walls with a tile centred on the drain outlet and then to follow the bond up the walls.
It’s always a personal decision in the end. Unless your working for an engineer or architect, then anything whimsical can happen.

 

[WetSaw]

Is there a shower cubicle going up or just a screen?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

My bet is a piece of glass!

 

[Wayne Brown]

A Piece of glass is correct T , metro white tiles going on the walls in the shower area , appreciate your input guys my thinking is I will finish the floor to bond and re cut into the shower area only tile out of bond will be the centred tiles on the drain which I can live with. Cheers kop

 

[Time's Ran Out]

What do they say - you’ll never notice it when it’s grouted!

 

[WetSaw]

I'm sure I've seen something like this on here...

Obviously not to scale and I don't know your tile size (and I didn't take the line out to the edge..) but basically cut tiles down to make a border.

 

[Waluigi]

Wayne- as you say, you only have a single misaligned grout joint. As you’re standing looking at the wet Dec in pic 1, does the bottom right tile meet the right hand wall as a full tile?