How best to Tile a room? - Tile Advice

[mp3wizard]

I'm having the bath fitted Thursday, so I hope to be able to tie the 2 walls up with each other ensuring a full size tile above the bath, I should be able to do 2 full days this weekend so I hope it won't drag on too long.

 

[Tile Shop]

Ignore anyone who tells you to get someone in. May have been advised at the start to seek a pro, but you've taken on board some of the tips and got yourself this far and despite the odd hiccup along the way, not done a bad job of it.

Keep chippin' away at it and it'll be finished before you know it

 

[average]

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Just curious but how thick is addy under the tiles seen here. Looks over half inch to me. is this correct

 

[average]

Ignore anyone who tells you to get someone in. May have been advised at the start to seek a pro, but you've taken on board some of the tips and got yourself this far and despite the odd hiccup along the way, not done a bad job of it.

Keep chippin' away at it and it'll be finished before you know it

I agree! Ignore them and stick to it because it aint to bad a job.

 

[Italy]

toc, toc.
are you done?

 

[mp3wizard]

Sorry average, just saw your msg, well the height difference your looking at is the 2 rooms, so it's built up of underfloor heating board, self levelling compound, adhesive then tile, the adhesive is not too thick there, im planning to get some thick underlay and carpet, then if there's still a difference between rooms just get one to those strips to bridge the difference.

 

[mp3wizard]

Well, I've tiled 60% of bathroom walls, enough to get a bathroom fitted over it, I still need to finish the rest, and grout walls and floor in there, then I can get back to the floor in the main room. I've been ill, out of the country, had other work done and all other excuses I can think of! Hope to get cracking again tomorrow, I've been having a nightmare removing the red spacers from floor and wall, some of them aren't cracking off cleanly, so I've been trying to bang down under grout line, or wrapping a j cloth around a scraper and trying to get adhesive/spacer out that way. I also choose not to centre around window, so I'm sure I'm going to get some flack for that when I post pictures.

 

[Italy]

I begin to worry....
you are done ?, or I have to go me to finish the job?
I want to see the result. are breathless.
or you gave up?

 

[Mikey B]

Just read this entire thread in one go. What a rollercoaster ride that was, and I don't just mean the SLC. I admire mp3 for having a go, however I would have agreed with the first piece of advice of getting a pro for this project, if I'd come across the thread at the start. Nevertheless the thread contained plenty of good advice that no doubt got the guy through. I was disappointed not to see the finished product, but hopefully that will follow soon. I hope it turns out good for you Wizard, also I hope other keen diy enthusiasts take on board the troubles you had, and if they are still set on doing it themselves, then they should follow your lead and request the help and advice of the forum.

 

[Old Mod]

Just read this entire thread in one go. What a rollercoaster ride that was, and I don't just mean the SLC. I admire mp3 for having a go, however I would have agreed with the first piece of advice of getting a pro for this project, if I'd come across the thread at the start. Nevertheless the thread contained plenty of good advice that no doubt got the guy through. I was disappointed not to see the finished product, but hopefully that will follow soon. I hope it turns out good for you Wizard, also I hope other keen diy enthusiasts take on board the troubles you had, and if they are still set on doing it themselves, then they should follow your lead and request the help and advice of the forum.

Thanks Mikey,

 

[Blunt Tool]

Thanks a lot @3_fall, not listening to you again. Started prepping a big floor today. Customer went away at 8am with her 2 teenage daughters and left me a key. Started in the big sun lounge area and decided to try your tip so went and got a big plastic cup of water, put it in the middle of the floor and began the Micheal Flattley Riverdance routine! Must have been 3 minutes into it and guess who I saw staring through the sun lounge windows? How do you even explain what the hell a 50 year old 6ft 2, 18 stone tiler is doing in your sun lounge!!!

 

[Old Mod]

Thanks a lot @3_fall, began the Micheal Flattley Riverdance routine!

That has definitely brightened my day,
thank you Ian! Haha

 

[Blunt Tool]

That has definitely brightened my day,
thank you Ian! Haha

Think I'm lucky I still have the job! They did see the funny side

 

[Old Mod]

Think I'm lucky I still have the job! They did see the funny side

Well...... it does beg the question, why were you trying to find deflection in a screeded floor? Haha

 

[Blunt Tool]

Haven't even got to that stage it's been plyed and was wanting to make sure I was happy with everything before went any further!