How best to Tile a room? - TilersForums.com

[hmtiling]

Yeah well done Tom, see you next Tuesday,

Is Tom coming to help you out?

 

[Flintstone]

The only way to sort it is to give the whole floor one good coat of slc over what's there, it needs doing right next time, if your not confident just swallow your pride and pay some one to do that for you, it has a massive bearing on how the finished floor turns out. Your gonna need another 10 bags

 

[mp3wizard]

ok, Can you please tell me what exactly is wrong with what's been done so far? I really did follow everything advised to the letter, spiked roller, pouring equal amounts, only trowlling a little bit on the edges.

I don't think Tom would help me lol

 

[Simons70]

so tomorrow what if I attempt to do the rest, and I can put a bit more of the slc on the areas that are too thin?

This is not easy job.Bear in mind not all slc stick over slc and can crack everywhere.

 

[Flintstone]

You have probably mixed it too thick, and over troweled it with a hand trowel. You need to make extra care that everything is well stuck down so the wires don't pop up when your levelling, which is what's happend, and any extra thick wires such as the cold tail, usually you chop that into the insulation a bit to keep the height right

 

[Flintstone]

Is that the end of the probe sticking up in the bottom of the 1st picture

 

[WetSaw]

It looks like not enough SLC and pouring too slowly. You will probably find a second layer easier as you've now got a relatively flat surface to go over. Buy more SLC than you need, you can usually take back what you don't use.

 

[mp3wizard]

it was 2 different brands of slc, first batch of 5 felt good, the 2nd batch didn't have the same consistency, the correct water levels were followed, my bro trowled it a tiny bit on the sides, but where it looks rough, it was literally just a spiked roller, I think the heating mats are still stuck to the floor, but the slc is not think enough in places, yes it's the cold tail that is sticking up, the power leads were really thick, so it was a bit thicker there to try and cover them,

 

[mp3wizard]

so you shouldn't be able to see any outline of the mats at all?

 

[Bill]

ok, Can you please tell me what exactly is wrong with what's been done so far? I really did follow everything advised to the letter, spiked roller, pouring equal amounts, only trowlling a little bit on the edges.

I don't think Tom would help me lol

I have already helped you but you ignored me.

 

[Flintstone]

Here's one I levelled last year, you can still see the wire outlines but they are fully covered

 

[mp3wizard]

He has lost the *** packet so all measurements are in his head.

But if you would have a got a pro tiler in, just to look at the job he/she would have told you from the getgo about height tolerances.

Get an artist (a pro one) to paint a tile effect 1 metre from the bi-fold doors........

At least buy a ticket John........

Jeepers............


That's help is it Tom?

 

[mp3wizard]

nice job, I see what you mean

 

[mp3wizard]

well if I use the 5 bags to complete the rest of the unfinished area and let it dry, then buy an additional 10 bags to pour over everything I have already covered, it should be a lot easier without all the mats and wires.

 

[Bill]

Here is a job I am 'sorting' out for a customer who tried to tile and use SLC themselves..... notice the difference in my finished SLC to theirs?