Tiling Over 2 Days - will the adhesive shrink significantly? - TilersForums.com

[EdMac]

I have a 17 m sq floor area which is an irregular shape and requires cutting tiles - mostly single cuts but some with multiple cuts.

I am using a leveling system like this one: Google Image Result for https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I3Q015R7LxA/maxresdefault.jpg - https://goo.gl/images/FapT39
and this adhesive: 7.adhesive.jpg - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tC6_m_Xyvumr-ekj2ESO_3H7ZxltQKCQ/view?usp=sharing

I plan to lay all of the non-cut tiles in the first day and if I have time to cut I'll do the rest - but plan to take my time.

I'm wondering if the adhesive shrinks at all as it dries and if so that will offset the leveling system and create lippage. Is this likely to be an issue?

 

[Bill]

Adhesive will shrink but if you use the levelling system correctly - along with mixing the adhesive uniformly in all mixes, then there should not be any lippage to worry about.

 

[Spare Tool]

Worse thing you can do is leave all your cuts till the end, complete a full row at a time or believe me you will come a cropper!!

 

[Flintstone]

Cut as you go and avoid any potential issues, it might seem like your flying on day one getting full tiles down but I don't think it's any faster doing it that way. Use standard set adhesive and it will last all day in the bucket

 

[EdMac]

OK thanks guys, I'll do that and try and get everything done in one long day, they're 59x59 tiles so not a huge number to lay.