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David wrote:
One important thing with tiling is to put enough cement on the wall to
cover the space. If you do this your tiling will beat many
"professionals" who just put a dab under each tile - enough to hold
everything in place for a year or two!

I've recently replaced a window in a kitchen which was fully tiled. The
new window - a stock size - was slightly smaller which meant altering the
reveal and therefore the tiles round it. Luckily the tiles were of the
large mosaic type which are much stronger than normal wall tiles so I'd a
good chance of removing them intact (I had some spares, but not enough to
simply discard all the displaced ones)

The majority of the tiles were fixed using the 'notched' adhesive on the
wall method, but edge ones by the dab on the back way. Both methods
removed the skim off the plaster beneath, which was completely renewed
before tiling.

If tiles are falling off after a year or two, it's not the fixing *method*
that's at fault.

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*Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn