Any pro tilers out there?
When I last tiled a shower I used a flat bed of adhesive (as advised
somewhere), rather than the usual rippled bed, but it was a real pain to
get the tiles flat - is it really necessary?
I'm about to tile the bathroom and would prefer to make life a little
easier.

Dave

Dave wrote:
Any pro tilers out there?
When I last tiled a shower I used a flat bed of adhesive (as advised
somewhere), rather than the usual rippled bed, but it was a real pain
to get the tiles flat - is it really necessary?
I'm about to tile the bathroom and would prefer to make life a little
easier.

Dave

(as advised somewhere), here's a gun shoot him...hands Dave the gun.

The reason for the ripple is so you have enough adhesive to play about with
to get it level and any bumps in the wall will counteract with parts of the
wall thats not bumpy.



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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Dave wrote:
Any pro tilers out there?
When I last tiled a shower I used a flat bed of adhesive (as advised
somewhere), rather than the usual rippled bed, but it was a real pain
to get the tiles flat - is it really necessary?
I'm about to tile the bathroom and would prefer to make life a little
easier.

Dave
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/TILING_WALL.htm
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:22:27 +0000 (UTC), Dave wrote:

When I last tiled a shower I used a flat bed of adhesive (as advised
somewhere), rather than the usual rippled bed

What possible improvement could a flat bed make? If water gets behind
the tiles, you are ****ed anyway.

--
Nigel M

Nigel Molesworth wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:22:27 +0000 (UTC), Dave wrote:


When I last tiled a shower I used a flat bed of adhesive (as advised
somewhere), rather than the usual rippled bed


What possible improvement could a flat bed make? If water gets behind
the tiles, you are ****ed anyway.

I think the idea is that the adhesive forms a waterproof barrier.

Dave

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Nigel Molesworth wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:22:27 +0000 (UTC), Dave wrote:


When I last tiled a shower I used a flat bed of adhesive (as advised
somewhere), rather than the usual rippled bed


What possible improvement could a flat bed make? If water gets behind
the tiles, you are ****ed anyway.

I think the idea is that the adhesive forms a waterproof barrier.

'Normal' tile adhesive will not form a waterproof barrier. That's what the
grout and silicon is for. If water leaks behind the tiles they will
eventually fall off!

HTH

John