About 15 years ago we had Amtico floor tiles installed in our bathroom by a
professional installer.

Over the past couple of weeks we have refurbished our bathroom and replaced
the cast iron bath with an acrylic one and also had a shower installed in
the bath.

There is now a gap of 167 cm long x 3 cm wide at the bottom of the bath,
however I have managed to acquire some free samples of the same Amtico
tiles, and have cut them to fit this long thin gap. Once they're in place I
will mastic around the join to the bath.

My problem is adhesive to stick these tiles onto the plywood substrate: I
don't want to have to buy 2.5 litres of Amtico adhesive for nearly £10 to
use on only a half a square foot of tiles. Can anybody recommend another
suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would come in, say, a small tube for a
few quid? I don't anticipate a lot of water getting on the floor there.

Thanks for any help.

Sandra

someone wrote:
About 15 years ago we had Amtico floor tiles installed in our bathroom by a
professional installer.

Over the past couple of weeks we have refurbished our bathroom and replaced
the cast iron bath with an acrylic one and also had a shower installed in
the bath.

There is now a gap of 167 cm long x 3 cm wide at the bottom of the bath,
however I have managed to acquire some free samples of the same Amtico
tiles, and have cut them to fit this long thin gap. Once they're in place I
will mastic around the join to the bath.

My problem is adhesive to stick these tiles onto the plywood substrate: I
don't want to have to buy 2.5 litres of Amtico adhesive for nearly £10 to
use on only a half a square foot of tiles. Can anybody recommend another
suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would come in, say, a small tube for a
few quid? I don't anticipate a lot of water getting on the floor there.

Thanks for any help.

Sandra



Any "no more nails" type product should do that. The Pound Shop do one
in a small tube that would be plenty.

In article , someone
writes

My problem is adhesive to stick these tiles onto the plywood substrate: I
don't want to have to buy 2.5 litres of Amtico adhesive for nearly £10 to
use on only a half a square foot of tiles. Can anybody recommend another
suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would come in, say, a small tube for a
few quid? I don't anticipate a lot of water getting on the floor there.

Contact adhesive sounds ideal for this sort of job:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p91616 or the more famous Evo-Stik
brand.

Use in original confident mode:
Apply to both surfaces, allow to dry, bring surfaces together, they will
stick without any possibility of realignment.

or

Non-confident mode:
Apply to one surface and bring together immediately, some realignment
possible if you're quick.

First one is meant to give a better bond but for the offcuts you
mention, I would go for the second.
--
fred
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On Jul 14, 5:16*pm, "someone" wrote:
About 15 years ago we had Amtico floor tiles installed in our bathroom by a
professional installer.

Over the past couple of weeks we have refurbished our bathroom and replaced
the cast iron bath with an acrylic one and also had a shower installed in
the bath.

There is now a gap of *167 cm long x 3 cm wide at the bottom of the bath,
however I have managed to acquire some free samples of the same Amtico
tiles, and have cut them to fit this long thin gap. *Once they're in place I
will mastic around the join to the bath.

My problem is adhesive to stick these tiles onto the plywood substrate: *I
don't want to have to buy 2.5 litres of Amtico adhesive for nearly £10 to
use on only a half a square foot of tiles. *Can anybody recommend another
suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would come in, say, a small tube for a
few quid? *I don't anticipate a lot of water getting on the floor there..

Thanks for any help.

Sandra

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Vinyl_tile

On Jul 14, 7:46*pm, NT wrote:
On Jul 14, 5:16*pm, "someone" wrote:



About 15 years ago we had Amtico floor tiles installed in our bathroom by a
professional installer.

Over the past couple of weeks we have refurbished our bathroom and replaced
the cast iron bath with an acrylic one and also had a shower installed in
the bath.

There is now a gap of *167 cm long x 3 cm wide at the bottom of the bath,
however I have managed to acquire some free samples of the same Amtico
tiles, and have cut them to fit this long thin gap. *Once they're in place I
will mastic around the join to the bath.

My problem is adhesive to stick these tiles onto the plywood substrate: *I
don't want to have to buy 2.5 litres of Amtico adhesive for nearly £10 to
use on only a half a square foot of tiles. *Can anybody recommend another
suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would come in, say, a small tube for a
few quid? *I don't anticipate a lot of water getting on the floor there.

Thanks for any help.

Sandra

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Vinyl_tile

sorry, it doesnt actually answer the question!

"someone" wrote in message
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Can anybody recommend another suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would
come in, say, a small tube for a few quid? I don't anticipate a lot of
water getting on the floor there.


Thank you all so much for your advice, I can now see a way forward and I'll
check out your recommendations in more detail. I hadn't considered a no
more nails type product for this application. The evo-stik alternative
sounds good too. The wiki.diyfaq site leads on to other interesting answers
for questions I hadn't even thought of yet.

best regards from Sandra

someone wrote:
"someone" wrote in message
...
snip

Can anybody recommend another suitable adhesive for PVC tiles that would
come in, say, a small tube for a few quid? I don't anticipate a lot of
water getting on the floor there.


Thank you all so much for your advice, I can now see a way forward and I'll
check out your recommendations in more detail. I hadn't considered a no
more nails type product for this application. The evo-stik alternative
sounds good too. The wiki.diyfaq site leads on to other interesting answers
for questions I hadn't even thought of yet.

best regards from Sandra



Either way the Pound Shop will do you :-) Mine does a solvent based UHU
contact adhesive.