tiling a floor

[zippy656]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

 

[rustic]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

Hi zippy, planning is the important part, you don't want thin tiles around the edge of the room, as it will show any errors in the walls etc. Also plan how the tile will look in doorways for the same reason, you don't want 1" strips of tiles.

I used the plastic X spacers, but I didn't bed them in with grout, I used them so they gave the space and so could be removed.

When you have planned the layout, start in the middle I used a straight length of wood and tile to that, next day remove the wood and start from this straight edge. If you start from a corner you will make the errors worse and you will have odd gaps.

Don't grout until all the tiles are set.

Cutting the tiles around the edges is a time consuming job.

If you haven't got a tile cutter, then you can use a grinder, on the back, but it makes huge clouds of dust.

Hope this helps as a start.
best regards, Rustic

 

[lacroupade]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

You should be PMing Colin.....

 

[Duggysdad]

Tileing a floor.

Take great care, as when its done if it dont look right its a lot harder to get them up without dammaging the others and dont try to mix alot of adheasive in one go as it goes off fast.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

'I've done that with the X spacers, use more of them and leave them sticking up so you can pull them out when the adhesive is set, I also use an angle grinder with a diamond blade for cutting, it helps to keep the dust down if you run the tile under the tap first so the back is damp :thumb2

 

[lacroupade]

Take great care, as when its done if it dont look right its a lot harder to get them up without dammaging the others and dont try to mix alot of adheasive in one go as it goes off fast.

...on which point the rapid set adhesive is far easier to get off than the normal stuff which sets like fecking concrete.:doh

 

[MudLifeCrisis]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

Find a tile just over 3 mts x 4 mts


Brian ;O)

 

[R1cho]

use linoleum, cheaper and easier :thumb2

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

use linoleum, cheaper and easier :thumb2

is that posh lino? :nenau

 

[R1cho]

yea, it cleans its self :lol

 

[solarman216]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

first thing I want to ask is what is the existing floor? screeded, wood, does it move, etc Rick

 

[zippy656]

dont move,, nice and hard

 

[ssteve]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

yeah get someone to do it for you!!

ssteve

 

[Deleted account DD]

is that posh lino? :nenau

good lord no old chap, youre thinking of cushioned flooring

 

[Deleted account DD]

come on guys any tips on tiling a dinning room floor just under 13square meters..

buy at least 14 sq m of stuff because if you dont youll inevitably have cock ups and not be able to get more :thumb2

 

[zippy656]

me cock it up.. never

well that will be when I call


Extream! to put it all right

 

[lacroupade]

buy at least 14 sq m of stuff because if you dont youll inevitably have cock ups and not be able to get more :thumb2

..not to mention the busted tiles you always find in the middle of the box :doh

 

[CaptLimey]

Hi Zippy
You might want to consider in which aspect you want to lay the tiles i.e. 'square' to the walls or in a diagonal aspect i.e. as if in a straight line from one corner of the room to the other. From experience I can say the the latter method is better for dealing with a room that is not truly square (and a truly square room is a rare animal!). It is a great way to deal with edges in that you don't have to cut thin slivers to deal with non-square walls, you cut triangular pieces which will not emphasise the lack of 'square' because there are no lines that should be parallel to the walls.
Rgds CL.

 

[zippy656]

I can see your point CaptLimy, but i have things i cant remover from teh room so got to do half then the other half.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

Hi Zippy
You might want to consider in which aspect you want to lay the tiles i.e. 'square' to the walls or in a diagonal aspect i.e. as if in a straight line from one corner of the room to the other. From experience I can say the the latter method is better for dealing with a room that is not truly square (and a truly square room is a rare animal!). It is a great way to deal with edges in that you don't have to cut thin slivers to deal with non-square walls, you cut triangular pieces which will not emphasise the lack of 'square' because there are no lines that should be parallel to the walls.
Rgds CL.

that sounds like a plan! how do you start, in the middle of the room? And how do you set the angle of the first tile, draw a line from corner to corner of the room?