morning . Simple floor tiling question .
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no no no !!!!!!!!!!
the cost of the TILES is £90 sq/m not the price for laying em
Thats why i'm getting a pro in to fit them. It's only a simple job for him as i've not fitted the sanitery stuff so it's only a saturday job.
Best bit is his son is a pro football player for Norwich with whom i'm a season ticket holder
the cost of the TILES is £90 sq/m not the price for laying em
Thats why i'm getting a pro in to fit them. It's only a simple job for him as i've not fitted the sanitery stuff so it's only a saturday job.
Best bit is his son is a pro football player for Norwich with whom i'm a season ticket holder
no no no !!!!!!!!!!
the cost of the TILES is £90 sq/m not the price for laying em
Thats why i'm getting a pro in to fit them. It's only a simple job for him as i've not fitted the sanitery stuff so it's only a saturday job.
Best bit is his son is a pro football player for Norwich with whom i'm a season ticket holder
ill stop packing then, it read that the job was paying £90 sq mdoes norwich and pro footballers go together?
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Reckon?
Methinks it's you that is a numpty.
Reckon?
Methinks it's you that is a numpty.
im sure he will bugger off soon enough after calling the might GC.
You know it.
I read this guys question and all the comments that followed and i reckon he is even more confused. I have done a few of these and I tend to do the floor first and then the walls. One guy mentioned about risk of breaking floor tiles, no such thing unless you are careless. At the end of the day, do it your way, no big deal
hi the great mally is still here, think we all no who i meant when i said numpty!
Int that right GC?!
if i were a little paranoid id think you were on about me??!?!?!
Perish the though Jef.
I agree that the risk of damaging floor tiles is not really a good enough excuse to leave the floor until after the walls. I'll explain my reasons for suggesting tiling the floor after the walls....I have done a few of these and I tend to do the floor first and then the walls. One guy mentioned about risk of breaking floor tiles, no such thing unless you are careless. At the end of the day, do it your way, no big deal
Ok, assuming you have a timber floor, if you tile the walls after the floor you can end up with a gap appearing where the floor and wall tiles meet. This can happen with natural movement due to moisture variations from season to season and can also happen with settlement but this is primarily in newer builds.
If you tile the floor last, any vertical movement of the floor will not be visible in the form of a gap because you could have up to 10mm of wall tile below the top surface of the floor tile. Also if you tile the floor last, you can allow for any upwards movement of the floor - if you tile straight onto the floor tiles and the floor swells upwards a little, the pressure could crack the wall tiles.
This is not an issue with solid floors.
The next reason is a bit more common sense but applies to solid and timber floors. If you need to take up the floor tiles (to repair plumbing or just to change the floor tiles) then you will damage the bottom row of wall tiles if you tiled the walls after the floor.
Finally, if you tile the walls last, you WILL get tile adhesive on the floor which will need to be cleaned up as you go. If you tile the walls first, you'll still get adhesive on the floor, but you won't need to be so meticulous with your clean up.
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