Wall tilers - room by room - on discovery home and leisure

Who watched it yesterday? I tuned in half way through and saw a tiler tiling the wall.

But he was doing it an unusual way.

Instead of spreading the adeshive on the wall he dot and dabbed it on the tile and then stuck each one on individually.

I was under the impression that by doing this, when the blobs dry they will pull in the tile and the areas where there is no adeshive the tile will crack.

They were limestone tiles however, if this makes any difference to this tecnique.

Didn't see it but if they were large format tiles then dabs are the way to go as you cannot get the amount of adjustment with the thickness of adhesive you get from a trowel if the walls are uneven.

Also needs to be powdered adhesive as the readymixed is not designed for this type of use, also should be white for limestone to avoid discolouration.

Jason

didn't see it but dot and dab is a big NO NO for tiling. The minimum british standard is 50% coverage for tiles and that is in a dry internal area. If it is a wet area then you have to have 100% coverage. Don't always believe what you see on the TV.


P.