leveling

[rinkydinkydoodaa]

Hi I want to tile a wall but a section of the top slopes in by about 20mm. Can someone please tell me the best way to level.
Thanks

 

[joe-90]

Why worry about it? Just tile it as is. To level it up you'll have to make the room smaller.

 

[Richard C]

If it’s a gentle slope over a large area you may be better off leaving it as suggested but if the difference is over less than a couple of feet or so you could have problems laying the tiles, depending how large they are. When you say its 20mm out, over what distance is that? Is the whole wall just out of plumb or is the plaster not flat? Is it in one corner, the centre or where?

 

[rinkydinkydoodaa]

It's the area above the window. it's about 3 foot wide and slopes inwards at the top to the ceiling. It would probally only affect the top layer of tiles which can not be placed unless I level.

Thanks

 

[rinkydinkydoodaa]

Need to sort this out soon please

 

[joe-90]

Why don't you go and demand free advice off your solicitor and see how far you get.

 

[rinkydinkydoodaa]

Why don't you go and demand free advice off your solicitor and see how far you get.

So where exactly am I demanding

Sorry are you a puppet or a muppet ?

 

[joe-90]

Whatever I am - I know the answer to your question - but i don't do demands. See ya.

 

[Richard C]

Abusing the regular contributors won't help solve your problem!

22mm is a lot to be out; is the wall a render/plaster finish over block/brick or has the wall been dry lined? Assuming it’s not been dry lined, it’s just the plaster that’s out & not the block/brick work behind; the best way of tackling it would be to remove the plaster on the offending bit of wall, use Hardwall or Bonding plaster to level it with the rest & tile directly over that. If the plaster is not deep enough you may be able to reduce the difference to a more manageable amount but I would be keen to find out why it’s like it in the first place; is the window an original feature or has someone cut a new opening? Are you sure the lintel’s not on the move? Is there any evidence of cracking?

You could always tile up to the top of the window & leave it at that!

 

[JerryM]

it's difficult to picture exactly but i'm pretty sure i would just put thicker tile adhesive on and blend the tiles in so that they don't catch the eye.

if you’re sure it won't work go for Richards

 

[kitessurfer]

Agree with JerryM, I've used more adhesive in places to compensate when I tiled my bathroom out some years back.

 

[rinkydinkydoodaaa]

Thanks for all your help. sorted.

apologies to joe 90.

 

[savilleorange]

On a different Forum I used to visit, a lot of posts ended up being used as weapons of mass insults!

I am new to this board and have been receiving nothing but help from all the contributors. There are some cheeky chaps out there but as long as they solve our problems we should be able to take their terse comments in our stride and thank them for their time and for sharing their knowledge.

Carry on the good work guys.

 

[JerryM]

Mr orange,

agree entirely with your thoughts - insults achieve nothing but our collective efforts all pulling in the same direction is the without doubt what we all need.

thanks for taking the time to add your encouragement - it's really appreciated