Recent content by Bryce

Thank you. I'm in the middle of laying them now. Seems to be going ok but I'm making a mess of face of tiles with adhesive. It wipes off easy but I'm finding I'm working too far then struggle to reach back to clean. Tips?

I'm making a start on my garage floor tomorrow. I think I have all I need and have watched a few online videos of "how to". There's no mention of trowel size though. I'm putting down ceramics on a 'fairly' even surface. What's I've got by the way is: Primer Adhesive Tiles Spacers Trowels...

Making a start this afternoon and shop shuts in a couple if hours. When I was in looking at tiles the lads in there said I should use flexi adhesive but I'm sure I've read elsewhere that it should be non flexi. It's a concrete floor and I'll be using ceramics. Thanks

PVA glue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_acetate

PVA is a glue. Its used in schools for sticking paper together! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_acetate

Thank you for the quick reply. The surface is smooth-ish but not polished. Is the pva I mentioned not the solution for giving a surface to adhere to? Weather wise.. Its always cold and wet here, however my garage is water tight and stays above freezing due to hot water tank and central...

Im going to be tiling my garage floor and Im looking for advice on what I'll need. I intend on doing all the work myself. The floor is currently smooth concrete but with a few chips out of it. Nothing deeper than 10mm I'd say. Do I need to worry about filling these chips or should the...