How To Tile Over Timber Like a Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2020
- Here's how you tile onto a timber floor like a floor tiling pro.
A great job and you can see why this tiler has a 3-month waiting list!
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Hard graft tiling. I learned that the hard way at 60-odd years old. This guy is a real pro.
I did the whole ground floor of our house in those plank tiles, they have a curve in them, I had to use those clamp things. forget how many square metres, but it was 900kg of tiles anyway, and another pallet of adhesive and grout. R12 non slip. Took 3 weekends with a house full of dogs and furniture. I was a broken man before I got to the grouting. Concrete floors, luckily flat. Not level, but flat. That was the important thing.
That rapid-flex is brilliant stuff. Multi-tool priceless. knee pads essential.
A pro would probably have done it in an afternoon without the dogs and furniture in the way 😂
Then I find out my neighbour is a tiler. 🤷🏻♂️
Got handy with an angle grinder though, amazing what you can do with one of those once you get your eye in and chuck the guard away.
This video is spot on. Just 2 years too late for me lol.
These guys who handball tonnes of tiles up three flights of stairs in a morning deserve a medal the size of a frying pan.
It's not an old man's job, that's for sure. It's for the young and the fit and the smart.
Everyone thinks our tiles are wood floors till they drop their phone 😬
Commend your tenacity sir. Seeing it to the end. 👍
You’re funny and yes they do have a curve in them .With a 10mm bed though you should be ok .Well done .
This guy reminds me of Simon's dad on the inbetweeners
1st thing I thought “The phone shop” manager!
That's who I thought he looked like! Cheers 👍
🤣🤣🤣🤣 best comparison I've heard for a long time
Cutting around things like that is something that isn’t really taught it’s more about experience. Nice job.
It is nice when it goes right first time and we capture it on video. He did well.
@@SkillBuilder I'd have probably discarded at least one tile in the process...
There are Tilers and there are Tilers...Great job Kev even with the old bloke filming and asking lots of questions...
Well done the tiler , not easy grafting while someone's watching and recording you .
When you look at some of the comments it is a wonder that we get anyone to agree to be filmed. He is giving away information hard won through experience.
A true professional is not concerned about the audience.
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@@SkillBuilder yeah I think the same. Potentially putting yourself out of work giving away your knowledge like that. Nuff love Rodger and team.
I do kitchens and bathrooms so do a lot of tiling , I can’t believe this fella hasn’t got a washboy! Game changer when I got mine a few years back! Makes the first wash off so easy and with your sponge float it stops you digging in to the grout lines, also I’ve been using the clip and wedge system for a few years now and especially on big tiles ! Wouldn’t do it any other way it makes it so easy and eliminates lipping of any tiles they are great!
Anything that makes it easier is worth it in my book
I asked him about the Washboy and he said he would do it on a large job but this is not worth getting it out
I will definitely keep that tool in mind.
I do tiling now and again and am ok at it, not amazing, but ok. Anything to make me better is welcome.
Ive used the vitrex wedge and clip system in the past, but didnt like it. I found it didnt work for thinner tiles, needed to use spacers under the wedges to make it work.
Skill Builder not worth getting it out!!!!
It’s hardly a big bit of kit which needs setting up is it, keeps your hands out of the water! Keeps it more even, get a much bigger surface area with the sponge float , I use it every time no matter how big or small a job , it’s just better
@@uniqprojects381 is it? What’s the advantage over just a sponge?
Never heard the term washboy, so had to look in the comments. Thought it was a young boy who washes the floor down for you as you go 😃
This channel is invaluable. Thanks for your efforts.
Good job with the cuts at the stairs. I've been tiling for 20 years and it's amazing to see how other professionals do it. I always make a template using the cardboard from the tile box and transfer it into the tile. It always fits 1st time, but everyone works differently and whatever works for you is great. With regards to the de coupling membrane, have you tried BAL Rapid mat on screed floors? It requires a lot less adhesive and can be filed onto straight away. More expensive than Ditra or Durabase, but saves you money on adhesive and time on the job.
good to see when i tile im doing the same things iv been a builder for 16years and tileing still vexes me. great job that man.
Great to see a top tradesman at work. There’s jobs worth doing yourself but the average DIY’er will never match this. Great content and very informative
Tiling is one of those jobs that everyone can do...but very few can do it well.
Fantastic job, great to see people taking such pride in their work. Would have liked to see how the radiator pipes were dealt with.
super great addition to the channel ... thanks Skill Builder
This tiles is an artist. Brilliant work.
Excellent video, really enjoyed this one. Bit of a surgeon with the grinder. Thank you 👍👏👏
Excellent work by a proper tradesman! It did make me chuckle when I saw his grinder, we install a lot of external porcelain and our 4" grinder is exactly the same 🤦♂️😂👍
Excellent really enjoyed watching you put that lovely floor down.
How wonderful to watch such effortless skill. How easy he makes a very difficult job look.
Happy and safe Christmas and much better 2021 to the whole team
Craftsmen at their best, its great to see a guy whos attitude is, only the best will do.
Amazing to watch a pro at work. Almost hypnotised.
Nice job. Made them cuts look easy
Nice to see him double gloved up
Looks hard work .... hence why my tiles are still in the shed .... its the two hour queue for the tip makes me await till next year
The finish looks superb, and he's definitely a pro. I do wonder what plumbers / sparks think about accessing the floor void for repairs though? Is it easy enough to take up? Really nice video, not rushed just easy watching 👍
Nice job that, interesting about staggering the joints. As always they have some real good tradesman on top of their game
Nice job... I underestimated the skill involved in doing top quality tiling
That's a beautiful tile choice.
Love too see a pro at work 👌
He’s done a great job ; most customers I find don’t want to pay for it though ; but still want a top job ; very frustrating .
Great job, that guy knows his stuff.
With ditra matting you can also put it down and tile on screed almost straight away within 48 hours instead of waiting 2 weeks for it to dry. People have said its expensive but not as expensive as taking up a new floor to put down the matting and tiling again!
Made it look so easy with experience age & doing the job many time builds up experience & skill lovely job. I am no expert buy no means but that’s looks pucker to me 👍
quality work.
Hope I can tile as well as this one day! Really good 👏🏻
Another superb video, probably my next job the missus has lined up for me !
Hard work tiling on your knees, nice job
Simon’s dad from the inbetweeners has had a career change😂👍🏻 great job keep the videos coming 👍🏻🔧
Let the man work! Sheesh
Looked ok, only time will tell
Brilliant job , personally I wouldn't fancy tiles that look like laminate boards, but obviously it's the owerns choice .
Now thats a lovely floor
Thanks
Nice cuts. It looks much better staggered like that. I hope the carpet fitter doesn't crack that tile with his bolster.
There’s no chance with the amount of adhesive that Kev gets under those tiles, it’s like concrete!
Not sure I like wood effect tiles, missed opportunity to have some really Blenheim / Victorian pattern tiles but each to their own. Proper job 👍
Use a levelling system with that tile makes the job so much easier and the finished result a lot better
Exactly. I started using them years ago and wouldn’t even entertain laying wall or floor tiles without them. What’s he on about being able to push the crown out of a tile ?
All the knobs nit picking (try it)
They prefer to sit there and criticise.
@@SkillBuilder ...while their house falls apart around them.
Not really , maybe pros that can see a quicker easier way of doing it , and thinking why don’t you do it this way , not criticism , looks a nice job! , just can see ways that he could make it easier for himself, like during the clip and wedge system! Would eliminate and lips and in large tiles like that which can bow keeps them dead level with the tile next to it no lips and flat they are great! Saves taking them back up trying to get a bit more adhesive under tile getting messy ect or struggling to push one corner down , wouldn’t do a floor tiling job without them now
I watched James video of laying the floor, are you able to list the materials used to build up to the tiles? Would it be okay to use this same method to build up on top of TF70 Kingspan insulation? Thanks so much in advance. 🙏
Good video. My question is - is it safe to step on fresh layed tiles? Will they not slide?
edited: Ok I found. You have rapid adhesive ;)
Great job, and whilst being watched and asked questions!
Guys got the worst customer next to him and still not messing anything up ✌️
He is cool, he has done it before and the purpose of the video was for him to talk about the job as well as showing it. Sorry for all the questions
@@SkillBuilder I’m a plumber myself I get the video. Usually when a customer sits watching asking questions knowing it all. it goes wrong that’s all I meant. Your a top guy mate. Love your videos especially the climate change one and heating vid.
@@plumbertime Yes O.K sorry I get a bit fed up with people telling me not to ask questions and, as you can see from the comments here, there are still lots of things I didn't ask that people want to know.
@@SkillBuilder keep asking please, when I watch your vids I always see a thing or two I would like to ask a question about, and by the end of the video you always ask like you read my mind. Your uploads would be great without questions too, but those questions round things up perfectly for me, thank you.
Cracking job, bloody nightmare to lay those tiles. I find it difficult enough when the client is asking questions while I work never mind Roger with a camera
Hope these tradesmen don’t get put off by all the stupid comments
Thanks
just done my front room and hall way with a similar tile the slab was up hill and down dale obviously the slab was laid on a friday after a good night on Thursday . was wincing when he was not using the guard on the grinder
Tidy job that.......would you be able to share the type of cutting disc that is and the size?
Hi There. I like your video. thanks. QUESTION ? I am doing a small tiling job. only x 2 square meters bathroom floor. I want to know ? Is there any multi purpose adhesive which I could use for both - sticking on waterproof decoupling membrane onto a concrete subfloor and also using the same adhesive for sticking tiles on top of it ?
Looks like Simons dad out of inbetweeners 🤣 Fair play
Great watching a tradesman at the top of his game . Very enlightening.
Jeez Rog you got a bit close with camera a one point , I thought you were going to poke him in the eye 👁 🤣🧱👍🏽
Ninja camera work
@@SkillBuilder 😳🤣🤣🧱👍🏽
What tiles are these?
Any ideas where these tiles were bought from?
What brand of disk was he using on the grinder? Tried a few, always looking for a good one.
looked like a rubi tva
Masterclass! One point, i noticed the tiler put the adhesive on the floor and also wiped a thin layer on the tile, what is the thinking of doing that?
It’s called back buttering! So you fill the voided on the back of tile and that way make sure there is total coverage when the tile is pushed down
Priming the tile so that it sticks better
Can you add underfloor heating to this?
hi.great video.What disc did you use to cut the curve in the tiles for the bottom of the stairs.Cheers.
Looked like a stone cutting disc I’m not sure though.
For any amateurs out there (like me) try using a profile gauge to mark around corners and curves, it always works for me, but remember the golden rule.
Measure twice, cut once! 👍
What’s the orange stuff and what’s it for ?
Great job!! Whats the orange backing stuff and what does it do?
uncouples the sub floor from the tiles so the movement in the timber floor is not pulling laterally on the tile adhesive.
The Ditra Mat has a fleece back and that stays bonded but the plastic is free to move slightly.
@@SkillBuilder Ah that makes sense. I wasn't aware the sub floor was timber.
Looking forward to seeing a followup on the finished floor.
Is a decoupling membrane essential if tiling over concrete creed with underfloor heating?
I had some advice from Ardex who told me that with a flexible tile adhesive and a small room, such as a kitchen, you don't need a decoupling membrane. Talking to Schluter, who make the membrane, they say that if you want to avoid trouble use one.
If you don't have room for the build up then just make sure you prime the floor and use a good flexible adesive and grout and, importantly allow a 10mm expanison gap around the edges of the room.
How soon after a tiled floor been laid can you walk on it
what's underneath the decoupling ? New/old t&g ? how old is the house?
There is a previous video on preparing the sub floor. th-cam.com/video/X-jgo7EZnOw/w-d-xo.html
He looks like the manager in the programme called phone shop. Nice work by the way
who also played simons dad off the inbetweeners
that video completely "floored" me.
What's the actual reason grouts (or atleast mapei which I use) says to mix then give it a few minutes then mix again?
It activates the polymers
Do you need a vapour barrier on a timber floor?
I bought a couple of boxes of the wood grain effect tiles last year from Wicks, look really good on the display in the shop.
I got both boxes home and laid them loose on hallway floor to admire my splendid choice and good taste then found that every tile was bowed. I checked all the others in both packs and every tile was bowed. They were about £60 or something which I don't think is cheap for 6 tiles per box. Anyway took them back for swap, checked other tiles in the shop and all were bowed. Got a refund in the end. So who actually buys all these bowed tiles and installs them is what I want to know.
A lot of people would use a leveling system to take the bow out, depending on how bad they were of course.
Youve got to use leveling clips with long plank style tiles
It is very hard to make a long ceramic tile that is completely flat. It is all to do with the firing
There ok if you live on a slight hill
At 1/2 bond you are likely to get lippage, Unless your tiles are completely flat which is never the case or you use a tile levelling system. You can’t bend the tiles using adhesive
That was the whole point of the question and he answered it
21:10 He says he uses a primer on the plywood before the membrane, but I've been told that you should only tile the underneath of the ply, no the top.
Which is it?
Using an uncoupling membrane 👍
I seen him before he's one of the dads on the inbetweeners lol. Never knew he was a tiler lol
😂 jays dad with the caravan
Where is the bit you laid down the orange underlay?
If your using detra then 2mm grout is fine because your not tiling straight onto a concrete floor that might move the detra allows the concrete to move under the detra. My friend laid his tiles with no grout line onto detra 5 years ago still fine .
Proper tiler .Look at the tile with two bullnose curves cut perfectly at the bottom of the stairs.Try cutting that without breaking it .
When the customer never stops asking quesiton... :D
I always wonder why certain people that already know everything come to look at these videos. 🤔
Is this the same floor that was bolstered with noggins and 22mm WBP ply in preparation for tiling a month or so back?
It is!
No YT when I tiled the kitchen, the grout is still stuck in the grain!
Didn’t know Eddie Webber from the film the business did tiling lol 🔥🔫
You can clearly see a huge difference between a pro and a basic DIY'er. Can't be easy doing the job whilst having questions fired at you.
What's the grid material made of under the tiles? We had our bathroom floor tiled and the guy just tiled direct on the wooden floor. It isn't a big bathroom and the tiles were large squares.
You can do it with the new adhesives but it isn't ideal
I tiled my floors over AquaPanel. Screws the panels at 100mm centres with a flooring adhesive underneath. No cracks 10 years later. But it will be new boards and everything if it ever gets replaced.
Think the orange grid is Ditra decoupling membrane (nb I'm not an expert)
I think you need to add a stickie at the head of the comments to tell folk who didn't watch the whole video or listen to the several times where DITRA MAT decoupling layer was mentioned and explained!
BTW, what is that orange stuff below the tiles.... ? 😁
People don't want to watch the video, they just fire off the question.
👍
What's the name of the plastic underlay?
Schluter ditra
Oops just heard the name, I should have waited :-)
Ditra mat from Schluter
If I was there it would have been at least a 28 biscuit job!
What are your favourite biscuits mate?
@@MrJFoster1984 malted milk! Mmmm
@@MrJFoster1984 Free ones
I have several and often empty the pack in one go. If I have to choose they would be White Chocolate Tim Tams. Bite a small amount off the diagonal opposing corners, dip the end in your tea and suck up the tea into the biscuit like it's a straw. Remove and place the whole biscuit in your mouth as it melts. Pure heaven 🤤👍
@@MrJFoster1984 that sounds so good! I need to get some of those over here!
Is this practical ? If any work need to be done on the pipes or wires under the tiles it is going to be very messy.
There is an access hatch under the stairs. A lot of people tile over services. If anything goes wrong they take it on the chin.
No junction boxes under there and the pipework is all new.
No clips….good lad 😎
Any idea what was used to seal the plywood prior to matt going down ?
It’s an acrylic primer.
Fantastic prep work and tiling 100%. All to lay tiles that look like a wooden floor 🤷♂️
how can u make it 100% level ?
did stevie wonder trim the bottom of the door next to the stairs ?
🤣
The door is coming out and a downstairs toilet will be going in at a later stage when james king does the extension,then a toilet and sink will be going in.
Sorry said toilet twice
Multitool = ear defenders :)
Say what!
@Chris Collins look after your ears - using a multi tool without wearing ear defenders will cause tinnitus
Too right multi tools have to be the noisiest tool around. Can’t believe he’s using the grinder without the guard I’ve had a diamond disc fracture before now. Without the guard there’s only one way the bits are going.
Why would you have tiles that look like wood, is it a cost or maintenance thing compared to solid wood and laminate..not seen this before..
Part of the crazy world we live in. You can't see the wood for the trees.
British standard for tiling on the floor is 3 mm grout joint
yes but a lot of customers want a 2mm joint and in a hallway you can do it
Excellent craftsman ship but I still have no idea why some people want a tiled floor to look like it’s wood , why not put a laminate or karndene floor down ?
Them tiles are from topps by the looks of it 👍
Those tiles.
@@gbwildlifeuk8269 that grammar
@@gbwildlifeuk8269 I am with you. I hesitate to correct all these people who don't know when to use 'them' and 'those' because they get very upset.
@@SkillBuilder I am the same against the and they 😂
Or was you adding the northern twang to it
@@SkillBuilder “they” 😂
Don't use rapid set anything at home if you are new to tiling. This video has been made by professionals. Even he was pushing the boundaries a bit on that grouting going off.