tiling my kitchen floor

dander

ormus wrote: »

my SIL used 5 tubs on his kitchen! the only man ever to spend more on adhesive than the actual floor tiles!

I paid more for adhesive than tiles as well when I tiled the downstairs loo. Admittedly, the tiles were rock bottom cheap, though!

ormus

ive seen tilers qoute from 30 to 45 quid per sq metre.
inc adhesive etc , excl the tiles.

Ionkontrol

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I hope the expected price you've given is for tiling outside of London, otherwise, I would have to completely disagree with the price per metre for laying porcelain tiles.
@Ionkontrol: I hope i didnt come across as too shocked :eek: by the price suggested only I wouldnt even get out of bed for that rate and the people I have met that do dont really know how to tile and certainly dont respect peoples property. Something which is very important to me.

:A

I meant to say 'at least'.
My Italian tiler did my 60x60 procelain for £30 a metre (mates rates).
I agree, people pay a lot for the materials and think you can slap them down for £10 a metre.

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blushingbride wrote: »

yes i am outside london

I am having house measured by my friend who fits vinyl & wood floors today

He said to have tiles i'd have to had a ply wood base & he doesnt recomend them ontop of wooden floors

however i havent put ply in my bathroom upstairs just laid them on the hardboard.

anyone else have opinions on this?

Also said it would raise the floor by 1" meaning it would be a step up from the laminate in my lounge

he lays Kardeen floor which i'd also be interested in so we'll see how expensive it is

Well, if your floor boards are securely fastened and with no real variation in height you can use a product called Ditra matting made by a company called Schluter, which is widely used for this sort of situation. It allows for the expansion and contraction of wood and for minor movement in floors. This should stop any cracking happening to your tiles.

you can also use an latex admix in both the adhesive and grout. This adds extra flexibility to those materials.