how much tile adhesive and grout

bockster

shortly tiling kitchen,
wall tiles prob be 100mm by 300mm, 3mm spacers?? 6m2
floor tiles brob be 300mm ish by 300mm ish, 5mm spacers?? 13m2

prob use combined adhesive and grout for walls.
seperate for floor due to wanting coloured grout.

i want to buy from screwfix, (mapei brand any good?) but there is no info on coverage in book or online.

so can anyone advise on quantities of each please. ps not readymixed, i want the bagged stuff, i guess it'll be cheaper!

thanks in advance.

nalyo

my advice........may differ from others!
MAPEI is good stuff.
get ready made adhesive though.
and buy seperate grout.

wallbash

get ready made adhesive though.
and buy seperate grout.

totally agree

ukwoody

Yep, Thirded! LOL.
Adhesive, 15Kg will cover about 7 sq mtrs, and the grout 5Kg will cover about 10 Sq Mtrs. Allow 10 - 15% extra though when ordering.

woody

robnye

ukwoody wrote: »

Yep, Thirded! LOL.
Adhesive, 15Kg will cover about 7 sq mtrs, and the grout 5Kg will cover about 10 Sq Mtrs. Allow 10 - 15% extra though when ordering.

woody

yep - cos packaging estimates are allways stingy.... and in my experience, never matches what i actually require

bockster

ukwoody wrote: »

Yep, Thirded! LOL.
Adhesive, 15Kg will cover about 7 sq mtrs, and the grout 5Kg will cover about 10 Sq Mtrs. Allow 10 - 15% extra though when ordering.

woody

do your kilogramages refer to ready mixed or bagged? wall or floor? or both?
ta

bigdic

As has been said, I'd use premix adhesive for the walls and a seperate powdered grout.

For the floor use a powder adhesive (with a flexible additive if its a wood floor)and a seperate powdered grout, also have a long think about using coloured grout as I have heard from a good few people who used it and didn't like the results.

Bungarm2001

Depends a lot on how wavy and what condition your walls and floor are in.

Are you tiling the whole wall(s) up to the ceiling? For instance, if you find that the walls are slightly out and you won't be pre-levelling them with a skim of plaster, you could find yourself using masses more adhesive than you thought you would to keep everything level. (guess who is talking from experience here...! ) Same with the floor.

Like others above, my OH uses ready mix for the walls, and powder + flexi+ waterproofer for the floors. Never has been a fan of the combined adhesive/grout on walls as in his experience, it never looks as good in the finish. AND (he's going to hate me for saying this...) he always runs out of adhesive before the end of the job!!

wallbash

he always runs out of adhesive before the end of the job

Don't be so tough on him :rolleyes:

adhesive is ( ready mix) sold in BIG containers. 10/15 kg
Better to try not to have just started a new tub for the last couple of tiles.
Then you can think of a small ( expensive0 tube, but have less wasted!

Speaking of one which spent Easter tiling the downstairs cloak room.
Final wastage was three tiles and 'most' of a tube of adhesive.

ukwoody

bockster wrote: »

do your kilogramages refer to ready mixed or bagged? wall or floor? or both?
ta

the 15kg adhesive is ready mixed and the 5kg grout is powder.
woody