I've been such an idiot
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I've been tiling my hearth, and I went out to get some floor tile adhesive yesterday.
There was a 2.5kg bag for £8.16, and next to it, a 5kg bag for £8.19.
Well, duh - I'll go for the 5kg bag - I probably won't use half of it, but it's nice to have some spare in case something goes wrong.
So I tile the floor yesterday evening, and this evening I went and got some grout (I'm also tiling the fire place, and I didn't know how many tiles I needed yesterday - so I got those today too).
I did the wall tiling, and had enough time to do the grouting. I get the vacuum out to clean the gaps, and one of the tiles came off. Oh damn - I'll have to re-stick that down. So I try the vacuum on a few more. The entire back row comes off, but the front two rows are stuck down. Never mind - it looks like it hadn't set completely (the tiling lines looked good though). It did say I could grout in 24 hours time, but maybe it takes a bit longer to fully cure.
So I scrape off the adhesive, mix some more, and re-lay them.
Job done - they're now re-laid. I then go back to the bag of adhesive. I've used about 90% of it - just as well I bought the 5kg bag. Hold on - it says "...up to 6.5m2". I've only done about 1.5m2 if that. Argh - it actually says "Grouts up to 6.5m2". The 2.5kg bag (which was the same colour) was for adhesive, and the 5kg bag was grout. That's why there was such a small price difference for twice the amount - and I'd read the instructions off the smaller bag.
So - the question is: Do I need to re-re-lay them? Or will grout actually hold?
(The wall tiles are held with wall tile adhesive - I made sure of that!)
There was a 2.5kg bag for £8.16, and next to it, a 5kg bag for £8.19.
Well, duh - I'll go for the 5kg bag - I probably won't use half of it, but it's nice to have some spare in case something goes wrong.
So I tile the floor yesterday evening, and this evening I went and got some grout (I'm also tiling the fire place, and I didn't know how many tiles I needed yesterday - so I got those today too).
I did the wall tiling, and had enough time to do the grouting. I get the vacuum out to clean the gaps, and one of the tiles came off. Oh damn - I'll have to re-stick that down. So I try the vacuum on a few more. The entire back row comes off, but the front two rows are stuck down. Never mind - it looks like it hadn't set completely (the tiling lines looked good though). It did say I could grout in 24 hours time, but maybe it takes a bit longer to fully cure.
So I scrape off the adhesive, mix some more, and re-lay them.
Job done - they're now re-laid. I then go back to the bag of adhesive. I've used about 90% of it - just as well I bought the 5kg bag. Hold on - it says "...up to 6.5m2". I've only done about 1.5m2 if that. Argh - it actually says "Grouts up to 6.5m2". The 2.5kg bag (which was the same colour) was for adhesive, and the 5kg bag was grout. That's why there was such a small price difference for twice the amount - and I'd read the instructions off the smaller bag.
So - the question is: Do I need to re-re-lay them? Or will grout actually hold?
(The wall tiles are held with wall tile adhesive - I made sure of that!)
Thanks for the advice - I was rather afraid that I'd need to re-do them.
Unfortunately, the tiles aren't easily replaceable (they were left here by the previous owner, and they match the kitchen) - so I'll see how they are tonight. I'm a bit worried about the ones that have actually appeared to stick as to whether they'd be easy to remove or not.
Unfortunately, the tiles aren't easily replaceable (they were left here by the previous owner, and they match the kitchen) - so I'll see how they are tonight. I'm a bit worried about the ones that have actually appeared to stick as to whether they'd be easy to remove or not.
I am reminded of the screech my father made a few years ago when laying some sort of floor-leveling compound after covering the whole of the kitchen floor and then reading the instructions which said only to do 1m2 at a time before leveling off, as the stuff was very quick-setting! It took him hours to chip away all the little mountain ranges!
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