Funny how a lot of the pros and know it alls are on here watching a video titled "How to Tile a Bathroom Floor with Wickes ". This kind of job would be sufficient for any DIYer. So instead of being arm chair critics, you are more than welcome to post a video yourself on how it should be done correctly.
This is the most simple explained video I’ve seen on laying tiles. This is all beginners are asking for. They don’t need people showing off on how well they lay tile. Well done!
1. Don’t install tile on top of plywood. 2. Remove baseboard AND toilet. 3. To the DIY people do research, don’t go for the one video you think its easier. 4. 70% of what this guy did in the video is just wrong. 5. Give it 3 months and the floor will start to fall apart. 6. Hire a professional WITH a license and save yourself headaches AND money. 7. This video make me cringe.
From experience I'd never lay tiles on plywood floor, even with primer. It's susceptible to movement in the future causing the grout to crack and lift. It's best to use a fibre cement board like hardie backer.
The adhesive spreading is wrong! it's suppose to be spread in one direction so that when the tile is placed down the air can escape and the tile can bed properly!!
Even if troweled properly, he was installing directly on plywood. The tile will crack where the sheets butt together. We would never do that on this side of the pond.
I've got one tip to add. When using the notched spreader, make sure to make the lines in one direction, instead of swirling as it is done here. The way it is done here, air will get trapped in areas in the middle. This can later on cause the tiles to loosen. When the lines created by the spreader all go in one direction, air can escape from the middle all the way out to the sides as you press the tile down, and this helps the tile stay in place in the future.
I have noticed many techniques that I have learned through youtube that they are not best practice: - mortar or adhesive should be troweled in straight lines so as to allow air to escape. - tiles should be pushed back and forth so as to collapse the ridges made by the trowel achieving a better bond. - using plastic silicone profilers is better than using tape.
doggiesarus I hope you bought extra tile, you're screwed otherwise. That was the worst advice ever, it would have been much easier to remove the toilet and sink. I think a lot of this video is what not to do when tiling your bathroom floor.
Patrick Deschamps remove toilet and sink. Tile the entire floor. Then put toilet and sink back on top of the tiles. The only “cuts” you will need to make are the holes for the pipes that feed the sink and bath. Rather than spending ages nipping and filing a tile to fit around one particular toilet.
Imagine tiling round things,then the tile being discontinued when you want a new loo or sink,complete retile ballache,not a bad video if you read between the lines
No waterproofing membrane, just primer!? 10 years from now, we have a problem. TILED FLOORS ARE NOT WATERPROOF, as stated. Tiling up to a skirting board, not under it! No no no no! Not a lot to like here...
I've been tiling professionally for 15 years. I could cry watching this! Tears of laughter mixed with pain, embarrassment, awkwardness, horror, disbelief and grief!
H.F. What a dawn joke. Wrong Adhesive. the plywood need to be sealed with Bond Primer. Then you must use Ditra Matting on all wooden floors. Use only Flexible Powder Adhesive. Before Tiling the Floor, its better to take out the Toilet for a better finish. 10 mm Trowel for Floors. Its a shame that the British Standard Agency have not seen this video.
I can see the screws in toilet seat. Why is he not lifting the toilet seat up and tile under the seat? What if the seat has to be replaced one day? Whole bathroom has to be tiled again. But i bet they wont ask the same tiler. Ps you dont have to cut those fringes to a paper if you need to make a template. Just push the paper with your thumb.
Not sure if anyone noticed, but although there was plenty of people saying don't tile around the toilet, the tiles actually change from 9:50 to 11:24. The grout line was in the centre of the toilet, then it was down the left hand side??
Even that was wrong. Did you see him account for the 5mm gap when doing this? Need to use spacers or cut 5mm off each edge of the paper facing the existing tiles afterwards. Strange how the end result fitted snugly though, i think they call this bad continuity in the movie trade.
@@andilemaponya2311 I hate tiling and I am not a tiler, but I wouldnt tile direct onto plywood it moves too much, I would also take the sink, bathtub and toilet out and tile underneath. I would also water proof the floor. I would also use dutra underlay to tile onto.
Not a good idea to cut tile around the toilet “EVER”. What if the next year you have to replace the toilet and there’s no tile left over or (ups) it is discontinued at the store? You’re always better off taking the toilet off and cutting the drain circular cut for the sewer line. Good luck and I mean everything I said respectfully ok.
Using a toothed spreader you should spread the adhesive to form straight lines. Waving it round randomly like an artex pattern forms sealed channels of air underneath the tile. Straight channels allow air to escape from underneath the tile making it much easier to level. There is a video on here of a guy laying glass tiles to illustrate this.
This is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. You have a promising career ahead in comedy producing video like this. People haven't laid tiles raw onto a timber substrate since the 80s....
I use the York store and have always found it to be a pleasant experience. They always have the stock I need and I find the Wickes own-branded tools to be of good quality and durable. The staff have always been helpful and approachable. Sadly I have found out this week that the senior management of this company hates its customers, considers us bigots and would rather us not buy from their stores. They have tried some furious backpedaling by saying that the remarks of their Chief Operations Officer Fraser Longden were taken “out of context”. Don’t you dare try to gaslight us with your weasel words. We know exactly what low opinion you have of us as your customers. All Fraser Longden did was say the quiet part out loud. We have received your message and will now act (by taking our custom elsewhere) accordingly.
nothing wrong tiling on plywood the wood needs to be primed basically i have done plenty wet rooms are that had plywood surface just make sure thickness of plywood is 9mm-15mm depending of floor stability and plywood needs to be screwed down and primed
George Grigoras Nothing wrong with tiling directly onto a plywood floor. As long as it's primed and flexible adhesive and grout is used and the wood is screwed down at about 8 inch centres.
Pete Holder So many different kinds mate. Ball have some different kinds. Also mapei do a few different one's. If you go into Any good tile shop they will have more than one different kind. Hope that's a bit of help
Tiles should be under the toilet pan. In effect what you have done in the video is to slightly lower the toilet pan/seat by bringing the floor height up. A tall person like myself finds things difficult when the seat height is even lower!
THANK YOU THANKYOU......finally a tutorial that is not sped up 100 times that you cannot see how to do this. Very appreciative of your detailed and informative explanation.
Thank you! I've been looking for a method of shaping tiles around my toilet so I can redo my bathroom floor and most tutorials just discuss shaping around the flange, but I'm not removing my toilet for this project because I'm doing vinyl tiles over the preexisting ceramic ones, so none of them were that helpful! This method is so clever, I feel so silly I'd never have thought it up myself.
Why isn't he wearing gloves? There has been no mention of the toxicity of the adhesives, grout or the likelihood of cuts from the tiles, and so on.....
Quite a few things wrong here but mainly detail to help the process. As for cutting around objects just use a diamond blade in an angle grinder and finish with a Tungsten Carbide file. Better - remove objects if you can and tile under (e.g. WC pans can often be removed and replaced easily even though raised up by the tile thickness - modern WC soil connectors can accomodate this. To cut tiles at the edge, measurement with a tape rule is a poor method. Just lay a whole tile on top of the last whole tile, then another whole tile overlapping it and pressed against the wall. Draw a pencil line on the first tile then scribe along this line less the spacer dimension. On a health and safety note - don't pour the powder into the bucket and make clouds of dust - either do this carefully of wear a mask.
When I laid tile in my bathroom, I bought a little spacer from the building supply store, that was placed before the wax ring. This raised the commode to the level of the tile.
That was going to be my question. Is it better to remove everything from the bathroom first then lay tiles. I’m going to be doing my bathroom soon with new bath toilet and sink so obviously want to tile as well
All said and done, the job looks decent. Just goes to show, anyone could make a job look alright. It's a matter of whether or not it's going to last. With non-directional trowel lines, not back buttering those tiles and installing over plywood, I give those tiles 2 months before they start breaking bond and cracking grout lines. Kudos on the right cuts around the toilet and sink using tile nippers, but that is not the way to do it! Always tile before setting those. So many wrongs here
It's more of tiling an ordinary floor than a bathroom. I don't have the on-hands experience, but i at least watched people doing this. Most of the concerns are already stated by others. So I'll just state one or two. . You've mentioned something around "must be flat".. No.. That shouldn't be the case for a bathroom. It should be a little bit inclined/slant so the water will flow to where the drain is.
We would never tile in a toilet or sink base . You never know when you may change them ! Also we do the floors first if possible to hide the joint better .
I would have tiled the whole floor THEN put the bath, toilet and basin in. The whole point of tiles is that a water leak will puddle on the tiles for you to see. If you cut around 'stuff' then a leak will find its way out through to floor to the downstairs ceiling!
This video is terrible. Laying straight to the subfloor, trowel marks not going the same direction. Notice when he pulled the tile up after laying it there was nothing adhered to the back of it. No wonder most of my work is do overs from faulty installation.
Stopped watching after he screwed ‘battens’ to the floor 🤦🏼♂️ This is a terrible how to. No waterproofing ❌ No screeding ❌ Floor gets tiled then walls in wet areas generally... 🤷🏼♂️
Not a very good idea to tile on such flooring. Services such as water and electric will be hard to reach if maintenance is required. Tiling will have to be removed and could be costly to make replacements
Rod.. You're the type of person hasn't the guts to do this on RU-vid yourself but laughs at other people who have the guts.. .. Primary school behaviour...
He made a good job of tiling in the bathroom after working on it most of the day, When his wife takes a look at the finished job she says "I'am not sure I like the colour of these tiles I selected"
If Wickes thinks I'm a bigot because I believe in basic human biology then so be it. I'm moving soon and I'd put 5k aside to spend at Wickes. But Wickes doesn't want my bigoted money. No problem. I'll never darken your door again.
Tidy. But, nibble away half the tile? No chance. Diamond tools on an angle grinder more like, also tile the floor before install WC surely.... And white grout? That'll look shit in 5 mins
I'm a genius and an expert in tiling and everything else for that matter. Everything is so wrong about this , that's why I spend my days on RU-vid watching videos of tiling . Also I have no life .
No floor drain and no water sealer in a bathroom? Tiling on plywood? And why is he drawing a pencil line on tile and then scratching it? Floor tiles are usually very hard and cannot be cut neatly with cheap tools. And burned soft tiles will break if platform is elastic like plywood. Lots of bad advices in a short video.
Awful. Tile adehsive should be spread one direction otherwise air bubbles form and the tile doesn't adhere properly. Not enough coverage and tiled direct to plywood. Don't do it the way shown on the video unless you want cracked tiles and a crappy job.
Only Wickes using plywood in bathroom,fiting bath and toilet first and than tailing floor. They should get more training or watch more videos how to do properly.
Where's the underlayment? When that floor expands and contracts tile and grout will crack.. I would never put tile directly on wood. Need to put down some Ditra,hardbacker or some type of underlayment..
I thought overall that this was an informative video on tiling when it comes to tile spacing, centering, grouting, cleaning, etc. The only comment I would make in contrary to what's shown here (and it's a big warning...): Is that it's MUCH better to remove the "obstacles" and tile before those are put in, than to tile around them. Reason being (example): If the homeowner ever wanted or needed to replace their toilet, they would have to get one that was exactly the same footprint as the previous one (not a guaranteed availability) OR one that was a larger footprint, and this one already has a large footprint to begin with - OR they'd have to completely re-tile. It's much better to tile around the flange and set the toilet on top than to tile around the toilet. Same advice goes for the sink and tub.
The bathroom elements like the toilet should be put after the tiles have been finished, the toilet should sit above the tiles and not like you did, cutting a tile around the toilet and you wasted like 1 hour just for 1 god damn tile
why would u use batons...once u get the centre wrk ur way to the ends...whatever is left is what u hav to cut..but never move the tile from the centre..wth
I'm only watching this for a laugh because it's the man who can't I'm only a min in and waiting to find out what he's going to do with the loo lots of silicon l guess lazzy don't know don't care git I
eh that tile had zero adhesive coverage on it when it was lifted..how do you do that? Why would you not leave a gap at the wall edge, what about movement?
My issue is he should have done the floor first then set the wall. Plus he tiled around the toilet. So when the toilet condensates it rots out the subfloor. Which kinda defeats the purpose of a water proof floor no??
