How To Tile Over Timber Like a Pro 

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 😬

This guy reminds me of Simon's dad on the inbetweeners

Cutting around things like that is something that isn’t really taught it’s more about experience. Nice job.

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 .

This channel is invaluable. Thanks for your efforts.

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

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

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.

super great addition to the channel ... thanks Skill Builder

This tiles is an artist. Brilliant work.

Excellent really enjoyed watching you put that lovely floor down.

Happy and safe Christmas and much better 2021 to the whole team

Fantastic job, great to see people taking such pride in their work. Would have liked to see how the radiator pipes were dealt with.

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 video, really enjoyed this one. Bit of a surgeon with the grinder. Thank you 👍👏👏

Amazing to watch a pro at work. Almost hypnotised.

Craftsmen at their best, its great to see a guy whos attitude is, only the best will do.

Tiling is one of those jobs that everyone can do...but very few can do it well.

Nice job. Made them cuts look easy

Love too see a pro at work 👌

How wonderful to watch such effortless skill. How easy he makes a very difficult job look.

Nice job... I underestimated the skill involved in doing top quality tiling

That's a beautiful tile choice.

Great job, that guy knows his stuff.

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

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!

Nice job that, interesting about staggering the joints. As always they have some real good tradesman on top of their game

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 .

Hope I can tile as well as this one day! Really good 👏🏻

Hard work tiling on your knees, nice job

Another superb video, probably my next job the missus has lined up for me !

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 👍

Brilliant job , personally I wouldn't fancy tiles that look like laminate boards, but obviously it's the owerns choice .

Let the man work! Sheesh Looked ok, only time will tell

quality work.

Now thats a lovely floor

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 👍

Simon’s dad from the inbetweeners has had a career change😂👍🏻 great job keep the videos coming 👍🏻🔧

Thanks

Nice cuts. It looks much better staggered like that. I hope the carpet fitter doesn't crack that tile with his bolster.

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. 🙏

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 ?

Tidy job that.......would you be able to share the type of cutting disc that is and the size?

hi.great video.What disc did you use to cut the curve in the tiles for the bottom of the stairs.Cheers.

Not sure I like wood effect tiles, missed opportunity to have some really Blenheim / Victorian pattern tiles but each to their own. Proper job 👍

What tiles are these?

Use a levelling system with that tile makes the job so much easier and the finished result a lot better

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.

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

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 ;)

Can you add underfloor heating to this?

Is a decoupling membrane essential if tiling over concrete creed with underfloor heating?

All the knobs nit picking (try it)

Great job, and whilst being watched and asked questions! Guys got the worst customer next to him and still not messing anything up ✌️

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 👁 🤣🧱👍🏽

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

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?

Great job!! Whats the orange backing stuff and what does it do?

What’s the orange stuff and what’s it for ?

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! 👍

Looks like Simons dad out of inbetweeners 🤣 Fair play

what's underneath the decoupling ? New/old t&g ? how old is the house?

He looks like the manager in the programme called phone shop. Nice work by the way

How soon after a tiled floor been laid can you walk on it

Do you need a vapour barrier on a timber floor?

What's the actual reason grouts (or atleast mapei which I use) says to mix then give it a few minutes then mix again?

Using an uncoupling membrane 👍

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?

No YT when I tiled the kitchen, the grout is still stuck in the grain!

Is this the same floor that was bolstered with noggins and 22mm WBP ply in preparation for tiling a month or so back?

When the customer never stops asking quesiton... :D

Didn’t know Eddie Webber from the film the business did tiling lol 🔥🔫

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

Where is the bit you laid down the orange underlay?

that video completely "floored" me.

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.

I seen him before he's one of the dads on the inbetweeners lol. Never knew he was a tiler lol

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Any idea what was used to seal the plywood prior to matt going down ?

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 .

If I was there it would have been at least a 28 biscuit job!

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.

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.... ? 😁

Proper tiler .Look at the tile with two bullnose curves cut perfectly at the bottom of the stairs.Try cutting that without breaking it .

did stevie wonder trim the bottom of the door next to the stairs ?

What's the name of the plastic underlay?

how can u make it 100% level ?

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.

No clips….good lad 😎

Fantastic prep work and tiling 100%. All to lay tiles that look like a wooden floor 🤷‍♂️

I always wonder why certain people that already know everything come to look at these videos. 🤔

Them tiles are from topps by the looks of it 👍

British standard for tiling on the floor is 3 mm grout joint

Multitool = ear defenders :)

Kev!

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..

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 ?