Timeline for Can I start and stop a tile floor job?
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| Mar 18, 2021 at 22:23 | comment | added | Paul Price | Another caveat is if you're relying on a tile leveling system to minimise lippage. In that case, you have to remember to put the sticks in under the last row of tiles before the mortar dries. But even then, the leveling system should bring the tiles to the same height, but there may be a peak between the rows because you can't adjust the angle of one row of tiles. | |
| Dec 18, 2016 at 15:44 | vote | accept | dpollitt | ||
| Dec 5, 2015 at 15:39 | comment | added | isherwood | To do a dry fit first you'd want to not remove all the tiles after the dry fit. Only remove a few at a time to allow standing room. Alternatively, trace the grout lines after your dry fit. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 11:37 | comment | added | AndyT | @AloysiusDefenestrate - I tried that. As Ecnerwal said, the wet fit didn't work the way the dry fit did. I ended up trying to trim tiles (and wall plaster) to make the final row fit. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 2:32 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | Mixing mortar ain't so bad - and it can be difficult to completely dry-fit with everything loosey-goosey - or at least to have the wet fit work the way the dryfit did ;-) Getting some tile stuck down really helps to move the job along. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 2:08 | comment | added | Aloysius Defenestrate | Agree with grouting all at once. (It's fast, so that shouldn't be an issue.) But what bugs me about tile is mixing mortar, so I'd do anything in my power to only have to mix one batch. How about doing all your cuts and a dry fit one day, then doing mortar on another? | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 1:44 | history | answered | isherwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |