seeing as theres a few tilers on here,somthing i couldnt get a grip of,whats wrong with dot and dabbing tiles?

why would you wont to dot an dab tiles why not just remove tiles then dot dab.if dot dab on tiles wich are low suction run risk of boards just pulling off.

sorry mate i dont think i made my self clear ,was reading a few threads on the tilers forum via the link from here an was talking about tiles,you no dabing the corners an a spot in the middle,why is this wrong?

sorry for confusion .did course few years ago with bal. an was always taught deffo no no .supposed to be certain percentage of tile covered by adhesive .but still se a few spread then butter back of tile when uneven substrate .me included only rare mind lol.

You can't dot and dab tiles as they need a certain amount of coverage. I think it's 60 - 80% for walls in a dry area, and 100% in wet areas on walls, and on all floors it's 100% too.

You need to use the right trowel on both walls and floor to achieve this. And you need to make sure you're using the right adhesive for every application, as it's not just 'one for all'.

Many tilers are pulling tiles off the wall too early as they've been fixed incorrectly, either physically, or by the original 'tiler' using the wrong stuff. If at least the right gear was used, and the right application was followed, you'd only see the dodgy cutting, and they'd be hard to get off.

With tiles getting heavier and heavier the issue is getting much more dangerous as it's not just a thin 6 x 6 falling off the wall above your head when you're in the bath, it can be a huge heavy porcelain or stone tile, and if these are fitted with the dodgy dot and dab method somebody could have a bit of a hard time in court to say the least.

oops guess who did his kitchen like that!

we had a job last week to go remove all bathroom tiles ready for new suite and shower tiles were less than twelve months old,power shower had been installed wich the owner said was constantly getting behind tiles.if correct adhesive and grout had been used couldnt understand how this could be happening.yes.until we started removing the tiles then found all tiles on shower wall were just buttered and pushed to wall.the owner said he had voiced concerns about wall be out of plumb but had been told by tilers they could get over it .they didnt all water just getting behind grout and straight down wall.you will prob get away with it in you kitchendepending on size of tiles used.plus only area of light wetting round sink.

wonderd why i used so much grout ,the splash backs solid adhesive though its only a tile high to a window an was a bit out so butterd it thick,cheers lads!