600x300 tiles

[craig1]

Hi, need to tile my shower cubicle. Going to use Dunlop shower kit first to seal area. Whats the best adhesive and grout for this size tile.Have found a tub at B&Q Buildfix (Mapei) for showers. Or Dunlop from screwfix. Not sure about what grout to buy? also are 2mm spacers ok or should I use 3mm?

[sparkydude]

Any of the tub adhesives from the diy sheds will be useless for this size of tile. You really needto use a cementious based powder adhesive. The buildfix bagged adhesives from B+Q are made by mapei who are one of the leading makers of tile adhesives. As for grout , the buildfix flexible grout is excellent aswell. Make sure the adhesive is suitable for your tpe of tile, either ceramic or porcelain.

Nick

[craig1]

thanks for the advice.

[Cantseeitfrommyhouse]

As SD said..

and,

gonna need at least a 12mm notch trowel, if not 20mm (preferably round notch) . Make sure adhesive is mixed to a consitency that will squash to form a full bed of adhesive behind the tile. Remove first tile you apply and check coverage. Would also be a good idea to butter the back of the each tile with a smear of adhesive also to improve your chances of getting a good bond.

Mapei is a good brand for adhesives. Their white grout isnt white tho (just in case that affects you)

2mm spacers should be fine. Spirit level and a rubber mallet might be useful to you

[tictic]

bagged adhesive from ardex/bal/weber/mapei for your tile.

always back butter your tile (over 250mm) this ensures 100% coverage to wall/floor.

[craig1]

Hi, ended up using 330x250 tiles. all tiles are up and ready to grout. I've noticed in the corner where the tiles meet (shower enclosure) a gap of only 0.5-1mm on two tiles. Is it worth replacing the tiles or should I grout and use silicon sealant in the corners anyway? using mapei flexible cemet based grout..

[royaloakcarpentry]

Internals should be siliconed, anyway so don't worry about the grout.

personally, I use Dow Corning 785 silicone. This is also preferred silicone of the majority of sealant application companies. If you are going for colour co-ordianted silicone to match tiles then mapei is good.

[craig1]

internals being inner corners of the wall where the tiles meet? great news,didn't fancy removing tiles.Will check out the corning silicone first. I'm after a light grey to match the grout. If not i'll get the mapei. Thanks very much for the advice!

[royaloakcarpentry]

Thats it, as in internal corners where tile meets tile.

Go with mapei. I think you have used mapei grout anyway so there make silicone will be bang on match.