DIY ensuite bathroom replacement - build log

Cutting and dry laying / setting out. This Montolit cutter is an absolute dream to use.

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Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Blimey thats an expensive tile cutter! You got a lot more tiling to do? 60cm tiles? IMO the gear for tiling goes up exponentially vs the size of the tiles your cutting.
When I was last tiling I was using 60x10cm plank effect tiles so a cheap snapper was fine for the cross cuts.
The length cuts I just did with my £50 wet diamond tile cutter. It was only a few meters worth.

100% agree with the dry cutting/laying approach. I did this and found it easier. Then just wack a load of adhesive down and lay tiles, more adhesive, more tiles etc until done.

All looking good, bet your chuffed :)
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Yes it was £300 delivered from N&C Tiles & Bathrooms, so not cheap.

I have another bathroom to do in my house at some point (probably with 600 x something tiles) so will do that then sell it second hand, maybe for £150? Or I might just keep it for future jobs like porch, hallway, kitchen back splash, whatever.

I just had such a bad experience doing my downstairs loo with a Vitrex 900 from Amazon that I decided to splooge on a decent one this time and so far, I'm glad I did (even if my wallet isn't).

@Mercenary Keyboard Warrior By the way yes they're 600 x 600 tiles, or advertised as such anyway. In fact they're 598 x 598, so I'm using a 3mm grout joint on the floor vs. 2mm on the walls. I gather 3mm is considered minimum for applications where the subfloor is wood anyway.
 
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Hi all. If I centre my tiles to the room and window, the left hand grout line will be slightly to the left of the centre of the WC flush plate. Do you think this will look bad / like a mistake?

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The other option is to centre the grout line to the flush but then the tiles will obviously be off centre to the wall and window.
 
Buffman said:
Looks good, I battened all the walls then did the bottom row last.

(you'll need your floor bob on or cut bob on or you'll get out of level)
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This is a good point. I measured down from a laser line to avoid battens and checked the tops of the first row with a spirit level as I went, adjusting with spacers on the floor where necessary.

I was going to use battens until I watched a YouTube video from someone called Bespoke Bloke, where he basically said don't bother.

This way I save time with battens and don't have to seal screw holes afterwards.
 
Kol said:
Looking great. I’ve got two bathrooms and a downstairs WC to tackle at some point (obviously not all at once). M struggling to even think about it, let alone start. Great inspiration and workmanship.

On another note, I’ve been looking at some way of fixing my laser level easily as I moved it about, what pole is that?
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Thanks, I got this one:

TOPWAY Laser Level Telescopic Pole 115-350 cm High Carbon Steel Extendable Floor to Ceiling Laser Rod with Holder and Nylon Bag, for Rotary Cross Line Lasers Fast and Flexible Positioning https://amzn.eu/d/dTZuoPV
 
Finally ready for grouting.

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It took me about four hours with a steamer to remove the fortress flooring protector, as it had welded itself to the floor tiles. Never again. Completely my fault as it's designed for carpets. At least it did its job and protected the floor tiles from the wall tile adhesive.
 
Starting to fit the goodies now.

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Dramas so far are that I put the wooden battens for the vanity in wrong place in the wall so need another solution to securely hang it, and that the flush pipe for the (generic) wall hung WC won't stop leaking. Never had this issue with the downstairs WC (Grohe) and the same pipe, so a possible solution to this is to replace toilet with a Grohe one as I suspect the flush pipe hole in the WC isn't quite the right shape.
 
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